172 Mr. E. A. Smith 07i MoUasca from the 



Hah. Off Sacramento Slioal, off tlic Delta o£ the Godavari 

 River, 70 fatli. 



A small smootli species with peculiar markings and a 

 prismatic surface. Possibly the latter feature may have 

 Ijeen produced by the medium in which they have been 

 preserved. Two indistinct pale brownish blotches can be 

 traced upon the labral varix^ one at the middle, the other 

 below. 



Columbella {Meta) philippinarum, Reeve. 



Colnmhdla 2Mippinarum, Reeve (1842), Conch. Icon. vol. xi. 



fi}i-.s. 207 a-c. 

 Columbella cpanudla, Diiclos, Chenu's lUust. Conch, pi. v. figs. 19-20 



(1846-1858). 



Hah. Andaman Is., 60 fath. 



Marginella grisea (Jousseaume). 



Mar(jmella grisea (Jousseaume), Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1904, 

 vol. xiii. p. 468. 



Hah. Station 328, S. of LoAver Burmah, 61 fath. 



Ancilla Alcocki, sp. n. 



Testa ovato-cylindracea, fusca, antice saturate fusco balteata, supra 

 spiram callo albo induta ; anfractus 4—5, ultinius supra medium 

 linea im])rcssa obliqua bisectus, transversira tonuiter striatus, 

 lineisque incrementi exilissimis sculptus ; spira obtusa, ad apioem 

 mucronata ; apertura elougata, aiigusta, albida ; columella 

 euperne callo crasso supra producto amicta, antice alba, oblique 

 sulcata ; labrum leviter incrassatum, ad marginem fuscum, supra 

 late sed baud profuude sinuatum. 



Longit. 38 mm., diam. 16. 



Operculum magnum, nigro-fuscum, clongatum, apice terminali, costa 

 rotundata marginem versus^jexternum instructum. Longit. 

 10 mm., diam. 5. 



Hab. Station 322, Andaman Is., 378 fath. 



This species is well distinguished by its very remarkable 

 form, no other species having such a peculiar obtuse spire. 

 The operculum also is remarkable on account of its narrow 

 form and the rounded ridges almost parallel with the outer 

 margin, which is also thickened. 



Natica dimidiata, sp. n. 



Testa globosa, aiiguste umbilicata, alba, rufo-fusco late fasciata, 

 infra suturam alba, lineis incrementi oblique striata ; anfractus 4, 

 convcxi, ult.imus globosus ; apertura semicircularis, supra rnfes- 

 ccns, inlVa alba ; columella callo crassiusculo instructa, in umbilico 



