282 MELVILL AND STANDKN : SMELLS FROM l.IFU. 



apud suturas quasi-crenulatis, costis longitudinaliter crassis, 

 paucis, acci?ictis, transversim conspicue pauciliratis, interstitiis 

 lozvibus, ad suturas regulariter brunneo-sparsis, simul ac 

 apud medium anfractus ultimi punctis regularibus, et dorsa- 

 liter ad medium labri exterioris brunneo-maculatis, apertura 

 angusta, oblonga, si/iu lato, labro extus incrassato, columella 

 simplice. 



Long., 4, Lat., 2 mill. 



This little shell has much in common with M. himerodes, 

 described in this paper, but is smaller and of a pale yellow-ochre 

 colour throughout. The whorls are angularly turreted, they 

 arc six in number, including the two vitreous apical whorls. 

 At the sutures there is a quasi-crenulation, owing to the com- 

 mencement of the prominent longitudinal ribs, there crossed by- 

 acute lira;, the interstices being smooth. Faint brown trans- 

 verse spots adorn the sutures and the middle of the last whorl ; 

 the back of the outer lip is likewise ornamented with one ochre 

 median blotch and faint signs exist in some specimens of another, 

 or, indeed, two more alternating with white, both above and 

 below the median blotch just mentioned. We have a near ally 

 of this species from Bombay, still undescribed. (l^pros, 

 pleasing). 



M. orophoma sp. nov. (PI. IX., fig. 18). 



M. testa iuriita, angusta, parva, nilida, pallide-brunnea, 

 anfractibus sex (apicalibus?) ceteris infra suturas angulatis, 

 apud suturas impressis, recti's, longitudinaliter recticostatis, 

 costis paucis, spiraliler liraiis, Hi is in penultimo anfractu 

 sex, in ultimo novem, interstitiis Icevibus, apud basim tuber- 

 culato, canali paullum recurvo mini/ue producto, apertura 

 angusta, sinu amplo labrum excavantc, ■ labro extus in- 

 crassato, funbriatulo, intus obscure denticulato, columella 

 plus ininusve simplice. 

 Long., 3, Lat. 1-25 mill. 



A minute turreted pale brown species, with six whorls, 

 angled just below the sutures, then straight, the straight 

 longitudinal ribs, few in number, are crossed by lira?, conspicuous 



J.C, viii., Oct., 1S96. 



