JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 



SOME FURTHER NOTES ON MARINE 



SHELLS COLLECTED AT PORT ELIZABETH, 



SOUTH AFRICA, WITH 



DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES. 



By G. B. SOWERBY, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



(Read before the Conchological Society, May 2nd, 1S88, and recommended for publication 

 by the referees, J. C. Melvill and E. A. Smith). 



Since the publication in Xho. Journal of Conchology, January, 

 1886, of a list of shells collected in the above locality, with des- 

 criptions of some new species, my friends, and particularly S. D. 

 Bairstow, Esq., F.L.S., have been diligent in the search for fresh 

 material, with the result that I am able to add considerably 

 to the list, and to describe a few species hitherto unknown to 

 science. 



Argonauta Bottgeri {Maltzan). — Erroneously quoted by me 

 as A. kochiana (Dunker) a perfectly distinct species, which 

 as far as I know has never been found at the Cape. I have 

 had specimens of A. Bottgeri from Mauritius and from 

 Hong-Kong, as well as from South Africa. They vary con- 

 siderably in the prominence of the tubercles and closeness 

 of the ribs. * 

 Recluzla Montrouzieri Souverbie. — The type described in 

 the Journal de Conchyliologie, 1872, was found at Art 

 Island, New Caledonia. The specimen Mr. Ponsonby has 

 submitted to me, which was found at Port Elizabeth, is 

 somewhat larger, about an inch in length. 

 Buiiia callosa var. sulcata. — Mr. Bairstow has sent me a 

 variety of this species spirally grooved throughout. I at 



* Vide Smith, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1887, vol. xx., p. 409, pi. xviii., 

 figs. I — 6. 



J.C, vi., Jan., 1889. 



