PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. 



ON SOME MARINE SHELLS FROM PONDOLAND AND THE KOWIE, 

 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF SEVENTEEN NEW SPECIES. 



By G. B. Soweeby, F.L.S. 



Read 10th November, 1899. 



PLATE I. 



I have recently received from Dr. H. Becker, of Grahamstown, an 

 interesting collection of shells from Pondoland and the Kowic, 

 containing the following species, many of which are believed to be 

 new to science. The shells from Pondoland were collected by 

 Mrs. Filmer, after whom I have the pleasure of naming three of the 

 new species. 



1. Etjthbia FiLMEBiE, n.sp. PL I, Pig. 3. 



Testa acuminata, solidiuscula, antice alba, postice fusca, spira 

 pyramidalis, acutiuscula ; anfractus 8, convexi, obtusissime angulati, 

 costis paucis latiusculis vix elevatis instructi ; sutura callosa ; 

 anfractus idtimus supra leviter concavus, in medio convexus, infra 

 contractus, brevissime rostratus ; apertura latiuscula, intus ltevis ; 

 columella antice recurva, postice rectiuscula. Long. 33, lat. 14 mm. 



Hah. — Pondoland. 



A shell of very striking aspect ; the spire and upper half of the 

 body - whorl being brown, the coloration terminating abruptly and 

 evenly, leaving the lower half of the body-whorl pure white. 



2. Eutheia ebuexea, n.sp. PL I, Pig. 2. 



Testa elongato-aeuminata, alba, spira acute pyramidata; anfractus 7, 

 supra leviter concavi, infra convexi, costis latiusculis parum elevatis 

 instructi, spiraliter la?vissime striati ; anfractus ultimus spi-ram paulo 

 superans, supra et infra concavus, in medio leviter convexus, brevissime 

 rostratus ; apertura ovalis, intus obscurissime lirata ; labrum tenue ; 

 columella postice arcuata, antice leviter recurva. Long. 24, diam. 



II mm. 



Hub. — Pondoland. 



VOL. IV. — MARCH, 1900. 1 



