SOWERBY : ON SOUTH AFRICAN SHELLS. o'J 



ITah. — The Kowie. 



This shell is of a form pretty prevalent in the genus, and somewhat 

 similar to M. Jacksonenais, Angas, but the sinus is much more 

 pronounced than is usual in the Mangilice, and is more like that of 

 a DriUia. The shell is of a plain straw colour, excepting towards 

 the apex, where the sutures are banded with dark brown. 



Cypr^a cruenta, var. tortirostris, var. nov. 



This curious little shell has the look of a monstrosity, but it seems 



to represent a local race, like some of the New Caledonian forms 



of different species. It is very much smaller than the ordinary 



C. cruenta, of an oblong-ovate form, and the right-hand anterior 



extremitj^ is produced into a tortuous beak. The columellar teeth 

 are comparatively few, only 12 or 13, and the labial teeth are 

 absent or undeveloped. The colour of the shell is light pink, with 

 spots of purplish pink at the margins, and the usual freckling of liglit 

 brown on the back. Long. 12, lat. 7, alt. 5 mm. 



Hab. — The Kowie. 



The three specimens sent to me by Dr. Becker are verj^ much alike, 

 but the one of which the dimensions are here given is the largest. 



