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A. E. Verrill— Catalogue of Marine Mollusca. 539 
- other good specimen has yet been found. The nucleus is broken, 
_ but it appears to have been upturned. 
The figure is from a camera-lucida drawing of the original speci- 
men. 
This species appears to be closely allied to /. ventricosa, of Europe. 
Menestho sulcata Verrill. 
Odostomia (Menestho) sulcata Verrill, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., iii, p. 380, 1880. 
Stations 871 and 894, in 115 and 865 fathoms. 
This species differs from W. sulcosa (= Plasianella sulcosa Mighels, 
1841) in having finer and more numerous sulci. 
The apical whorl, in our specimens, is conspicuously turned up 
and reversed. 
Pienestho Bruneri Verrill, sp. nov. 
Shell small, white, with an elongated, acute-conical spire, the apical 
whorl very arial, upturned, and incurved. Whorls six, with a 
rounded shoulder close to the suture, the portion next the suture ris- 
ing abruptly, nearly at aright angle; periphery flattened, or very 
slightly rounded ; suture little oblique, impressed, or subcanaliculate. 
Aperture narrowly contracted posteriorly, narrow-ovate anteriorly ; 
outer lip little convex, slightly produced anteriorly ; columella ex- 
curved, flattened, with no fold nor tooth. Sculpture delicate, in- 
cised, spiral grooves, separated by wider intervals, and covering the 
anterior two-thirds of the body-whorl, extending a little back of the 
aperture, but mostly absent on the preceding whorls. No umbilicus. 
Length, 5""; breadth, 2°5™"; length of body-whorl, 3°5™™; of aper- 
ture, 2°5"™; its breadth, .1™. 
Off Newport, R. L., station 892, in 487 fathoms, 1880. 
I have named this species in honor of Mr. H. L. Bruner, an assist- 
ant in the conchological work of the Fish Commission during the 
season of 1881. 
Several additional species of this family, were taken, which I have 
not yet been able to determine. Among these is the following : 
Odostomia (?), sp. A rather large, slender, elongated shell, with 
smooth, flattened whorls, and a strongly marked, elevated fold on 
the columella. The specimen is too much broken for description. 
Station 894, in 365 fathoms. 
TRANS. Conn. ACAD., VOL. V. 65 JULY, 1882, 
