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brown with a whitish median band ; columella rather straight 

 recurved at the base, furnished with numerous small plicae ; 

 outer lip sharp at the edge, externally thickened by a stout 

 rounded varix ; posterior sinus shallow, but rather wide. 



Length 20 ; width 7 millim. 



Hab. :— Umhloti River Mouth bearing N.W. by W. f W. ; 

 distant 2f miles ; depth, 25 fathoms. 



This shell somewhat resembles C. funiciilata, Reeve, but it is 

 less sharply angled, the sides being more convex. 



CONUS EUCORONATUS (Plate III., fig. 9). Shell rather solid, 

 angular, whitish, profusely spotted with light brown, banded with 

 three more or less interrupted zones of dark brown. Spire coni- 

 cal, rather elevated, coronated ; whorls 9, angular ; above the 

 angle concave, rugosely plicated, and furnished with a single 

 narrow ridge ; at the angle ornamented with numerous white 

 rounded bead-like nodules, numbering 26 on the last, and 23 on 

 the penultimate whorl. Last whorl scarcely convex, regularly 

 tapering from the angle to the base ; spirally deeply grooved, 

 and longitudinally closely plicated throughout. Aperture of 

 average width, with a rather deep posterior sinus. 



Length 45 ; width 34 millim. 



Operculum very small (5 x i^ millim), regularly oblong, lamin- 

 ated, nucleus at the anterior extremity. 



Hab. :— Cape St. Blaize bearing N. 85° W. ; distant 4I 

 miles ; depth, 27 fathoms. Bottom, sand. 



A handsome shell, belonging to the As pr el la group, but quitt 

 unlike any hitherto known species. A second specimen (ob- 

 tained on Natal coast. Cape Natal bearing W. f N. ; distant 

 \7,\ miles ; in 85 fathoms) is paler in colour, ana of even rougher 

 sculpture. 



CONUS GiLCHRlSTi (Plate III., fig 8). Shell moderately solid, 

 rather broadly sub-cylindrical, white, coloured with irregular 

 brown streaks and blotches of various forms, interspersed with 

 small spots, etc. ; covered with a thin transparent peri- 

 ostracum. Spire very little raised, acute at the apex ; whorls 9 ; 

 slightly concave, with growth lines but no spiral sculpture. Last 

 whorl rounded at the angle, sides nearly straight, obscurely lirate 

 at the base. Aperture moderate, lip simple, with a rather deep 

 posterior sinus. 



Length 21 ; width 27 millim. 



Hab.: — Umhlangakulu River Mouth (Natal) bearing N.W. 

 by N. ; distant 'j\ miles ; depth, 50 fathoms. i:iottom, sand and 

 shells. (A single specimen in perfect condition.) 



In general appearance this shell is something like C. Charac- 

 teristicus, Chemnitz, but its form is narrow and more cylindrical, 

 and the whorls ol the ipire are not grooved as in that bpecies. 



