1 36 Quarterly Journal of Conchology. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW MARGINELL.E. 

 By F. P. .MAR RAT. 



Margineiia Tyermani, n. s. 



Matg. testa subfusiformi-ovata, cinereo-alba, lineis nigris conspicuis 

 equidistantibus undique cingulata, spira brev'i, anfractibus superne 

 obtuse angulatis, ad unguium plica to- nodulatus, columella quad- 

 riplicata, labro late incrassato, intus denticulate. 

 Var. With the lip smooth inside. The Corisco specimen. 

 Found in company with M. bellii, Sow., and is about the size ot 

 M. /estiva, Kien. 



Hah. 1 Corisco Bay, r near Cape Palmas, West Africa. Coll. 

 Keen, Liverpool. 



Margineiia perla, n. s. 

 Marg. testa tumido-cylindracea, nitente, flavescente-alba,sub-vitrea, 



spira subexserta, labi o-subflexuosa, columella biplieata. 

 An inflated semitransparent shell with only two folds on the 

 columella. 



Allied to M. triplicata, Gask., but four times the size of that shell, 

 more glassy, inflated and has a much wider aperture. 

 I lab ! 



Margineiia praecallosa, Higgins. 

 Marg. testa cylindraceo-oblonga, cinereo-alba,grisea lineari-strigata, 

 fasciis duabus distantibus, spira parva, anfractibus superne tumidi- 

 usculis, columella valde expanse callosa, quinque-plicata, labro valde 

 calloso-refiexo, intus flexuose plicato. 

 Long. 23 mill. Diam. 12 mill. 



A fine bold shell with the callous expanded in front and the inner 

 edge of the outer lip, sinuously plicate. 



In the collection of the Rev. H. H. Higgins, Rainhill. 

 Bab ? 



Margineiia Warrenii, n. s. 



Marg. testa fusiformi-oblonga, lutescente lactea, fasciis duabus 

 aurantio-fuscis latiusculis cingulata, spira producta, subobtusa 

 conica, apice obtuso ; labro subflexuoso : columella quadriplicata 



