SURCULA. 239 



S. KADERLYI, Lischke. PI. 6, fig. 75. 



Whorls subangulated with about twelve oblique, rounded, 

 longitudinal ribs below 'the angle, surface decussated by growth- 

 lines and small revolving striae ; 3*ellowish white, with orange- 

 brown bands on the shoulder, at the base and intermediately 

 three in all, the upper one appearing on the spire. 



L. 67, diam. 24 mill, Japan. 



S. PAUPERA, Watson, 



Fusiform, decussated by spiral striae and growth-lines, whorls 

 angulated by a revolving row of tubercles, giving rise to short 

 longitudinal ribs, about thirteen in number on the body-whorl ; 

 spire high, conical, whorls 10-11 ; color buff-brown, under a 

 coarse, harsh yellowish epidermis. L. 1*75, diam. -68 in. 



Aru 7s/., 800 fathoms, mud. 



Dredged by the "Challenger" Expedition, and not yet 

 figured. It is described as a Drillia. 



S. CLARA, von Martens. PI. 6, figs. 77, 77 a, 



Whorls seven, spirally closely striate, decussated by growth- 

 lines, with a strong spiral carina ; sinus short and wide, extending 

 from the carina to the suture ; diaphanous white. 



L. 36, diam. 13 mill. 



Patagonia. 

 S. CARPENTERIANA, Gabb. PI. 7, fig. 3. 



Shell fusiform, the whorls somewhat flattened, without angle, 

 carina or ribs, surface with close revolving lirse, sometimes 

 alternating in size ; sinus a mere sigmoid curve of the outer lip; 

 aperture scarcely narrowed into a canal below. Brownish orange, 

 with broken revolving bands of a light reddish brown ; these 

 bands usually occur on the larger liree, and are most closely 

 placed on the middle of the shell. L. 73, diam. 26 mill. 



California. 



It is a post-pliocene fossil, of which some specimens, retaining 

 the color (and therefore supposed to be recent) have been ob- 

 tained on the shore and by dredging. 



S. PERVERSA, Gabb. PL 6, fig. 79. 



Sinistral, elongate, slender, of 11-12 convex whorls, with very 

 flexuose growth-striae, and fine spiral lines ; aperture scarcely 



