254 coNus. 



concavi, versus apicem moniliferi, deinde carina acuta margi- 

 nati ; ultimus supra acute angulatus, infra angulum ali- 

 quanto convexus, basin versus acuminatim coarctatus. Long. 

 22, lat. 12 mill. 



A little brown sliarply-angular sliell, rather distantly- 

 grooved from the middle to the base, with the whorls beaded 

 near the apex. 



463. PROPINQUUS, Smith (f. 668). — Testa obesa, brevi- 

 turbinata, supra medium bullata, antice angustata, spiraliter 

 tenuiter striata, versus terminum sulcata, pallidissime fusco- 

 subcasrulea fulvo variegata et maculis niveis floccata, fulvo 

 maculata, linear am fuscarum baltea maculis nivosis intei-rupta 

 prope medium, et altera infra, prope terminum, fasciata ; 

 spira brevicula, obtuse angulata, ad angulum nodulis parvis 

 numerosis subrotundis interpunctatis coronata; apice acute 

 rubro ; apertura modica, supra et infra fere aequaliter lata, 

 fauce violacea. 



Allied to G. ceylanensis and C. mix, but generally of 

 larger size, and of a different style of painting, and it is 

 further distinguished by the fine sulci marking rather more 

 than half the shell. The marking is principally characterised 

 by neat brown linear bands and snowy flakes. 



My father inadvertently named this species G. tenuisnl- 

 catus in 1873, after having given the same name to another 

 species in 1870. 



464. GEMMULATUS, Sowerhy (f. 669). — Testa parva, albida 

 vel pallidissime flavidula, utrinqUe subasqualiter acuminata, 

 costellis rotundis subrugosis lirata, interstitiis profundis, 

 striis tenuibus longitudinaliter sculpta ; spira elata, valde 

 acuminata; anfractus 10, papillis rotundis regularibus gem- 

 muliformibus coronati ; apertura angusta, labrum superne 

 profunde sinuatum. 



A remarkable little species allied to G. acutangitlus, with 

 a very produced spire, the whorls of which are beautifully 

 beaded with gem-like papillee. 



Hab. China Sea. 



465. SUBMARGINATUS, Sowerhij (f. 670). — Testa parva, 

 angusta, albida, nitida, antice attenuata, sulcis acutis nume- 

 rosis cincta ; lateribus vix convexis ; spira elevata, plano- 

 conica, subgradata ; anfractus 8, declives, ad angulum lira 

 unica marginati ; apertura mediocriter lata, labrum superne 



