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basim versus liratus ; apertura latiuscula, f auce purpurascens ; labrum 

 crassum, albidum, in medio macula fusca notatum, intus valde et 

 confertim dentato-plicatum ; columella arcuata, mediocriter callosa. 

 Long. 15, diam. 9 mm. 



Hab. — Poudoland. 



A prettily coloured shell, with a conical spire, and a peculiarly 

 robust body-whorl. The first three or four whorls are strongly plicate, 

 but the rest of the shell is smooth. The type has a single brown blotch 

 about the middle of the white outer lip. 



8. Nassa incrassata (Midler). Pondoland. A well-known European 

 species. 



9. Epidromus bracteatus (Hinds). Two specimens from Pondoland. 

 Eecorded habitats : Red Sea, Mauritius, Sandwich Islands, Marquesas, 

 Philippines, etc. 



10. Ollva dacttliola (Duclos). Two specimens from Pondoland. 

 I have specimens of this species from the Island of Cebii, Philippines. 

 I cannot agree with Tryon that it is identical with 0. funebralis, Lk. 



11. Ancilla osculata, n.sp. PI. I, Fig. 6. 



Testa acuminato-oblonga, laivis, pallida, flammulis brevibus fuscis 

 irregularibus omata ; spira producta, acuta ; anfractus 7, convexi- 

 usculi, lseves, supra sulco angusto haud profundo emarginati ; ultimus 

 ovatus, callo basali albo, crebrilirato ; apertura parva ; columella 

 tenuiter callosa, in medio arcuata, ad basim oblique truncata. 

 Long. 15, diam. 7 mm. ; apertura long. 6, lat. 4 mm. 



Hab. — Pondoland. 



An Ancilla of a somewhat unusual form, having much the 

 appearance of a small JBullia. 



12. Collmbella Filmee.e, n.sp. PI. I, Eig. 8. 



Testa oblonga, subcylindracea, rufo -fusca, promiscue albo guttata, 

 zona angusta, interrupta, nigro-fusca, ad suturam ornata; spira turrita, 

 convexa, ad apicem acuta ; anfractus 7, planato-convexi, lasves, sutura 

 anguste canaliculata sejuncti ; ultimus convexiusculus, infra medium 

 leviter attenuatus ; apertura elongata, angustiuscula, leviter sinuosa ; 

 columella rectiuscula, intus uniplicata, extus lamina alba contecta; 

 labrum leviter incurvum, postice sinuatum, intus dentato-plicatum. 

 Long. 20, diam. 9 mm. 



Hab. — Pondoland. 



A handsomely coloured shell, somewhat allied to C. flava, Brug., 

 but without the anterior contraction characteristic of that species. 

 The specimens vary somewhat in form and colour, but the narrow 

 dark-brown band against the channelled suture is characteristic, as 

 also is the general sprinkling of conspicuous white spots. 



13. Collmbella Beckeri, n.sp. PI. I, Fig. 7. 



Testa abbreviato-fusiformis, nitens, rufo-fusca, zona albida ad 

 suturam omata ; spira elato-conica, ad apicem obtusa, apice papillari ; 



