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shell. Its nearest analogue is E.jujubinus from Swan River, from 

 which, however, it is obviously distinct. 



6. Tornatella alba, sp. nov. (Plate LIX. fig. 6.) 



T. testa oblongo-ovata, svbpellucida, alba, undique transversim 

 punctato-sulcata, spira subexserta, sutura impressa, apertura 

 elongato-ovata ; columella uniplicata. 

 Hab. Port Elizabeth, Cape of Good Hope. 



A pure white semitransparent species, regularly grooved, and 

 beautifully punctured throughout. 



/. Pyramidella canaliculata, sp. nov. (Plate LIX. fig. 7.) 



P. testa subulato-turrita, nitida, longitudinaliter irregulariter sul- 

 cata, fidvescente, g riseo fuscoque sonata et punctata, eximie 

 longitudinuliter albo lineata et punctata, strigis longitudina- 

 libus albo et castaneo irregulariter sparsim ornata ; anfractibus 

 planulatis, supra suturam inciso sulcatis ; apertura oblonga, ad 

 basin canalifera ; columella recta, triplicata. 

 Hab. Sandwich Islands ? (M. Frick). 



Shell subulately turreted, shining, longitudinally irregularly 

 grooved, of a yellowish colour, banded and spotted with greyish 

 brown, with fine longitudiual white lines aud dots, also ornamented 

 at distant intervals with longitudinal streaks of white and dark 

 brown ; whorls flattened, with an incised groove just above the 

 suture ; aperture oblong, channelled at the base ; columella straight, 

 three-plaited. 



8. Pleurotoma(Drillia) brunneomaculata, sp.nov. (Plate 

 LIX. fig. 8.) 



P. testa turrita subfusiformi, cceruleo-alba, fusco maculata et 

 sonata ; anfractibus circa 1 0, superne Icevibus concavis, in/erne 

 convexis, transversim obscure sulcatis, medio valide tuberculatis; 

 tuberculis albis, uniserialibus, maculis brunneis superne et 

 inferne ornatis ; canali brevi ; labro simplici ; sinu profundi- 

 usculo ; operculo corneo, nucleo terminali acuminato. 

 Hab. California? (M. Frick). 



Shell somewhat fusiform, turreted, bluish white, spotted and 

 banded with brown; whorls 10, smooth and concave above, convex 

 and transversely obscurely grooved below, with a single row of pro- 

 minent white tubercles iu the middle, above and below which the 

 brown blotches are arranged; canal short; lip simple; sinus rather 

 deep ; operculum horny, acuminated ; nucleus terminal. 



Obs. The white nodules or tubercles thrown into prominence by 

 the brown blotches give this species a very striking and beautiful 

 appearance. 



9. Pleurotoma (Drillia) strigata, sp. nov. (Plate LIX. 

 fig. 9.) 



P. testa turrita, acuminata, undiquetramversimsulcuta,Jl(ivescente, 

 fusco strigata ; anfractibus circa 1), angulatis, ad angulum 



