NEW SPKCIKS OF MARIVE SHELLS FROM CEYLON. 3 



This species somewhat recalls C /)u//eni, Preston*, but is easily dis- 

 tiiii^uished by the pale tiesh-coknired bands and by its being much more 

 finely sculptured than is the case with C Indleni. 



Mang-ilia (Cytharai brunneolineata, n. sp. 



I'l. i, li- S. 

 Shell ovate lusifuini, Nellowisli-wliile, paintetl with line thread-like palei'eddish 

 brown spiral lines, and bearing two blotches of the same cohjur on ihe bcjdy 

 whorl, one just Ijehind the sinus, and the other at the ba>e of the outer lip ; 

 whorls 7-8, oblicpiely costate and finely spirally stiiate : suture well im- 

 pressed ; aperture narrow, elongate oval ; peristome varicosely thickened ; 

 columella slightly curved. 



Alt. 5 millim. ; diam. maj. 2. A[)erture, alt. 2 millim. : diam. .5. 



Hall. — Ceylon. 



Caneellapia exquisita, n. sp. 



PL i, fig. 9. 

 Shell thin, ovately turreted, very narrcjwly perforate, pale reddish-brown, 

 encircled just below the perii)hei\' b\- a white band ; whorls 7— 8, somewhat 

 convex sculptured with coarse spiral and transverse striae, presenting a can- 

 cellated appearance and bearing occasional varices at irregular intervals, the 

 apices of which are pure white ;md project above the suture ; suture deeply 

 channelled ; aperture inversely auriform ; peristome varicosely thickened : 

 columella rather straight, three plaited and extending into a thin callosity 

 which reaches the lip above. 



Alt. 19 millim. ; diam. maj. .9. Aperture, alt. 8 millim. ; diam. 3.5. 



Hah. — Ceylon. 



Columbella (Mitrella) multistriata, n. sp. 

 PI. i, fig. 10. 

 Shell fusiform, pale whitish ; whorls 8 - 9, sculptureil throughout with very 

 fine sjiiral striae and with indistinct, transverse, undulating ridges which are 

 slightly more distinct on the upper whorls : suture shallow and slightly 

 crenulate ; peristome somewhat \aric(jsely thickened and expanded down- 

 wards towards the centre ; columellar decending in a curve, a thick callosity 

 joining it with the lip above : aperture elongately oval ; canal short and 

 rather broad. 



Alt. 7.5 millim. : diam. maj. 2.75. Aperture, alt. 2 millim. ; diam. .75. 



Hab. — Ceylon. 



Cerithium tomlini, n. sp. 

 PI. i, figs. 1 1 — I la. 

 Shell elongate fusiform, varicose, reddish brown throughout except the varices 

 which are white; apex acute; whorls 10, rather convex, sculptured with 

 transverse costae becoming obsolete on the last half of the body whorl and 

 which are crossed by fine spiral striae ; suture impressed ; peristome thin ; 

 columellar straight ; canal short and curved \ery slightly outwards ; aperture 

 oval. 



* Journ. uf Malac, 1904, vol. xi, p. 75. 



