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patulous, a little pointed, very curved and retreating, at the point of 

 the pillar it is very strongly emarginate. Inner lip: the glaze on the 

 body is not very thick, and has a defined edge which does not extend 

 beyond the mouth ; near the point of the base it is swelled into a 

 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 mouth-edge; the 

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

 0.14. Penultimate whorl, height 0.06. Mouth, height 0.28, breadth 

 0.08 inch. ( Wats.) 



Levuku, Fiji, in 12 fms. 



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

 pi. 47, f. 5. 



This pretty little species is very like Actceon (Buccinulus) glaber 

 (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 (Buccinulus) g/aber are harshly pitted up to the 

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

 distinguish the Challenger species from Actceon (Buccinulus*) strigo- 

 sus (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 some 

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

 various specimens of Actceon glaber (Reeve), Actceon affinis (A. 

 Adams), and Actceon fumatus (Reeve), and, further, that Actceon 

 cinereus Wats., seemed to agree with two specimens of Actceon 

 glaber on different 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 says, " We 

 have this shell marked Actceon glaber var. from Japan, but it is prob- 

 ably distinct from that species. 



S. AFFINIS A. Adams. PI. 20A, fig. 52. 



Shell cylindrical-ovate, the spire acuminate, apex acute. Buff- white, 

 frequently variedly painted, tessellated with subquadrate, irregular, 

 blackish spots. Transversely sulcate, the grooves crenulated, un- 

 equal, rather distant. Columellar biplicate, the posterior fold 

 obsolete, the anterior bilobed. (Ad.) 



China Seas; New Ireland ; Borneo ; Philippines (Cumin g) ; Port 

 Jackson (Challenger) ; Darnley Island, Torres Strait (Brazier) ; 

 Moonta Bay, S. Australia (Tate). 



