SOWeRBY: marine shells of south AFRICA. 7 



Marginella rufula Gaskoin (MSS.). — Reeve, 'Conch. Icon.,' 



sp. 149. Green Point, Cape of Good Hope. 



Marginella perminima Sowerhy, n. sp. 



Testa mini/ia, ohlongo-ovah's, albida, postice rofunda/a, antice 

 leviter attenuata ; spira immersa ; apertiira angusta ; 

 columella t7-iplicata ; labrum crassiusculiiin. 



Long, /i, lat. I iiiillim. 



Hah. South Africa {Captain Turton). 



A minute species with immersed spire, allied to M. 



minima Guilding, but more cylindrical in form. 



Coiumbella kitchingi Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa breviuscula., crassa, imperforata, albida, fusco-bi/asciata ; 

 spira acutiuscula ; anfractus J, convexi, sutura anguste 

 canaliculata sejuncli, longitudinaliter costati, costis circ. 8, 

 rotunda tis ; anfractus ultimus leviter inflatus, infra medium 

 contractus : apcrtura auriformis : labrum arcuatum, intus 

 valde quadriplicatum : columella rcctiuscu/a, Levis. 



Long. 6, maj. diam. j niillim. 



Hab. Green Point, Cape of Good Hope. 



This species somewhat resembles C. cerealis, but it has 



plain-brown bands in place of the zig-zag markings, and is 



notably distinguished by the dentiform plicfe in the mouth. 



The type-specimen was found in the above locality by 



Langley Kitching, Esq., after whom I have pleasure in 



naming it. There are also specimens in the British Museum. 



Coiumbella (Mitrella) pyramidalis Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa angusta, crassiuscula, lavis, lutea, fusco sparsim strigata; 

 spira elongata, acuta : anfractus 8, plant, hevis, sutura 

 linearis ; anfractus ultimus infra medium obtuse angulatus ; 

 apertura latiuscula, utrinque attenuata ; columella incuiTa, 

 truncata : canalis brevissimus. 



Long. II, diam. maj. j millim. 

 Hab. Fort Elizabeth. 



A smooth shell with a very long spire. 

 Cassis glauca Linn. — Reeve, 'Conch. Icon.,' vol. v., Cassis, 



pl- i2> fig- U- Natal. 

 Pyrula ficus Linn.— Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. iv., pl. 423, 

 fig. 4 (as Ficula (.). Natal. 



