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anguste camxlicidata dlvisi ; a nf met us ulfimus spiram paulo 

 supcrans, levilcr inflatiis : apertura latiiiscula ; coluiiielhi 

 kviter incitrva, callosa. 



Long, ig, diaiii. jiiaj. g millim. 

 Hal). Natal, Diirhan. 



A very distinct species which may be at once recog- 

 nized by its granular sculpture. 

 Oliva ispidula Linn. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. iv., p. 21, 



pl- 343, fig- 248- 

 Fasciolaria trapezium Linn. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. v., 

 pl. 426, fig. 22. Natal. 



Latirus abnormis Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa elongato-fusifonnis, crassa, utiinquc ai-initinata, niitbili- 

 cata, castanea ; spira turrita, acuta, sutura irregularis ; 

 anfractus 6-7, leviter conve.xi, iiodis conspicuis rotundaiis 

 armati ; spiraliter sub-obsolctc lirati ; anfractus ultimus 

 superne leviter concavus, obtuse bi-atigu/atus, ad augulum 

 superum valde nodosus, ad augulum iuferum iwdis laevigaiis 

 munitus, inferne kviter concavus, in cauda breviuscula de- 

 sinens ; apertura oblonga ; columella rectiuscula, albo-callosa, 

 glabra, haud plicata ; canalis latiusculus, mediocriter longus. 



Long. J7, diam. maj. 2J millim. 

 Uab. Natal. 



This species, though evidently a Latirus, shows no 

 signs of the columellar folds supposed to be characteristic 

 of that genus. In this respect, however, it does not stand 

 alone, the same being observed with regard to L. gibbulus 

 Gmel, and the species from the Cape de Verde Islands, to 

 which I recently gave the name of Z. ma.ximus ('The Con- 

 chologist,' 1893, vol. ii., p. 139, pl. i, fig. 5). 



Voluta festiva Lamk. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. i., ])1. 52, 

 figs. 79, 80. .\ young specimen of this rare species was 

 recently found on the Natal coast by Mrs. Trotter. 



Mitra literata Lamk. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. iv., pl. 

 372. fig- 436- Natal. 



Mitra limbifera Lamk. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. iv., pl. 

 366, fig. 261. Natal. 



J.C.. ^■ii.. April 1894. 



