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The globoseness of the last whorl is remarkable. It is less 

 elongated than L. acuminata, and smaller, more polished, and 

 with a smaller aperture than L. scutulata. 



Stilifer acicula. Testa minuta, imperforata, elongato-subula- 

 ta,acutissiimi, ad apicem intcgerrimaet lente distorta, nitidissima, 

 livido-lactea interdum flavescente : spira anfr. ad 12 planulatis ; 

 sutura lucida : apertura angusla,ovalis ; labro simplici,antrorsum 

 arcuato, antice evoluto ; columella vix arcuata. Long. £, lat. ^, 

 Hah. Fejee Islands, in Holothuria. 



A much more delicate species than any one of Stilifer or 

 Eulima described. The little Phasianella stilifera, Turt. (Stili- 

 fer lurtoni, Brod.) is somewhat like it. S. subulalus, from the 

 West Indies, is much less slender. 



Solarium egenuiu. Testa parva, ovato-conica, exalbida, sub- 

 margaritacea : spira anfr. Gconvexis, liris acutis4 cinctis,posterior- 

 ibus granulatis : basis convexiuscula, perforata ; umbilico scalari- 

 formi, ad ambitum acuto, crenulato : apertura circularis ; labiis 

 fere conlinuis. Diam. T :i j, alt. % poll. 



The characters of this shell do not bring it strictly within the 

 typical form of Solarium, but its facies is rather that of Solarium 

 than of Trochus. It is to be grouped with S. dealbatum, Hinds, 

 which it closely resembles. It is also similar in form, color, and 

 size to Margarita obscura, Couthouy. Perhaps it would come 

 under the genus Torinia, Gray. 



Turbo confragosus. Testa solida, albida, pyramidata, rudis, 

 rugosa ; rugis parvis, obtusis, ad peripheriam et ad angulum 

 anfractuum interdum in spinis compressis prominulis productis : 

 spira anfr. ad G, angulatis superne declivibus, ultimo ad peripher- 

 iam acuto ; sutura callosa : basis planulata, liris squamosis con- 

 centricis inequalibus ad 8 cincta : apertura circularis; labro 

 acuto, perobliquo ; columella curta antice dentata ; fauce mar- 

 garitacea. Lat. 1£, alt. ^ poll. Hab. Dean r s Island, Paumotu 

 group. 



This species has the low conical form, and bony aspect of the 

 stellate species found in the West Indies. I know of no other 

 similar one from the Pacific. Its wrinkled surface, polygonal 

 whorls, and the squamous basal ridges mark it. 



