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Resembles Pisania IPOrbignyi or P. maculosa; but the fur- 

 rows within the lip, want of posterior callus, and shortness of 

 canal, a> well as general form, distinguish it. 



. Pisania mollis. T. elongata, ovato-rhomboidea, subtenuis, 

 cinerea, epidermide duracino induta ; anfr. 6 convexis vix plica- 

 tis, posticis spiraliter filosis, filis antice liras duas efformantibus ; 

 anfr. ultimo f long, testae, liris antice ad 8 et liris numerosis 

 minoribus posticis cincto; sutura profunda. Apertura angusta, 

 ovata ; labro ac'uto dentieulato ; fauce sulcata, livida ; columella 

 vix callo:-a ; rostro satis elongato. Axis. 22 millim. ; diam. 12 

 millim. Inhabits Simoda. W. S. 



i'i sus modkstus. T. parva, elongata, ovato-lanceolata, ru- 

 dis, fusco-cinerea, longitud. undulata (undis ad 15) et liris con- 

 spicuis ad 5, minoribus intervenientibus cincta ; striis incrementi 

 lamellosis ; anfr. 7 tnmidulis. Apertura ovata dimidiam longit. 

 testae hand aequans; labro simplici intus subsulcato ; fauce cas- 

 tanea. Axis 25 millim. ; diam. G millim. Inhabits Hakodadi, 

 in 10 fathoms, shelly sand. W. S. 



Peristernia fenestrata. T. parva, fusiformis, flavido- 

 rubeseens, liris exilibus confertis cincta, interspatiis concinne 

 clathratis, longitud. vix plicata, liris binis suturie propinquis ma- 

 joribus alveolas efformantibus ; anfr. 6 convexis, ultimo antice 

 constricto; sutura profunda. Apertura ovata dimidiam longitud. 

 testa? adaequans ; labro concinne crenato, intus sulcato ; columella 

 callo ereeto antice induta; rostro fere clause Axis 13 millim. ; 

 diam. 6 millim. Inhabits Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 

 W. S. 



Oidy a single specimen was found ; quite remarkable for the 

 contraction about the beak, and the embrasure-like pits near the 

 suture. 



Peristeenla inculta. T. parva, solida, fusiformis, rufa ; 

 anfr. 8 convexis ad suturam declivibus liris ina;qualibus cinctis et 

 fluctibus ad 7 ornatis, ultimo vix dimidiam longitudinis aiquante, 

 COSta basali inconspicua in dentem ad labrum producta ; rostro 

 gracili contorto. Apertura rotundato-ovata ; labro crenulato intus 

 dentieulato ; columella leviter plicata ; fauce lutea. Axis 25 

 millim.; diam. \2 millim. Inhabits ? 



