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Somewhat similar to the preceding in form, hut narrower, more l 

 closely plicate, and entirely white. 



3. Trophon? insights, n.sp. PI. I, Fig. 1. 



Testa elongata, angusta, antice hreviter acuminata, postice pro- 

 longata, pallide fulva ; spira acute turrita ; anfractus 5, carina 

 crassiuscula, perconspicua, spiraliter instructi, supra et infra concavi ; 

 anfractus ultimus hicarinatus, infra contractus, hreviter rostratus ; 

 apertura oyalis ; peristoma simplex ; columella levissime arcuata, ad 

 basim leviter recurva. Long. 6, diam. 3 mm. 



Uab.— The Kowie. 



I place this remarkable little shell provisionally in the genus 

 TropJion, hut it is so unlike any known species of that, or any other 

 genus, that in the absence of the operculum, radula, and soft parts, it 

 is impossible to say with any certainty to what family it really 

 belongs. It may form the type of a new genus. 



4. Purpura hjemastoma (Linn.). A single specimen of a rather 

 broad form and pale colour from Mossamedes. This species is common 

 in the Mediterranean, "West Africa (Senegal and Guinea Coast), West 

 Indies, Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of America, etc. It may be 

 doubted whether P. consul, Lk., said to inhabit the Philippines, is 

 specifically distinct. 



5. Pisania Montrouzieri, Crosse. Several specimens from the 

 Pondoland Coast, collected by Mrs. Filmcr. Recorded locality : New 

 Caledonia. Tbis is the P. crenilabrum of A. Adams. Tryon places 

 it as a variety of P. fasciculata, Reeve, found in the Philippines, but 

 I consider it distinct. 



6. Tritontdea insculpta, n.sp. PI. I, Pig. 4. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, luteo-fulva, albo anguste unifasciata; spira 

 elatiuscula, apice obtuso ; sutura anguste canaliculata ; anfractus 5, 

 convexi, leviter rotundati, costis longitudinalibus numerosis (in anfr. 

 ult. 14) crassiusculis rotundatis instructi, spiraliter multilirati et 

 sulcati, sulcis inter costas excavatis ; anfractus ultimus spirani paulo 

 superans, convexus, antice leviter attenuatus et contractus, vix 

 rostratus ; apertura oblongo-ovalis ; labrum crassiusculuin ; columella 

 leviter contorta. Long. 11*5, diam. 6 mm. 



Hah. — The Kowie. 



A light fulvous shell, with a narrow white band ; cancellated with 

 close longitudinal plicoc, and revolving ridges. It is narrower and 

 more closely sculptured than T. subruhiginosa, Smith, with which it 

 has some affinity. 



7. Nassa Filmer^;, n.sp. PI. I, Fig. 5. 



Testa solidiuscula, antice ventricosa, postice acuminata, rufo-fusca, 

 atro-fusco maculata, lineis transversis interruptis albo articulatis 

 ornata, ad apicem purpureo tincta ; spira pyramidata, leviter convexa ; 

 anfractus 6, convexiusculi, spiraliter obscure sulcati, prinii 3-4 longi- 

 tudinaliter costato-plicati, sequentes laoves ; ultimus inflatus, robustus, 



