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pressis ; costis transversis subexpressis, tatioribus, rotundatis, in 

 anfr. penult. xx., ad basin rotundatam continuis, postea evanidis ; 

 interstitiis minimis ; lirulis planatis latis spiralibus, et costis et 

 interstitiis superantibus, in anfr. penult. ix. ,• apertura vix ovata ; 

 labro ucuto, ante peritrema tumente et postea contracto ; columella 

 valde intorta ; regione urnbilicali valde indentata. 



Long. -37, long. spir. -3, lat. -1 poli., div. 18°. 



Hab. Cagayan, in insula Mindanao, Philippinarum. Legit H. 

 Cuming ; sp. un. in Museo suo. 



15. Chemnitzia BiCARiNATA, n. S. Ch. t. eloncata, turrita, alba, 

 huc et illuc varicosa ; vertice 1 . . . . ; anfr. normalibus xii. + 

 ?...., planatis, suturis valde impressis ; liris transversis acutis, 

 rectis, circiter xxv., haud declivibus, li?ieis ad apicem vix con- 

 tinuis ; carina valida, extante, rotundata circa peripheriam, ad 

 suturas vix monstrante ; carina altera in basin minore ; totą 

 superficie minutissime spiraliter striata ; apertura a carinis angų- 

 lata ; columella intorta ; regione umbilicali maxime indentato ; 

 varicibus intus dentatis. 



Long. -42, long. spir. -36, lat. -07 poli., div. 13°. 



Hab. Cagayan, in insula Mindanao, Philippinarum. Legit H. 

 Cuming ; sp. un. in Museo suo. 



In its remarkable base, it resembles Ch. turrita, C. B. Ad. 

 (Panama) . 



16. Chemnitzia rubrofusca, n. s. Ch. t. rubro-fusca, elongata, 



turrita ; vertice nucleoso discoidali, anfr. iii., apice conspicuo ; 

 parum prominente, marginibus spira vix rectis haud superante ; 

 anfr. normalibus ix., quarum iv. primi subrotundati minus diver- 

 gentes, alteri planati ; lirulis transversis rectis, acutis, crebris, 

 xxvi., circa basin evanescentibus ; lineis haud declivibus apicem 

 versus declivibus ; circa basin rotundatam, haud umbilicatam, et in- 

 terstitiis lirularum concavis, suleis minimis ornata, in anfr. penult. 

 circiter viii. ; columella vix intorta. 



Long. -27, long. spir. -204, lat. '065 poli., div. 16°. 



Hab. In Mari Sinensi. Sp. un. in Mus. Cuming. 



17. Chemnitzia Bittiformis, n. s. Ch. t. valde elongata, tur- 

 rita, alba; vertice ?.... ; anfr. normalibus xii., subplanatis, 

 suturis distinctis; lirulis transversis circiter xxx. vix expressis, 

 latissimis, rotundatis, attingentibus, circa basin rotundatam evanes- 

 centibus ; lirulis spiralibus minoribus, in spira vii., in basi cre- 

 brioribus, interstitia minima decussantibus, lirulisgue transversis 

 superantibus ; apertura ovata ; columella vix intorta ; huc et illuc 

 varicibus tumentibus. 



Long. -43, long. spir. -36, lat. -08 poli., div. 11°. 



Hab. Cagayan, in insula Mindanao, Pliilippinarum. Legit //. 

 Cuming ; sp. un. in Museo suo. 



Although the nuclear whorls have perished, the point of junction 

 bears testimony to its sinistral character, while the general aspect of 

 the shell is Cerithoid. 



