DRILLIA. 207 



D. PAPILLOSA, Garrett. PI. 12, fig. 33. 



Whorls eight, slightly constricted round the upper portion, 

 covered by large rounded granules ; base contracted, spirally 

 ridged ; canal short, obtuse ; sinus large, deep and rounded ; 

 yellowish white, with three obscure light chestnut bands on the 



body-whorl. Length, 6 mill. 



Viti Islands. 

 D. MINUTISSIMA, Garrett. PL 12, fig. 29. 



Shell minute, solid ; whorls six, the spire moderate, covered 

 with close granules formed by revolving lines decussating low 

 longitudinal ribs ; aperture truncated below ; sinus large ; red- 

 dish brown. Length, 2 mill. 



Viti Islands. 

 D. SUBAURTFQRMIS, E. A. Smith. PI. 12, fig. 35. 



Whorls well rounded, sometimes slightly angulated on the 

 periphery, spire rather long, acute; obliquely longitudinally 

 closely costate, crossed by spiral line, the intersections becoming 

 sub Jranulous : spiral lirse more conspicuous at the base ; lip 

 thickened without-, lirate or dentate within ; sinus wide ; yellowish 

 white, brown-banded at the suture, and lower part of the body- 

 whorl similarly colored. Length, 9-5-1 2'5 mill. 



Japan. 

 D. TEXTA, Dunker. Pl f 9, fig. 42. 



Shell small, with close ribs and revolving striae ; suture pro- 

 found ; aperture slightly coarctate, outer lip thickened, sulcate 

 within ; sinus wide ; yellowish brown, with a chestnut band below 

 the middle of the body-whorl. Length, 8 mill. Japan. 



Perhaps a variety of the preceding species. 



P. FORTILIRATA, E A. Smith. PL 12, fig. 36. 



Whorls twelve, slightly convex, with ten or eleven coarse 

 oblique ribs crossed by very prominent spiral lirae, forming com- 

 pressed large nodules ; below the middle of the body-whorl the 

 ribs become evanescent and the spiral sculpture finer and closer; 

 sinus small ; horny or dirty white, aperture horn-colored, some- 

 times slightly lirate within the outer lip. Length, 1'4 mill. 



Japan. 

 D. MOQUINIANA, Montrouzier. PL 9, fig. 43. 



^Shell with flattened whorls, obliquely longitudinally costate, 

 the costse fading towards the upper part and base of the body- 



