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distinct ribs, which are ornamented with four or five palish 

 nodiiles, the upper one being the largest, these being con- 

 nected by th6 same number of faint spiral lirai, and also by the 

 ' uniform bi'own colour with the narrow ashy zone below the 

 suture. None of the few specimens from which this description 

 is prepared appears to be quite mature. 



Myurella paucistriata. 



M. testa parva, subulata, subturrita, flavida, zona alba infra suturam 

 et altera in anfr. ultimi medio cincta ; anfr. 16-17, planiusculi, 

 costis longitudinalibus validis, subacutis, superne nodosis (in anfr. 

 ultimo 13 basim versus obsoletis) instructi, sulco parvo, inter costas 

 praecipue conspicuo, insequaliter divisi, et striis spiralibus 3-4 inter 

 costas (anfr. idtimo pluribus) insculpti ; columella recta, vix 

 contorta. 



Long. 19 mill., diam. 4. 



Hah. Ovalau, Fiji Islands, 5 fathoms in sand [J. Macgil- 

 livray). 



The upper half of each whorl is white, and the lower })art 

 yellowish ; the body- whorl has a white zone at the periphery ; 

 the strong ribs are somewhat nodulous above, which appearance 

 is produced by being partially cut across by a slight spiral 

 furrow, deepest between the ribs ; the spiral stria? are deep and 

 far apart, three or four in number in the upper whorls, and 

 about twelve in the last. 



Myurella capensis. 



M. testa parva, subidata, albida, zona angusta dilute fusca infra 

 suturam, et altera ad anfractuum bases costis albidis interrupta, 

 et anfr. ultimi basi fuscescente ; anfr. 0-1 0, superne constricti, in- 

 ferne convexiusculi, costis validis, leviter flexuosis et obliquis (in 

 anfr. ultimo circiter 14 versus basim obsoletis) instructi, spiraliter 

 exilissime striati, superne pauluhnu infra suturam sulco obsolete 

 depressi ; columella subrecta, vix contorta. 



Long. IDmiU., diam. 5. 



Hah. Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. 



This species is chiefly remarkable on account of the brownish 

 de])ression a little below the sutural line, which gives the out- 

 line of the whorls a somewhat constricted appearance in that 

 part. Tlie last whorl, besides the brownish depression, has a 

 fiiint band of the same colour around tlie middle, conspicuous 

 only between the ribs, and the base also brownish. 



Myurella pumilio. 

 M. testa parva, subulata, sordide alba, infra suturam zona ftisca, et 

 in aufr. ultimo zonis duabus fuscis, altera supra, altera peripheriam 



