AKT. 18 SMALL SHELLS DREDGED BY *' ALBATROSS ' " DALL 67 



gate, narrow, the margins thin, the outer hp sHghtly convexly pro- 

 duced medially, the inner lip a little raised with no umbihcal dimple. 

 Length of shell, 4.75; of aperture, 1.7; diameter, 1.25 mm. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108038. 



Off Fernandina, many specimens. 



Slender and very straight, approaching Strombiformis in form. 



MEL4NELL4 ?ATCJL\ Dill and Si.Tipson 



Eulima patida Dall and Simpson-, Moll. Porto Rico, p. 413, pi. 67, fig 3, 

 190L 



Off Georgia, 20 specimens. Porto Rico, in Mayaguez Harbor, 5 

 specimens. 



MELANELLA VERSA, new species 



Shell small, transparent whitish with obscure olivaceous nebulosi- 

 ties, adout nine whorls, a minute blunt apex, dextrally wholly arcuate; 

 suture distinct, not glazed over; surface smooth and polished; aper- 

 ture ovate, posterior commissure acute; outer lip strongly arcuately 

 produced; inner lip short, thick, the base evenly attenuated, imper- 

 forate; the last whorl about one-half the whole length. Length, 4.5; 

 diameter, 1.5 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108043. 



Off Fernandina, one specimen. 



The shell is somewhat discolored by its sojourn on the bottom, but 

 the olivaceous clouding seems normal. 



MELANELLA IRA, new species 



Shell minute, slender, white, with about nine slightly convex 

 whorls, the apex minute, rounded; surface polished without sculp- 

 ture, the suture glazed over; last whorl about one third the whole 

 length in the adult; aperture ovate, the outer lip moderately arcuate, 

 the inner lip callous, slightly raised with a narrow depression behind 

 it; base rounded, slightly produced. Length, 4.6; diameter, 1.3 mm. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108036. 



Off Fernandina and Georgia, many specimens. 



This comes pretty close to the form of Aclis. 



MELANELLA PARALLELLA, new species 



Shell small, slender, v/hite, straight, with a slightly irregular mi- 

 nute nucleus and about nine whorls; suture distinct, not glazed over, 

 one or more varical grooves to each whorl; the sides of the whorls 

 are flat, there are also axial feeble irregular wrinkles covering them; 

 the anterior edge of the whorls in the later part of the shell slightly 

 bulging; aperture ovate, body and pillar with a coat of enamel; base 

 rather abruptly rounded, imperforate; a narrow depression behind 

 the inner lip; outer lip very slightly arcuate. Length, 5; of last 

 whorl, 1.5; diameter, L2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 108378. 



Off Georgia, not rare. 



