SO-WEEBT : ON NEW MAEINE MOLLTJSCA. 301 



This species belongs to the group of M. luculenta, Reeve ; in colour 

 and banding it somewhat resembles M. Montrouzieri, Tapp.-Canefri 

 {M. tricolor, Montr.), but it is of a narrower form and the ribs are 

 much less numerous, rounded, smooth, and in some cases almost 

 obsolete on the body-whorl. The specimens present some variation 

 in the disposition of the colour lines and bands, but the most 

 characteristic specimens have, as in the type, two brown lines or 

 narrow zones in the middle of the penultimate and towards the 

 upper part of the body-whorl, with a whitish zone between. 

 Teiphora eupunctata, n.sp. PL XXV, Fig. 7. 



Testa sinistrorsa, elongata, convexiuscula, ad apicem acuminata, 

 pallide rufo-fusca, nitens, fusco seriatim punctata; anfractus 16-17, 

 planati, vix convexi, cingulis 3 eximio gemmiferis, cingula tertia 

 gemmis fusco interpunctatis ornati, sutura canaliculata creno-lirata 

 discreti ; ultimus brevis, infra obtuse angulatus, ad basin liris 2 

 angustis crenulatis munitus ; rostrum breve, crassura, oblit]^uum ; 

 apertura oblique subquadrata. Long. 10, diam. 2-5 mm. 



Hab. — New Caledonia (Bouge). 



Shell light reddish brown, shining, closely and beautifully beaded 

 in three rows on each whorl, spotted with brown between the beads 

 of the lower rows ; the whorls are separated by a channelled suture, in 

 which 7nay be observed a crenulated ridge ; the last whorl has two 

 narrow crenulated keels at the base. 



Teiphoea fuscozonata, n.sp. PL XXV, Fig. 8. 



Testa sinistrorsa, elongatula, acute acuminata, nigro-fusco fasciata ; 

 anfractus 18, leviter convexi, gemmis rotundatis confertis biseriatis 

 (lira angusta interveniente) ornati, sutura impressa discreti ; ultimus 

 curtus, liris 6 minute gemmulatis, prope basin leviter attenuatus, 

 rotunde angulatus ; rostrum curtum, crassum, leviter obliquum ; 

 apertura parva, oblique subtrigona ; labrum tenue, postice sinuatum. 

 Long. 6, diam. r5mm. 



Hah. — New Caledonia. 



This species may be recognised by the dark-brown bands on each 

 whorl ; the gem -like nodules common to many species are arranged in 

 two prominent rows, with a narrow intervening crenulated ridge ; on 

 the last whorl they are smaller and closer, forming six ridges. 

 Teiphora fuscoapicata, n.sp. PL XXV, Fig. 9. 



Testa sinistrorsa, elongato-acuminata, ad apicem acutissima, albida, 

 hie illic fusco minute punctata, ad apicem brunnea ; anfractus circa 

 18, embryonales 5-6 planato - declives, Iceves, sequentes cingulis 

 spiralibus gemmatis 2 (interdum lira minuta interveniente) ornati, 

 sutura impressa discreti ; ultimus quadriseriatim gemmatus, infra 

 angulatus, prope aperturam tubulatim forato munitus, ad basin 

 depressus ; rostrum crassiusculum, oblique recurvum ; apertura parva, 

 subcircularis ; labrum tenue. Long. 5o, diam. l'12mm. 



Hah. — Island of Cebu, Philippines. 



The principal feature distinguishing this species is that the 

 embryonic whorls, numbering 5 or 6, are dark brown, showing 

 conspicuously against the whiteness of the subsequent whorls. 



