1888.] CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 5C9 



Var. /3. Testa fulva, albofuscoque obscure strigata. 



Alt. 29, diam. 28 millim. 



Hab. Japan. 



Allied to rrocA27MSMMtcMs(Dunker) and T/-ocAi7Msco?isor5(Lischke), 



but differing from l)oth in form and sculpture. The species, like 

 T. unictis, seems to vary considerably in colour. Only one specunen 

 of each of the two varieties is at present known. 



MiNOLiA CHiNENSis, D. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 13.) 

 Testa conica, mediocriter umbiUcata, grisea, slrigis albidis anguslis, 

 undulatis {ad basin magis conspicuis) undique ormta, nitida ; sp'ira 

 amtiuscula, mediocriter elevata, gradata ; anfractus 7, sutura im- 

 pressa divisi, striis obliquis tenuissimissculpti, superne bicarinatt; 

 anfractus ultimus infra obtuse angulalus, ad unguium carinatus, 

 ad basin convexus, plus minusve spiraliter sulcatus ; umbdicus 

 rotundus, profundtis, liratus ; apertura oblique subquadrata. 

 Operculum corneum, tenue, multispirale, extus concavum. 

 Alt. 10, maj. diam. 11 millim. 

 Hab. Hongkong. 



In form like Minolia Uangulata ( Angas), but much larger, obliquely 

 striated, and without the beaded ridge bordering the umbilicus. The 

 interior of the umbilicus is spirally grooved. 



Turcica chinensis, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. figs. 8, 9.) 

 Testa trochiformis, alba; spira elata, acuta; arfractus 9, sutura 

 canaliculata divisi, primi 2-3 laves, cceteri concavo-decUves, ob- 

 lique obscure striati, superne concavo-depressi, plicis numerosis 

 rugosis coronati, inferne carina rotundata corrugata spiraliter 

 marginati, infra carinam profunde canaliculati ctfoveolati; basi 

 convexa, costis 6 confertiusculis, rugoso transversim pUcatis, 

 interstitiis foveolatis sculpta ; apertura subrotunda, fauce mar- 

 garitacea, lirata ; columella rectiuscula, margaritacea, obscure 

 unituherculata. 

 Alt. 20, maj. diam. 19 millim. 

 Hab. Hongkong. 



Compared with Turcica eliscB (A. Adams), the body-whorl is larger 

 in proportion to the spire, the keel more prominent, and the suture 

 more deeply excavated. The whorls have two rounded nodulous 

 keels, the spare between which is smooth excepting for the fine 

 oblique stria;. The base is strongly corded and deeply pitted. Of 

 the only two specimens known, one is in the National Collection at 

 South Kensington, and the other in that of Mr. MacAndrew. 



Dentalium compressum, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 18.) 



Testa latiuscula, fere recta, acuta, incequaliter compressa, versus 

 apicem leviter inclinata ; fulva, fusco irregulariterfasciata ; cos- 

 tellis inaqualibus numerosissimis plano-convexis sculpta, striisque 

 vix conspicuis transversis cancellata ; fissura longu, angvsla ; 

 apertura subovalis. 



Long. 72, maj. diam. 12 millim. 



Hub. Hongkoug. 



