424 ]Mr. E. A. Smith on OaMeropoda 



(ill nnfr. ultimo basi fore contimiis) instructi, siilcis angnstis 

 circitor (in ultimo ad 15) supra costas contiiuiis insculpti, 

 sutura unilulata clisiroti ; apertura jiarva, rotunde ovata ; lalnuiu 

 incrassatum, medio basiquet'usco maculatum. iiitus liratiun ; caua- 

 lis angustus, brevis, Icviter reourvus ; columella arouata, lievis, 

 callo tenui iiuluta. 

 LoDg. 8^ mill., diam. A\. 



Hah. Cape Sima, 18 fatlionis, bottom sand aiul broken 

 shells. 



Above the spiral interrupted brown line a white one adja- 

 cent to it is discernible ; and on the body-wh<5rl somewhat 

 below the middle there are two other, very pale brownish lines 

 interrupted by the ribs, which are a little broader than the 

 interspaces. 



36. Purpura lapillus, Linn. ; Conch. Icon. iii. f. 47, a, h. 



Hah. Japan. 



The Japanese forms of this Protean shell arc as varied as 

 those on European shores. In some specimens the imbrica- 

 tions are prominent, as in Reeve's figure 47 /', but much 

 more numerous, in some cases groups of six or eight being 

 quite contiguous. In other examples tlic imbrications ai'e 

 nearly obsolete. 



37. Purpura alveolata, Rve. Conch. Icon. iii. f. GO. 



Hab. Ooshima. 



Reeve gives " Panama, Cuming,''^ as the locality of this 

 species. It does not appear in Mr. A. Adams's list of 

 Japanese Purpurinoi^ given in the * Annals,' 1870, vol. v. 

 p. 422 ; and therefore probably it has not been recorded from 

 so northern a locality. There are in the ]\Iuseum collection 

 other specimens from Formosa and Swan River. 



38. Sistrum tuberculatuiii, Blainv. ; Conch. Icon. iii. Bicinula^ 

 f . 11 ; Kiener, Coq. Viv. Purj)ura, pi. 5. f. 10, 10 a. 



Hah. Toba and Ooshima, on the shore. 



39. Piuccinum Jeffrey sii^ sp. nov. 



Testa ovato-fusiformis, alba, carinis rufo punctatis omata, epidor- 

 mide sordide olivaceo-alba lonfjitudinalitcr lamellosa araicta ; 

 anfractus 6-Jr, prirai duo iceves, rufesccntes, globulares, cajteri con- 

 vexi, liris vol carinis tenuibus 6-7 (in anfr. ultimo circa 20-24), 

 una le\-iter undulata circa medium quam cceteris majorc, cincti, 



