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below the sutures is a row of large distant transverse blotches ; below 

 this a regular double row of even nodule-spots on the obscure costae ; 

 on the last whorl, below this again, a narrow line of distant transverse 

 blotches, and towards the base a fairly regular tessellation. 



Many specimens have lately come from Natal. Those in the British 

 Museum (jS"atural History) were collected by M. Furse. 



3. Engina Layaedi, n sp. PI. XIV. Fig. 15. 



E. testa oblonga, fusiformi, apud apicem, acuminata, anfractibus sex 

 vel septem, spiraliter transversim-sulcatis, albis, regularitcr brunneo- 

 maculatis, velut in E. Natalensi, apertura oblonga, labro cxteriore con- 

 spicue denticulato, interstitiis brunneis, columella plicatula. Long. 9, 

 lat. 3*50 mm. 



Sah. — Ceylon (E. L. Layard). 



Very similar to the species last described [E. Natalensis), but 

 differing in the slightly smaller size, greater attenuation of whorls, 

 and especially in the absence of the transverse, very delicate, striae, 

 which are found in all specimens of Natalensis. The disposition and 

 arrangement of the coloured nodules is similar. The outer lip is more 

 ornamented, being transversely ci'oss-ridged by the shining white 

 denticles, the spaces between being brown. Columella slightly 

 plaited. Three specimens, with locality as above, in the National 

 Collection, South Kensington. 



4. Engina Sinensis, n.sp. PI. XIV. Pig. 14. 



E. testa ovato-pyramidali, solida, apice acuto et attenuato, an- 

 fractibus septem vel octo, gilvis, cingulo transverso carneo decoratis, 

 longitudinalitcr costatis, transversim spiraliter sulculosis, apertura 

 constricta, oblonga, labro exteriore incrassato, denticulato, columellari 

 reflexo, rugoso-striato. Long. 12, lat. 5 mm. 



//«*.— "China Seas." 



There are two specimens of this distinct little Engina in the 

 National Collection, both labelled " China Seas," one being in good 

 condition, the other worn. It is a warm -red, fawn-coloured shell, 

 with paler transverse median band, longitudinally costate, the ribs 

 transversely sulcate, the mouth constricted, columella plaited, outer 

 lip thickened and denticulate. It is to be placed near E. fusiformis, 

 Pease, and others of that section. 



5. Defeancia Japonica, n.sp. PI. XIV. Eig. 11. 



D. testa oblongo-fusiformi, tenui, carnea, anfractibus septem, 

 ventricosis, apud suturas impressis, longitudinalitcr costatis, costis 

 rotundis, regularibus, ad suturas plicatis, transversim filoliratis, 

 apertura oblonga, labro exteriore incrassato, albescente, canali brevi. 

 Long. 13, lat. 5 mm. 



Hah. — Japan. 



Of this species I received two specimens some five or six years ago 

 in a box of native manufacture, imported from Japan, and this con- 

 tained several very interesting shells, a few proving new to science. 

 It is a small flesh-coloured species, with white somewhat thickened 

 outer lip, whorls seven, tumid, impressed at the sutures, roundly 

 ribbed, the ribs being uniformly transversely crossed by threaded 

 raised lirye. 



