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  PKOCKKDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  Sab.—V.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  24° 
  58' 
  N., 
  long. 
  56° 
  54' 
  E., 
  

   156 
  fathoms, 
  sliell-sand. 
  

  

  The 
  nearest 
  approximation 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  

   F. 
  fflt/cisma; 
  the 
  mouth, 
  however, 
  is 
  proportionately^ 
  smaller 
  in 
  that 
  

   species, 
  the 
  sutures 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  impressed, 
  the 
  sculpture 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   quite 
  different, 
  and 
  the 
  columellar 
  plait 
  is 
  only 
  lightly 
  expressed 
  in 
  

   F. 
  Chaster 
  iana. 
  

  

  I 
  name 
  this 
  beautifully 
  decorated 
  little 
  shell 
  in 
  memory 
  of 
  one 
  for 
  

   whom 
  the 
  Pyramidellidte 
  possessed 
  a 
  great 
  and 
  lasting 
  fascination, 
  as 
  

   exemplified 
  by 
  the 
  close 
  and 
  especial 
  study 
  he 
  had 
  given 
  for 
  years 
  to 
  

   the 
  Eritish 
  and 
  Mediterranean 
  forms 
  of 
  Eulimella, 
  Turhonilla, 
  and 
  

   Odostomia. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  George 
  William 
  Chaster, 
  of 
  Southport, 
  passed 
  away 
  after 
  an 
  

   illness 
  of 
  only 
  three 
  days, 
  on 
  May 
  5 
  last, 
  at 
  the 
  early 
  age 
  of 
  47, 
  

   widely 
  mourned 
  and 
  deeply 
  regretted 
  by 
  all 
  who 
  knew 
  him. 
  It 
  is 
  

   a 
  great 
  satisfaction 
  to 
  think 
  that 
  his 
  valuable 
  collections 
  of 
  natural 
  

   histoiy, 
  ethnology, 
  etc., 
  are 
  to 
  remain 
  intact, 
  having 
  been 
  purchased 
  

   en 
  Hoc 
  by 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  Evans 
  Hoyle, 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Welsh 
  National 
  

   Museum, 
  Cardiff, 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  that 
  institution. 
  

  

  Pyegulina 
  (Egilina) 
  glycisma, 
  Melvill. 
  

  

  Fyrgulina 
  glycisma, 
  Melvill, 
  Ann. 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  vol. 
  iv, 
  p. 
  95, 
  pi. 
  i, 
  

   fig. 
  16, 
  1899. 
  

  

  Hal.—^.(}. 
  Bushire. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  this 
  interesting 
  species 
  larger 
  examples 
  

   have 
  come 
  to 
  hand, 
  measuring 
  long. 
  4, 
  lat. 
  1-35 
  mm. 
  Besides 
  this 
  

   there 
  is 
  nothing 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  what 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  said. 
  No 
  immediate 
  

   ally 
  seems 
  to 
  exist, 
  if 
  we 
  except 
  F. 
  Claudoni, 
  Dautz. 
  & 
  Fisch.,' 
  which 
  

   so 
  exactly, 
  except 
  iu 
  size 
  (long. 
  2, 
  diam. 
  1 
  mm.), 
  corresponds, 
  that 
  we 
  

   suspect 
  it 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  non-adult 
  state 
  of 
  it. 
  

  

  Sect. 
  Eupyrgulina. 
  

  

  Pyrgulina 
  casta 
  (A. 
  Adams). 
  

   Monoptygma 
  casta, 
  A. 
  Adams, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc, 
  1851, 
  p. 
  223. 
  

   Hah. 
  — 
  I. 
  Bombay 
  (Abercrombie) 
  ; 
  Karachi. 
  

   The 
  specimens 
  are 
  mostly 
  worn, 
  and 
  not 
  very 
  conclusive. 
  

  

  Pyegulina 
  comacum,^ 
  n.sp. 
  PI. 
  VI, 
  Fig. 
  3. 
  

  

  P. 
  testa 
  parva, 
  rimatula, 
  oblonga, 
  turrito-gradatula, 
  alba, 
  nitida, 
  

   papyracea, 
  delicata, 
  anfractibus 
  7, 
  quorum 
  duo 
  laeves, 
  parum 
  nitentes, 
  

   globulosi, 
  cseteris 
  gradatis, 
  undique 
  longitudinaliter 
  flexuoso-eostulatis, 
  

   superne, 
  juxta 
  suturas, 
  gemmulatis, 
  sub 
  lente 
  interstitialiter 
  infra 
  

   tristriatis, 
  ultimo 
  ad 
  peripheriam, 
  alitor 
  laevissimo, 
  apertura 
  ovata, 
  

   peristomate 
  fere 
  continue, 
  columella 
  paullum 
  reflexa, 
  uniplicata. 
  

   Long. 
  3-25, 
  lat. 
  1-15 
  mm. 
  

  

  1 
  Journ. 
  de 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  liv, 
  p. 
  189, 
  pi. 
  vi, 
  fig. 
  14. 
  

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  KcifxaKov, 
  a 
  delicacy. 
  

  

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