Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. 24o 



tenui labro juncto induta ; labrum intiis leviter incrassatum et 

 liratum ; canalis anterior obliqnus, recurvus. 

 Longit. 28 millim., diam. 14; apertiira cum canali 17 longa, intus 

 7 lata. 



Bab. Station 232, off South India, 430 fath. 



In this very pretty species the transverse ridges are covered 

 •with close-set scales, those upon the longitudinal cost^e being 

 longer than the rest and giving to the ribs a frilled appear- 

 ance. The ridges are alternately large and slender, being 

 about three in number above the angle and four below. 

 Upon the bod3'-\Yhorl there is a broad ridge at the base, with 

 very large scales, which forms the rimation. Only in adult 

 examples is the labrum thickened and lirate within, the lira 

 being rather inconspicuous and eight or nine in number. 

 Reeve's figure of Murex squamuhsus (Con. Icon. iii. fig. 184) 

 very closely represents this species ; indeed the two forms 

 are scarcely separable. 



20. Cancellaria cretacea. 



Testa ovata, vix runata, oblique plicata et spirahter confertim lirata, 

 liris supra et inter plicas contiuuis, sordide albida, cretacea ; 

 aufractus circiter 5, convesi, sutura profunda sejuncti, celeriter 

 accresceiites, ultimus magnus, plicis 13 obliquis mediocriter validis 

 instructus ; apertura albida, ovata, antice baud canaliculata, 

 longit. totius | superans : labrum mediocriter tenue, intus liris 

 circiter decern intrantibus munitum ; columella callo reflexo, 

 superne labro juncto, induta, triplicata, suprema aliis paulo 

 validiore. 



Longit. 25 millim., diam. maj. 19 ; apertura 14 longa, 10 lata. 



Bab. Station 229, off Travancore coast, in 360 fath. 

 Remarkable on account of the absence of an anterior canal 

 and of colour. 



21. Ancilla lencof^pira. 



Testa angusta, cylindracea, superne acuminata, alba, circa medium 

 anfractus ultimi zona lata pallide olivacea cincta ; spira convexe 

 conoidea, callo albo induta ; anfractus 5, planiusculi, sutura vix 

 conspicua sejuncti, primus corneus, convexus, ultimus elongatus, 

 cjlindricus, lineis incromenti tenuissimis sculptus, striisque trans- 

 versis minute decussatus ; apertura angusta, superne acuta, alba; 

 columella callo tenui induta, interne plicis 4-5 obliquis instructa ; 

 labrum intus paulo incrassatum, ad marginem acutum, superne 

 subsinuatum. 



Longit. 13 millim., diam. 5; apertura 6j longa, 2 lata. 



