248 Mr. E. A. Smith on Mollusca from the 



Although varviiij^ somewhat in form, some examples being 

 Darrower than others, the strong cancellated sculpture will 

 ilistiuguish this species from its congeners. 



Scaphander vicinus, sp. n. 



Testa ovata, raediocriter tennis, alba, periostraco tenni pallide 

 lutescenti induta, laivis, nitida, interdum lineis elatis transversis 

 vel carinis instructa, lineis incrementi striata, et spiralitcr trans- 

 Tcrsim leviter punctata, punctis elongatis gracilibus ; apertura 

 alba, supra anfractum jiroducta ; columella valde arcuata, incras- 

 sata, reflexa, callo tenui apici juncta. 



Lougit. 36 mm., diam. 24. 



Bab. Station 318, W. of Ceylon, 1085 fath. 



More delicately punctate than S. mvndus^ Watson, S. anda- 

 municus, Smith, or *S'. cancellatus, Martens. S. alatus, Dall, 

 is closely allied, but has the lip peculiarly produced, and 

 S. nohilis, Verrill, has a different columella and sculpture. 



Dentalium magmficum, Smith. 



Dentah'um magnificum, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. IJist. 1S96, vol. xviii. 

 p. 371 ; 1904, vol. xiv. p. 7 ; Illust. Zool. 'Investigator,' Mollusca, 

 pi. vii. figs. 5, 5a ; Pilsbry, Man. Conch, vol. xvii. pp. 78, 251. 



Hub. Station 232, off Travancore coast, 430 fath., grey 

 mud ; Station 265, off N. of Ceylon, 225-594 fath., mud ; 

 Station 323, N.of Andaman Islands, 463 fath.; Station 327, 

 W. of Burmah, 419 fath. 



The specimens from Station 232 are a trifle more slender 

 than the typical form, but in other respects quite similar. 

 A young specimen from Station 327, 73 mm. in length and 

 8 at its broadest end, tapers to a fine point only 1 mm. in 

 diameter, and there exhibits a very narrow slit 5 mm. in 

 length. 



Dentalium keras, Watson. 



Dentalium keras, Watson, 'Challenger' Scaphopoda, p. 3. pi. i. fig. 4; 

 Dall, IJull. Mus. Conip. Zool. Harvard, vol. xviii. p. 425 ; Pilsbry, 

 Man. Conch, vol. xvii. p. QS, pi. iii. fig. 41. 



Hab. Station 316, S. of Ceylon, 1500 fath. 



These specimens are much finer than the ' Challenger ' 

 type from the mid-Pacific, E. of Japan. The largest is 

 62 mm. in length and 11 in diameter at the aperture. 



