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Drillia albonodulosa, n. sp. 



PL ii, fig. 3. 



Testa p.arva, lufo-fusca, serie nodulorum alborum cincta, ovato-fusiformis ; 

 anfractus sex, superiores rotundati, laeves, caeteri supra excavati, infra convexi, 

 costis nodiformibus albis obliquis infra instructi, spiraliter striati, ultimus ad 

 medium nodose costulatus, infra circa basim oblique et fortius striatus ; 

 apertura parva ; labrum ad marginem tenue, extus incrassatum, supra valde 

 sinuatum ; columella rectiuscula, callo tenui superne tuberculiforme induta. 



Longit. 8.^ millim., diam. 4 ; apertura 3.3 millim longa, 1.5 lata. 



A solid little species, well characterised by its style of colouration. 



Drillia praetermissa, n. sp. 



PL ii, fig. 4. 



Testa breviter subfusiformis, fuscescens, pallide costulata, rufo-fusco maculata, 

 lineis spiralibus albo et fusco articulatis subobscuris ornata ; anfractus 8 — g, 

 apicales ?, caeteri supra concave declives, infra convexiusculi, costis obliquis 

 12 — 15 in concavitate obsoletis instructi, spiraliter tenuiter striati, ultimus 

 costis infra medium evanidis, circa basim fortius strictus ; apertura longit. 

 totius ^"^1 adaequans, intus fuscescens; labrum arcuatim prominens, tenue, 

 supra rotunde sinuatum ; columella fere recta, callo tenui supra tuberculi- 

 forme induta. 



Longit. 18 millim., diam. 7. 



Allied to D. //fnim, but differing in colour and in its spire being 

 more produced. 



Drillia nivosa, n, sp. 

 PL ii, fig. 5. 



Testa mediocriter elongata, pallide fuscescens, lineis numerosis spiralibus 

 albo et fusco-puncticulatis ornata ; spira elongata, ad apicem mammillata ; 

 anfractus 7, duo superiores rotundati, laeves, caeteri supra concavi, infra 

 convexi, costis obliquis (in concavitate obsoletis) 1 2 — 14 instructi, et spiraliter 

 leviter striati, ultimus infra medium costis evanidis, circa basim fortius striatus; 

 apertura longit. totius circiter | adaequans ; labrum tenue, arcuatum, supra 

 subprofunde sinuatum ; columella levissime curvata, callo tenui, superne 

 tuberculiforme indutum. 



Longit. 17 millim., diam. 6.5 ; apertura 6.5 longa, 3 lata. 



Two or three of the dotted lines around the middle of the whorls are 

 more clearly defined than the rest. The specific name has reference to the 

 white specks which cover the surface. 



Clathurella erassilirata, n. sp, 



PL ii, fig. 6. 



Testa parva, fusiformis, albida, infra suturam et circa basim fuscotincta ; 

 anfractus 7 ?, supra declives, infra liris duobus crassis spiralibus rotundatis 



