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flavidis ornata ; anfr. 5 filis tire. 5, minoribus interpositis, cinctia ; basi 

 o saepe flavido tessellato, concentrice striato, regione umbilicali 

 calloso plerumque imperforato: apertura rotundatc-ovata : labro tenui 

 versus columellam ampliato; fauce nacrea, sulcata. Diam. 6 millim. 

 Inhabits False Bay. W. S. 



One specimen is beautifully tessellated on the ridges with brown, 

 roseate, blue, golden-yellow, white, and cream color. 



Gibbuxa lepida. T. parva, globoso-lenticularis, levis, murina) 

 %• i 1 1 ; i peripherali et vitta* suturali nigris albo tessellatis picta ; anfr. 5 ; 

 sutura vix impressa : basi convexo, striis concentricis et maculis albidis 

 ornato ; regione umbilicali excavato, callo induto: apertura parva, 

 obhqua; columella acuta, antice dentata; labro acuto ; fauce mar- 

 garitacea, sulcata. Diam. 5 : axis. 4 millim. Inhabits New Ireland. 

 \Y. S. 



Somewhat like G. spilota. 



Gibbula i'n.iii:xs. r r. parva. globoso-conica, subtenuis, sub 

 epidermide tenui fuscescente vivide iridescens; anfr. 5, costis 4-5 

 fusco e1 rosaceo articulatis cmctis ; sutura ob via ; basi convexo, costu- 

 lis bene dispositis sculpto, arete perforato; columella arcual 

 pansa, erecta ; fauce deaurata vivide iridescente. Operculum corneum 

 multispirale. Diam. 7 millim. 



Collokia i.kxticula. T. minuta, solida, alba, globoso-lenticu- 

 laris, ubique striis confertis tenuissimis cincta; anfr. 4 depresso-con- 

 vexis cito crescentibus ; basi convexo. imperforato, callo copioso 

 munito: apertura parva, circularis. Diam. 4; axis, 2 millim. In- 

 habits China Coral Seas. W. S. 



Collonia ((I'antilla. T. minuta. solida. depresso-orbicularis, 

 rosacea sulcis pallidioribus circ. 4 cincta ; anfr. t vix convexis, peri- 

 pheric obtusa" ; basi convexo, paUidiore, arete perforato: apertura 

 circularis : labro crasso : columella robusta declivi. Diam. :! ; axis, 2 + 

 inilliin. Inhabits Simon's Bay. W. S. 



Turbo amussitatus. T. globoso-conica, crassa, rufa; anfr. G 

 ventricosis, costis inequalibus irregularibus 6-8 et intermedianis exili- 

 l > 1 1 — i 5 cinctis, costis oblique* striatis ; basi concinne reticulata, per- 

 forato tandem callo occluso: apertui-a subcircularis ; columella ex- 

 panse duplici : fauce margaritacea. Operculum osseum, paucispirale. 

 Axes, 12 millim. Inhabits •? 



TURBO NOCTURNUS. T. parvula, globoso-conica, solida, rufb- 

 .-iit«- et rosaceo alternating strigata; apice albo; anfr. 5 con- 

 vexis. sulcis equalibus aratis ; sutura impressa; basi convexo. im- 

 perforato, concentrice striato: apertura subcircularis; columella 

 expanse, argentatE, granulata, extus erecta. Operculum osseum, 



