80l.nri.\. 1 II 



patulous, a little pointed, very curved and n-tn-atin-j. at tin- point of 

 the pillar it is very -I luii-jly emac-mate. Inner lip : tin- L'la/e on the 

 body is not very thick, and has ;i defined ed^f which doe- not 61 

 beyond the mouth ; near the point of the base it ia swelled in 

 small, narrow, blunt, oblique tooth, and at the point of the pillar it 

 forms a very strong, twisted, oblique double tooth which dies out 

 very speedily, and does not connect itself with the month edire; the 

 furrow above the double tooth is very strong. Alt. 0.4 in. ; diarn. 

 0.14. Penultimate whorl, height 0.06. Mouth, height 0.2-S, breadth 

 0.08 inch. ( W/f*.) 



/.< i'ii/. a, /'//'/'. in 1 '2 fm*. 



Actceon (Buccinulus) cinereus WATS., Chall. Rep. Gastr., p. 631, 



pi. 47, f. 5. 



This pretty little species is very like Adwon (Bwrlim/u* <jlaber 

 (Reeve), but has a higher and sharper spire, a much feebler, less 

 channelled suture, and Jacks the sculpture on the upper whorls, 

 which in Actceon (Bucrinuhis) glaber are harshly pitud up to tin- 

 very apex. These three smooth apical whorls are very peculiar, and 

 distinguish the Challenger species from Ada'on (Buccinulus) *t. 

 sns (Gould), from Japan, the coarse apex of which is strongly sculpt- 

 ured. In that species, too, the upper tooth on the pillar is very 

 feeble. My note on the British Museum Buccinuli was that - 

 of them seemed not well individualized, especially in the case of the 

 various specimens of Action glaber (Reeve), Actn'on tirihi /x (A. 

 Adams), and Actveon fumatus (Reeve), and, further, that A< ' 

 cinereus Wats., seemed to agree with two specimens of A< 

 fjliilx , on diHerent tablets, the one from Fiji, the other from " Sandy 

 Cape." Mr. Edgar A. Smith, who kindly compared the species for 

 me, confirms this opinion. Writing on May 2, 1882, he sa 

 have this shell marked A cf (.eon glaber var. from Japan, but it is prob- 

 ably distinct from that species. 



S. AH IMS A. Adams. PI. 20A, fig. 52. 



Shell cvlindrical-ovate, the spire acuminate, apex acute, liutl'-u 

 frequently variedly painted, tessellated with subquadrate, irregular. 

 blackish spots. Transversely sulcate. the grooves crenu bit ed. un- 

 equal, rather distant. Columellar biplicate, the posterior fold 

 obsolete, the anterior bilobed. (Ad.) 



China Seas; New Ireland; Borneo ; Philippines (Gaming) ; Port 

 .-Challenger); Dm-ntey Isl<md, Tnrr*.* ^ Crazier); 



Bay, S. An*tr<ilin (Tl 



