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aperinra quara sp'na hreviore, chiujato-ocafa, lahro toad, sinuato ; 

 labia incotispicuo, canall brevi. Long. 3, lat. 1 mil. 



Shell minute, fusiform, turrotted, elongate, thin, saturated 

 a reddish chfstnut, whorls including the apex G, convex, 

 spirally many keeled, between the keels thickly and slenderly 

 longitudinally lirate ; apex of two subinflated whorls which are 

 spirally and equally striate ; aperture shorter than the spire, 

 elongately ovate, outer lip thin sinuous, inner lip incon- 

 spicuous. Long Bay. Rev. H. D. Atkinson. 



No. IG. Drillia weldiana. n.s. D.t. pyramidate-fusiforme, 

 turrita, spiracpiani apcrtara longiore, crassa, polita, latcfulvo zonata 

 et iicbulosa ; anfr. 7, crcbre oblique costatis et subtillissime canccUatis ; 

 costis sKperne per siihiim depressis ; apice acuto, apertura anguste 

 ovata ; postiee tubercnlo albo compicuo, hisignito, labro extns valde 

 incra^sato, labio reflexo, canall breve, acuta, columella retro oblique 

 lirata. Long. 25, lat. 10 mil. Nortli coast. W. F. Petterd. 

 Only one specimen found. 



Shell pyramidal, fusiform, turretted, spire longer than the 

 aperture, thick, polished, broadly zoned and clouded with 

 brown, whorls 7, closely, obliijuely ribbed and very finely can- 

 ciellate, ribs depressed above by the sinus, apex acute, aper- 

 ture narrowly ovate and distinguished by a conspicuous pos- 

 terior white tubercle, outer lip very much thickened outside ; 

 lip reflected, caual short, acute, columella obliquely lirate 

 behind. 



This somewhat large and peculiar Drillia is remotely allied 

 to Pleurotoma fucata, Eeeve, the habitat of which he does not 

 give. 



No. 17. MA.NGELIA ST. (ixi,\,jE. 11.8; M.t. purva, eloiigato- 

 fusiformi, turrita, pjalllde fulva, eleganter albo fasciata ; anfr. 9,con- 

 vexis, supenie angulatis, regulariter long, costatis, costis elevatis, 

 distantibiis (ult. anf. 9) ; in spira bicarinatis, et lineis confertissimis 

 stip. cost, transeuut. concinne inter carinas -spiraliter striatis ; apice 

 Uevi (3 anfr. ) rotundato ; apertura spira vix ozquanti, ovata, labro 

 acuto, sinu postico, lato ; columella retro oblique striata. Long, 7, 

 lat. 2\. 



Var ? BENEDiCTi. Sine carinis, striis et fasciis cdbis irregulariter 

 ci)icta brevior et salidior. 



Shell small, elongately fi.siform, turretted, pale fulvous, 

 elegantly banded with white ; whorls 9, convex, angular 

 above, regularly ribbed lengthwise, with raised distant ribs, 

 9 in last whorl ; bicaiinate in the spire, and spirally 

 striate between the keels, with very close, neat lines, wliich 

 pass over the ribs ; apex smooth and rounded, of 3 whorls, 

 aperture scarcely equalling the spire, ovate, lip acute with a 

 posterior broad sinus, cohmiella obiiqui'ly striate behind. 

 V'arie'^y ? M. lenedicfi, '.vithout ke^ls," but irregularly 

 girdled with strise and white bands. Long Bay, Eev. H. D, 

 Atkinson ; N. W. Coast, W, F. Petterd. 



