Ls) 
MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA, 
HyaLma GLoBuLosa, Rang—Common in the Atlantic 
and Pacific Oceans. Occasionally found on the South 
African coasts. 
SryLIoLa RECTA, Leswewr = Oreseis aciculata (D’Orbigny ), 
Sowb. in Conch. Icon, Pteropoda, pl. 5, fig. 29.—Port 
Elizabeth, «e. 
GASTROPODA. 
Murex BREVISPINA, Lamarck, Conch. Icon. (Murex), 
pl. 19, fig. 77, Krauss, Sudafr. Moll. p. 111.—Natal Bay. 
Murex (OCINEBRA?) PURPUROIDES, Dunker, Reeve, 
Conch. Icon. pl. 32, fig. 153=M. Dunkeri (Krauss), Sudafr. 
Moll. p. 112, tab. vi. fig. 14.—Port Elizabeth, Cape, and 
Natal coasts. 
Murex (OCINEBRA?) SCROBICULATUS, Dunker (Fusus), 
Philippi, Abbild. vol. ii. p. 12, pl. 3, fig. 4.—This species 
being perfectly distinct from M. pwrpwroides, has been 
commonly but erroneously taken for M. Dunkert (Krauss), 
which is simply a synonym for M. purpwroides. — Port 
Elizabeth, &e. 
Murex (OctNepra ?) KieENERI, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 172. 
-~Algoa Bay and Natal coast. 
Murex (OcINEBRA?) CRAWFORDI, Sowerby, nov. sp. 
(plate 1, fig. 2).—Testa subventricosa, solidiuscula, strami- 
nea; spira acuminata, sutura canaliculata; anfractus 54, 
convexi, rotundati, liris numerosis elevatis subnodulosis 
spiraliter cingulati ; anfractus ultimus inflatus, rotundatus, 
inferne hand productus ; apertura ovata, columella levissime 
arcuata, glabra, truncata, canali brevissimo; labrum crenu- 
latum. 
Long. 12, lat. maj. 7 millim. 
This species is closely allied to M. serobiculatus, but 
differs constantly in its shorter form, and the absence of a 
rostrum, the base of the columella being abruptly truncated. 
It may also be distinguished by the presence of an additional 
rib on the penultimate whorl. 
Murex (OctINEBRA?) Basinetont, Sowerby, nov. sp. 
pl. 1, fig. 1.—Testa fusiformis, luteo-fusea ; spira elongata, 
