266 Major M. Connolly on 



not approaching them in size. The figure accompanying the 

 original description is very misleading, as it appears to 

 portray a far coarser form than the type. 



2. Opens durhanense, Sturany. 



1898. Opeas durbaitetise, Stur. Siidafr. Moll. p. Gl, pi. ii. figs. 42-44 

 (reprint). 



1899. 0)>ea$ durbauetue, Stur. Denkscbr. k. .lUiad. Wiss. Wien, Ixvii. 

 p. 597, pi. ii. fijrs. 42-44. 



1906. Opfas diirbanmse, Stur., Pilsljry, Man. of Concb. xviii. p. 149, 

 pi. XV. figs. 75, 76. 



Hob. Natal, Durban (Dr. Penther). 



Described from a single specimen ; I have not heard of 

 any more having been discovered. 



3. Opeas mcbeani, Mel v. & Pons. 



1903. Opeas mcbeani, M. & P. Ann. & M&g. Nat. Hist. xii. p. 604, 



pi. xxxi. fig. 8. 

 1906. Opeas mcbeayii, M. & P., Pilsbry, Man. of Cuncb. xviii. p. 150, 



pi. XV. tig. 77. 



Hah. Transvaal, Boksberg {Bumup, fid. .1/. t& P.); 

 Ilennop's River, near Pretoria {ConnoUi/) ; Middelburg (in 

 Coll. Ponsonby). 



A very slender shell, smaller than Eaonyma cryslallina, 

 M. & P., and less highly sculptured than 0. stn'gile, M. & P., 

 from which it also diflfers in its less fusiform contour. 



4. Opeas strigile (Melv. &.Pons.). 



1901. Subulina striyilis, M. it P. Ann. & May-. Nat. Ili-st. viii. p. 318, 



pi. ii. fig. 7. 

 1900. Opeas Htrigilis, M. & P., Pilsbry, Man. of Concb. xviii. p. loO, 



pi. XV. fig. 57. 



Hah. Natal, Karkloof {McBean) ; Dargle, Edendale, 

 Pietermaritzburg, Enon Bush, Richmond, Hilton Road 

 [Burnup). 



A beautifully striate little species with rather fusiform 

 contour. 



5. Opeas tugelevse (Melv. & Pons.). 



1897. Subulina iu(/elensis, M. & P. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xix. p. 687, 

 pi. xvii. fig. 9. 



1898. Subulina tugelensis, M. & P. Proc. Mai. Soc. iii. p. 179. 

 1898. Opeas tugelense, M. & P., Sturany, Siidafr. Moll. p. 61. 



1906. Opeas tugelense, M. & P., Pilsbry, Man. of Conch, xviii. p. loO, 

 pi. XV. fig. 78. 



