﻿464 
  Lt.-Colonel 
  IT. 
  H. 
  Godwin- 
  Austen 
  on 
  

  

  with 
  no 
  special 
  markings, 
  dark 
  greenish 
  in 
  colovr, 
  with 
  fine 
  

   white 
  ramifying 
  venation 
  conspicuous. 
  Vinous 
  tinted 
  in 
  part 
  

   nearer 
  the 
  apex, 
  which 
  is, 
  again, 
  darker. 
  Right 
  shell-lobe 
  

   very 
  long, 
  in 
  the 
  one 
  dissected 
  15 
  mm., 
  similar 
  to 
  No. 
  7 
  ; 
  

   the 
  left 
  shell 
  lobe 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  No. 
  7, 
  not 
  so 
  triangular. 
  

   The 
  right 
  dorsal 
  lobe 
  is 
  small, 
  the 
  left 
  dorsal 
  in 
  two 
  parts, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  one 
  the 
  smallest. 
  The 
  penis 
  is 
  a 
  short 
  stout 
  

   pillar, 
  closely 
  bent 
  in 
  S 
  shape, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  very 
  long, 
  

   csecum 
  well 
  developed, 
  all 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  genitalia 
  on 
  usual 
  

   plan. 
  

  

  Jaw 
  with 
  a 
  central 
  projection. 
  

  

  Radula 
  extracted 
  almost 
  complete, 
  the 
  formula 
  

  

  70 
  . 
  2 
  . 
  15 
  . 
  1 
  . 
  15 
  . 
  2 
  . 
  70, 
  or 
  87 
  . 
  1 
  .87. 
  

  

  Central 
  and 
  ad 
  medians 
  in 
  form 
  as 
  in 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  

   the 
  marginals 
  aculeate, 
  diminishing 
  to 
  very 
  minute 
  teeth 
  ou 
  

   the 
  edge. 
  

  

  Kerkophorus 
  stellatus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Locality. 
  Stellabush, 
  Durban 
  (No. 
  3629, 
  Burnup 
  Coll.). 
  

  

  Shell 
  globosely 
  conoid, 
  imperforate, 
  apical 
  whorls 
  glassy; 
  

   sculpture 
  microscopic, 
  longitudinal 
  papillatiou 
  ; 
  colour 
  pale 
  

   ochraceous 
  straw-colour; 
  spire 
  moderately 
  high, 
  subconic 
  ; 
  

   suture 
  shallow 
  ; 
  whorls 
  4, 
  rapidly 
  increasuig, 
  the 
  last 
  tumid, 
  

   apex 
  sides 
  flat 
  ; 
  aperture 
  oblique, 
  circular 
  ; 
  peristome 
  very 
  

   thin 
  ; 
  columellar 
  margin 
  thin, 
  subvertical. 
  

  

  Size: 
  major 
  diam. 
  150 
  ; 
  alt. 
  axis 
  7 
  mm. 
  

  

  Animal. 
  — 
  General 
  colour 
  very 
  pale 
  grey, 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  

   wall 
  of 
  the 
  branchial 
  sac. 
  Horn 
  above 
  the 
  mucous 
  gland 
  

   long, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  tip. 
  Foot 
  on 
  sole 
  divided. 
  The 
  

   right 
  shell-lobe 
  long 
  and 
  ample 
  ; 
  left 
  shell-lobe 
  moderately 
  

   long 
  ; 
  right 
  dorsal 
  lobe 
  large, 
  left 
  in 
  two 
  distinct 
  parts, 
  

   anterior 
  large, 
  posterior 
  small. 
  The 
  branchial 
  sac 
  is 
  spotted 
  

   sparsely 
  with 
  black, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  triangular 
  patch 
  fills 
  the 
  

   angle 
  next 
  and 
  above 
  the 
  anal 
  and 
  respiratory 
  apertures. 
  

   The 
  usual 
  dark 
  band, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  pronounced, 
  lies 
  above 
  

   the 
  kidney, 
  and 
  below 
  and 
  parallel 
  with 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  milky-tvhlte 
  

   band 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  heart 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  succeeded 
  

   on 
  the 
  visceral 
  sac, 
  which 
  is 
  here 
  of 
  a 
  pule 
  ochraceous 
  tint, 
  

   by 
  white 
  spotting, 
  which, 
  again, 
  merges 
  into 
  two 
  narrow 
  

   hands, 
  next 
  by 
  a 
  foliated 
  pattern 
  in 
  white, 
  and, 
  finally, 
  the 
  

   two 
  apical 
  whorls 
  are 
  all 
  white. 
  

  

  Three 
  large 
  specimens 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  whicli 
  the 
  shells 
  

   had 
  been 
  removed, 
  and 
  one 
  small 
  immature 
  example 
  with 
  

   shell. 
  The 
  above 
  description 
  applies 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  them. 
  

  

  