ART. 18 SMALL SHELLS DREDGED BY "ALBATROSS '^ DALL 65 



raised. Length of shell, 7; of aperture, 2; diameter, 1.7 mm. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108033. The type is No. 87343. 



Off Fernandina, four specimens. 



This was entered in Bulletin 37, U. S. National Museum, under 

 the name of E. stenostoma, but later comparisons with Jeffreys' 

 European types showed that the two are distinct. 



MELANELLA FEUNANDINAE, new species 



Shell minute, conic, polished, white, with a small blunt apex and 

 about seven whorls; suture shallow, not glazed over; whorls flattish, 

 base elongately rounded; there is no visible sculpture; aperture sub- 

 ovate, the outer lip thin, simple, slightly produced medially; inner 

 lip short with a slight dimple behind it. Length of shell, 4.3; of 

 aperture, 1.2; diameter, 1.5 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108034. 



Off Fernandina, numerous specimens. 



MELANELLA CINCA, new species 



Shell minute, polished, white, acute-conical, of about eight very 

 slightly convex whorls; suture obscure, glazed over; sculpture of 

 very faint incremental lines; base evenly rounded, imperforate; ap- 

 erture subovate, short, margins thin, simple, outer lip prominently 

 convexly arcuate. Length of shell, 3.2; of aperture, 0.8; diameter, 

 1 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108028. 



Off Fernandina, five specimens. 



MELANELLA ABmA, new species 



Shell small, solid, acute, white, the spire bent slightly to the right, 

 with a minute blunt apex and about 10 whorls; suture obscure, not 

 impressed; whorls flat, glazed over; base somewhat abruptly rounded, 

 imperforate; sculpture absent, aperture ovate, outer lip thin, simple^ 

 produced arcuately, inner lip short, anterior margin slightly narrowed 

 in front. Length of shell, 7; of aperture, 1.7; diameter, 2 mm. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108030. 



Off Fernandina, seven specimens. 



MELANELLA CORRIDA, new species 



Shell small, solid, white, with a faint indication of an ill-defined 

 brownish band around the periphery of the later whorls; the spire 

 bent slightly to the right, the 10 whorls flat-sided, the apex minute 

 and blunt; suture obscure, glazed over; sculpture none visible, the 

 last whorl about one-third of the whole length; base elongately 

 rounded, aperture subovate, the margin thin, outer lip simple, medi- 

 ally arcuately produced. Length of shell, 6.5; of aperture, 1.5; 

 diameter, 2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108376. 



Off Georgia, 15 specimens. 

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