ART. IS SMALL SHELLS DREDGED BY " ALBATROSS '^ DALL 101 



LASkSyA (ONCHODIA) APICINA, new species 



Shell small, whitish, elongate conical, with a smooth nuclear whorl 

 in which the apex is small and upturned, and the nepionic part with 

 1 feeble anterior spiral thread, a few fine spiral striae, and many 

 slightly arcuate small axial riblets; there are 7 succeeding well-rounded 

 whorls; suture distinct; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl 16) nar- 

 row vertical ribs with subequal interspaces, the incremental lines not 

 obvious except on the base; spiral sculp tu''e on the last wdiorl of 1 

 plain thread at the suture, next to it 2 stronger nodulose threads, then 

 near the periphery 1 more strongly nodose, then a fine thread behind 

 the succeeding suture, 1 of 2 of which the anterior is covered by the 

 following whorl; the base is convex, with 2 threads at the margin and 

 between them and the axis a smooth space; aperture rounded, lip 

 thin, somewhat expanded; pillar very short, attenuated in front. 

 Height 5.5; diameter, 2 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 347852. 



Off Georgia, two specimens. 



LASKEYA (ONCHODIA) HONORA, new species 



Shell small, slender, acute, with 2 glassy nuclear and 1 nepionic 

 whorl carrying 2 spiral lines, followed by 11 whorls with adult sculp- 

 ture; suture distinct, whorls flattish; spiral sculpture of a small 

 undulate cord in front of the suture, 2 stronger nodulose cords near 

 the periphery, and a plain thread at the margin of the base, which is 

 covered by the suture; axial sculpture of (on the last whorl about 20) 

 narrow ribs more or less hidden under the spirals and with narrower 

 interspaces; base convex, smooth except for incremental lines; aper- 

 ture rounded, the pillar slender, twisted; the canal short, recurved. 

 Height, 7.5; diameter, 1 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 329360. 



Off Georgia, one specimen. 



LASKEYA (ONCHOmA) ELIZA, new species 



Shell small, slender, whitish, with 2 smooth nuclear and 1 nepionic 

 whorl, the latter gradually merging into the adult sculpture of the 7 

 succeeding well-rounded whorls; suture distinct, not deep; spiral 

 sculpture of a small undulate thread at the suture, 2 stronger nodu- 

 lose cords near the periphery, and a fine thread at the margin of the 

 base which later is covered by the suture; axial sculpture of (on the 

 last whorl about 12) obscure riblets with narrower interspaces, chiefly 

 indicated by the nodules on the spiral cords; aperture defective, but 

 apparently rounded, pillar slender, not markedly twisted, nearly 

 straight. Height, 3.6; diameter, 1 mm. U. S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 

 108346. 



Off Georgia, two specimens. 



One of the specimens has two and the other only one smooth 

 nuclear whorl, due perhaps to the longer persistence of the larval 

 stage in the former. 



