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tenui labro juncto induta ; labrum intus leviter incrassatum et 

 liratum ; canalis anterior obliqiaus. recurvus. 

 Longit. 28 millim., diam. 14; apertura cum canali 17 longa, intus 

 7 lata, 



Bab. Station 232, off South India, 430 fatli. 



In this very pretty species the transverse ridges are covered 

 with close-set scales, those upon the longitudinal costas being- 

 longer than the rest and giving to the ribs a frilled appear- 

 ance. The ridges are alternately large and slender, being 

 about three in number above the angle and four below. 

 Upon the body-whorl there is a broad ridge at the base, with 

 very large scales, which forms the rimation. Only in adult 

 examples is the labrum thickened and lirate within, the lirge 

 being rather inconspicuous and eight or nine in number. 

 Reeve's figure ol Murex squamuhsns (Con. Icon. iii. fig. 184) 

 very closely represents this species ; indeed the two forms 

 are scarcely separable. 



20. Cancellaria crefacea. 



Testa ovata, vix rimata, oblique plicata et spiraliter confertim lirata, 

 liris supra et inter plicas continuis, sordide albida, cretacea ; 

 anfractus circiter 5, convexi, sutura profunda sejuncti, celeriter 

 accrescentes, ultimus magnus, plicis 13 obliquis mediocriter validis 

 instructus ; apertura albida, ovata, antice baud canaliculata, 

 longit. totius | superans ; labrum mediocriter tenue, intus liris 

 circiter decern intrantibus munitum ; columella callo reflexo, 

 superne labro juncto, induta, triplicata, suprema aliis paulo 

 validiore. 



Longit. 25 millim., diam. maj. 19 ; apertura 14 longa, 10 lata. 



Bab. Station 229, off Travancore coast, in 360 fath. 

 Eemarkable on account of the absence of an anterior canal 

 and of colour. 



21. Ancilla leticospi'ra. 



Testa angusta, cylindracea, superne acuminata, alba, circa medium 

 anfractus ultimi zona lata pallide olivacea cincta ; spira convexe 

 conoidea, callo albo induta ; anfractus 5, planiusculi, sutura vix 

 conspicua sejuncti, primus corneus, couvexus, ultimus elongatus, 

 cylindricus, lineis incrementi tenuissimis sculptus, striisque trans- 

 versis minute decussatus ; apertura angusta, superne acuta, alba ; 

 columella callo tenui induta, interne plicis 4-5 obliquis instructa ; 

 labrum intus paulo incrassatum, ad marginem acutum, superne 

 subsinuatum. 



Longit. 13 millim., diam. 5; apertura 63 longa, 2 lata. 



