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with the siphonal canal produced anteriorly into a somewhat long 

 recurved beak. 



18. Siphonalia acuminata, A. Adams. 



S. testa ovato- fusiformi, pallide fulva aut alba, hie et illic rufo 

 tincta ; spira acuminata, quam apertura longiore ; anfractibus 9, 

 convexis, postice excavatis, longitudinaliter plicatis, plicis rotundis, 

 regularibus, subconfertis, transversim striatis, in medio anfractuum 

 biliratis, liris ad plicas nodulosis ; anfractu ultimo liris 6 instructo ; 

 apertura rotundato-ovata, canali subproducto, tortuoso, vix re- 

 curve 



Hah. Gotto ; 48 fathoms. 



A light brown acuminate species, with the whorls nodosely 

 plicate, and with the siphonal canal rather produced and tor- 

 tuous. 



19. Siphonalia pyr amis, A. Adams. 



S. testa pyramidato-fusiformi, pallide fusca ; spira elata; anfractibus 7, 

 subimbricatis, planis, longitudinaliter plicatis, transversim liratis, 

 liris confertis, aequalibus, ad plicas subnodulosis ; apertura ovata, 

 canali brevi, tortuoso, recurvo ; labio lsevi ; labro intus sulcato. 



Hob. Satanornosaki ; 55 fathoms. 



A somewhat pyramidal species, with an elevated conical spire, 

 subimbricate whorls, and a short, tortuous siphonal canal. 



20. Siphonalia munda, A. Adams. 



S. testa ovato-fusiformi, pallide fulva, hie et illic fusco tincta, maculis 

 subquadratis rufo-fuscis, in serie unica dispositis, in medio anfrac- 

 tuum ornata ; spira producta, quam apertura longiore ; anfracti- 

 bus 9, convexis, postice excavatis, longitudinaliter nodoso-plicatis, 

 transversim crebre liratis, liris confertis, regularibus, aequalibus ; 

 apertura ovato-oblonga, canali subproducto, tortuoso ; labio laevi, 

 simplici. 



Hub. Kuro-Sima; 35 fathoms. 



A neat, fusiform, fulvous species, with a series of subquadrate 

 red-brown blotches in the middle of the whorls. 



21. Siphonalia nodulosa, A. Adams. 



S. testa ovato-fusiformi ; spira acuminata, aperturam aequante, pal- 

 lide fusca; anfractibus 7, convexis, postice subexcavatis, longitu- 

 dinaliter valde plicatis, plicis distantibus, antice et postice obso- 

 letis, transversim liratis, liris confertis, regularibus ; apertura 

 ovata ; labio lsevi, canali mediocri, tortuoso ; labro in medio recto, 

 postice rotundato-angulato. 



Hah. Mino-Sima; 63 fathoms. 



A somewhat fusiform species, with strongly nodulous plicate 

 whorls. Colour uniform pale brown. 



