496 Mr. G. B. Sowerby on new 
XLVIII.—Descriptions of Fourteen new Species of Marine 
Mollusca from Japan. By G. B. Sowmrsy, F.L.S. 
Murex gallinago, sp. n. 
Testa subclaveeformis, antice rostrata, postice conica, albida, trans- 
versim fulvo trifasciata; spira elata, acute conica; anfractus 7, 
convexi, spiraliter subacute lirati, longitudinaliter crassiplicati, 
trivaricosi, varicibus crassis elevatis rotundatis, hic illic brevis- 
sime spinosis; anfractus ultimus mediocriter convexus, varicibus 
inferne imbricato squamosis; rostrum elongatum, angustum, 
rectiusculum vel leviter recurvum; apertura rotunde ovalis, 
intus noduloso plicata; labrum acutum, crenulatum, columeila 
tenuiter callosa. 
Long. 49, maj. diam, 22 millim. 
Hab. Hahajima Ogasawara. 
An elegantly formed and delicately coloured shell, some- 
what resembling, on a small scale, . malabarieus, Smith, 
but with the longitudinal ribs or plications much stouter and 
less numerous. It bears also some resemblance to J. rectz- 
rostris, Sow., but the varices are not spinose, or at least 
scarcely perceptibly so. In the squamose rather than spinose 
character of the base of the varices the shell appears to have 
some affinity with those of the “ motacilla” group. 
Pentadactylus japonicus, sp. 0. 
Testa subangulatim ovata, utrinque acuminata, albida, violaceo 
tincta, rufo interruptim fasciata ; spira acute conica; anfractus 6, 
angulati, spiraliter imbricatim lirati, ad angulum acute nodulosi, 
longitudinaliter costati, costis parum elevatis; anfractus ultimus 
dense squamoso liratus, obtuse biangulatus, infra attenuatus ; 
apertura oblonga, intus pallide violacea, nodulis rotundatis 4-5 ~ 
armata; labrum crenulatum, extus imbricatum, breviter spino- 
sum; columella levis, in medio leviter angulata, supra arcuata, 
infra oblique rectiuscula. 
Long. 13, maj. diam. 9 millim. 
Hab. Tanabe Kii. 
The shells of this species vary considerably in form, some 
being less angular, narrower, and less prominently imbri- 
cated, while the prevailing colour is paler than in the type. 
Its nearest ally is probably P. asper, Lamk., to which, 
however, it bears no very close resemblance. 
Pentadactylus paucimaculatus, sp. n. 
Testa acuminato-ovata, alba, fusco maculata, et seriatim punctata ; 
spira acuminata, acuta, gradata; anfractus 73, primi 3 leves, 
