Notes on South African Mollitsca. 107 



t7'istanensis, nov. ( = nigra, Auctt., nee Kilst.). 

 velaini, nom. mut. ( = nigra, var. minor, Velain). 

 maindroni, Velain. 

 jJarva, Swainson. 

 filholi, Hutton. 



xanthostoma, H. & A. Adams { = solida, Swainson; ? cymhaeformis 

 Recluz, and 7'^'patula, Lowe). 



I believe that I have examined every printed reference to these 

 shells, and append all of any considerable importance ; those which 

 I have omitted are of a more or less check-list nature. 



Genus MAEINULA, King, 1832. 

 Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 313. 



{ = Grem'nobates, Swainson, 1855, pars.) 



Marinula pepita, King. 

 1832 '?? Melampus patulus, Lowe, Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 289. D. 

 ,, Marinula pepita, King, Zool. Journ. v. 19. p. 344. D. 



1841 .4;trjc?tZa7W(7m,Phil.,Kuster,Conch. Cab.p. 23.Pl.III,f.4,5. D.F. 

 „ ,, marinella, King, Ivilster, Conch. Cab. p. 24. PI. Ill, 



f. 4, 5. D.F. 



1842 „ pepita. King, Eve., Conch. Syst. ii. PL CLXXXVII, 



f. 1. F. 

 1854 Marinula marinella, King, Ads., P.Z.S. p. 35. 

 ., ,, callaoensis, Petit, Ads., P.Z.S. p. 35. 



1856 ,, nigra, Phil, (pars) { = 7narineUa and callaoensis), Pfr., 



Mon. Auric, p. 61. D. 



1857 „ „ ,, „ Pfr., Cat. Auric, p. 45. D. 



1878 Auricula j^epita. King { = nigra, Phil.), Sow., Conch. Icon. 

 PI. V, f. 33. D.F. 

 Shell small, conic-ovate, imperforate, fairly solid, blackish-brown, 

 interior rather milky. Spire produced, moderately acute, a little 

 shorter than the aperture, apex very small, but sharp. Whorls 4, 

 sHghtly convex, rapidly increasing, very faintly striate parallel to the 

 lines of growth. Suture well marked but shallow. Aperture ovate, 

 outer margin sharp, simple, edentulate ; inner margin very slightly 

 paler than exterior of shell, furnished with 3 white dental processes ; 

 — (i) a prominent, slightly incurved, receding tooth about 3 mm. 

 from, and parallel to, the outer lip ; (ii) a smaller, straight tooth 

 at right angles to its base, nearly half-way between the forecoinw 



