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prcssa ; anfractus ultimus spiram fere SDqiians, rectiusculus, levissime 

 convexus, fasciis fuscis et pellucide corneis cinctus, pone labrum 

 costa licvigata latiuscula instructus ; apertura angustiuscula ; colu- 

 mella crassa, leviter contorta, extus intusque fusca ; labrum acutum, 

 levitcr arcuatum. Long. 4, diam. 1 mm. 



I know of no species with which this will bear anything like close 

 comparison. It is of an oblong sub-cylindrical form, and looks at first 

 sight as if it might be a rather short form of the section Astyris, but 

 that it wants the spiral stricc. The type is entirely smooth and 

 shining, has two light-brown bands and two pellucid zones on the 

 body-whorl. The twisted brown columella is rather peculiar. 



4. CoLUMBELLA (Anachis) SINENSIS, n.sp. PI. XII. Fig. 5. 

 Testa sub-ovata, solidiuscula, pallide fuh^a, maculis linearibus fuscis 



uni-fasciata, flaramulis f ulvo-castaneis undulatis irregulariter picta ; 

 spira broviuscula, acuta ; anfractus 6, primi 2-3, la^ves, sequentes 

 costis numerosis crassis confertis instructi ; anfractus ultimus spiram 

 superans, leviter convexus, basin versus leviter attenuatus, hand 

 rostratus ; apertura parviuscula, leviter sinuosa ; columella recti- 

 uscula, ad basin leviter recurva ; labrum acutiu senium, superne 

 emarginatum, intus minute dentatum. Long. 2-25, diam. 1*10 mm. 



This shell is somewhat like the AVcst Indian C. catenata, Reeve, 

 but of smaller size, less cylindrical form, and in place of the two 

 chain-like rows of spots characteristic of Reeve's species it has 

 only one. 



5. CoLTTMBELLA (Mitrella) semipicta, n.sp. PL XII. Fig. 3. 

 Testa oblonga, angustiuscula, laevis, albida, flammulis brevibus 



fuscis longitudinaliter picta, ad apicem violaceo tincta ; spira elon- 

 gata, acutiuscLila ; anfractus 7, planati, vix convexi, sutura impressa;^ 

 anfractus ultimus spiram fere aequans, leviter convexus, supra peri- 

 pheriam flammulis numerosis fuscis pictus, basin versus attenuatus, 

 brevirostratus ; apertura sinuosa ; columella contorta, spiraliter lirata ; 

 labrum leviter contractum, intus obscure dentatum. Long. 5, diam. 

 2 mm. 



A small, smooth, oblong shell, of which the colouration consists of 

 a band of numerous short, thin, longitudinal, brown flames, from a 

 little below the suture to the periphery. 



Family CERITHIID^. 



6. CERimiorsis (Seila) mfltilirata, n.sp. PL XII. Fig. 7. 

 Testa elongate -turrita, tenuis, albida, sub-pellucida ; sp' \ acuta, 



subgradata ; anfractus 9-10, valde convexi, embryonales- laeves, 

 sequentes spiraliter multilirati, superne angulati, leviter tabulati ; 

 anfractus ultimus breviculus, infra angulatus, ad basin lajvis, leviter 

 concavus ; apertura ovalis ; columella curta, leviter contorta ; canalis 

 apertus, brevissimus. Long. 8-50, diam. 2-50 mm. 



I have only seen a single specimen of this rather remarkable little 

 shell. It is of thin, sub-pcllucid substance, with numerous spiral 

 ridges. The channel or anterior sinus is something like that of the 

 genus Protoma. 



