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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE MAI-ACOI.OGICAL SOCIETY. 



I am indebted to Monsieur Vignal, who lias made a special study 

 of this family, for his opinion, in confirmation of my own, that this is 

 a distinct species. 



AnABATUKON PAGODIFOKMIS, n.Sp. 



Testa parva, elongato-turrita, albida ; spira elongata, ad apicem 

 obtusiuscula ; anfractiis 6, primi 2 rotundati, leviter obli(][ue declives, 

 seqiientes vakle acute angulati, ad angulum acute squamosi, supra et 

 infra concavi ; anfractus ultimus spiram vix oequans, supra anguhim 

 leviter concavus, infra convexiusculus ; apertura circularis ; columella 

 tenuis, rectiuscula ; peristoma latiusculum, ])lanum, extus triangu- 

 latum. Long. 2J, maj. diam. 1 mm. 



Hah. — New Caledonia. 



A remaikable little shell, with a turreted spire and acutely 

 angular whorls, the angle being sharply scaled, almost spinose. Of 

 this very striking little species I have only seen four specimens, 

 three perfect and well developed, the other not quite adult. 



Dentalium festivum, n.sp. 



Testa regulariter arcuata, crassa, latiuscula, albida, balteis 

 iuterruptis rufo-cariieis angulatis et undulatis pulcherrime ornata, 

 longitudinaliter costata ; costis numerosis et confertis, circiter 35, 

 inaequalibus, leviter planulatis, et compresse rotundatis ; apertura 

 circularis. Long. 52, maj. diam. 9 mm. 



Hdb. — jN^ew Caledonia. 



Of this beautiful gaily coloured shell I have only seen a single 

 specimen. It is coloured with rose pink in broad interrupted bands, 

 partly waved and partly angular ; the ribs ai-e very numerous and 

 close-set, of unequal width, smooth, depressly rounded, the interstices 

 being very narrow, without transverse sculpture. 



I am not able fully to describe the apex of this species, as the 

 specimen is rather incomplete, but it appears to have a rather broad 

 notch on the convex side. 



