8 SOWERKY ; MARINE SHELLS OK SOUTH AFRICA. 



Natica quekettii Sowerby, n. sp. 



Tt'sta globflia, iiiediocritcr umbilicata, crasdiisciila, iindiqiic 

 fiisco !nulti/>iu!ctcifd, iiidciilis grandibus fuscis iriegulariter 

 picta ; spira brcvissiina, aiifractus 4, hevis, convexi, sutura 

 profundiuscida sejundi ; anfradus nltiinus iiijlafi/s, rotun- 

 datus ; nmbiliciis profundus sub-ct'railaris, saturate fusco 

 marginatus ; apertitra seiid-circularis ; columella oblujua, vix 

 curvata. 



Long. 7, iiiaj . diain. S inilliin. 

 Hub. Natal. 



A small species somewhat resembling N. i/nperforata, 



but distinctly perforate. It differs in form from jV.forata, 



and the umbilicus is smaller. 



Nalica sebae. — Souleyet, 'Wiyage de la Bonite,' pi. 35, figs. 

 6, 7 ; 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. v., pi. 457, fig. 79. Natal. 



Natica taeniata Menke=N. ala-papilionis Chemn. — Sow., 

 'Tlics, Conch.,' vol. v., pi. 457, pi. 46. Natal. 



Scalaria simplex Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa eloiigatopyrainldata, ti/iperforata, alba, tiitida ; anji actus 

 6, rotundati, suiui a profunda sejunctl ; costis levitcr obllquis 

 Q-IO, cequalibus, c/assiusculls, siniplicibus, vix angulatis ; aper- 

 tura fere circularls, peristoma crassiusculo. 



Long. 8, niaj. diam. 4'j millim. 



Hab. Natal. 



A small Scalaria with no prominent distinguishing 



characters, but seemingly different from any hitherto 



described. 



Aclis unilineata Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa elongata, angusta, tenuis, alba : spi/a turrita ; anfradus 

 8, planato-convcxi, longitudinaliter miiiutissime densissime 

 pllcati, linea unica fusca spiraliter cindi ; sutura impressa, 

 lira angusta inseda ; anf/ actus ultimus breviusculus vix 

 inflatus, ad basin, rotundatus, hevisdnie produdus ; apeitura 

 ovata : columella tenuissiina, levitcr incurvata, liaud plica ta, 

 peristoma simplex. 



Long. J, niaj. diam. 1 1 millim. 



Hab. Port Elizabeth. 



F.C.. vii.. A|>iil i5o4. 



