JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. I47 



FURTHER NOTES ON MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH 

 AFRICA, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



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



Since the publication of my papers on " Marine Shells of 

 South Africa" in the Journal of Conchology of January, 1886, 

 and January, 1889, a considerable number of additional species 

 have come to hand. Among these are some that had already 

 been mentioned by Krauss, Dunker, and others as belonging to 

 the Cape fauna, but were not included in my list, which con- 

 sisted only of such species as I knew to have been collected in 

 the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth. There are other well- 

 known species, not hitherto known to inhabit South African 

 waters, while others are altogether new to science. 



One thing has struck me as remarkable, and that is the 

 number of British and European species found on the South 

 African coast. Some of these were previously sent me by Mr. 

 Bairstow, but I hesitated to include them in the list, thinking 

 they must have got into that far distant locality by accident. 

 However, so many of them have since been found (some living), 

 that I have no longer any doubt on the subject. The list con- 

 tains altogether thirty-four species known to inhabit European 

 waters. 

 Spirula Peroni Lam. This species is abundant throughout 



the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. 

 Murex mitrceformis Sow. A species allied toM. uncinarius 

 but of a more slender form and nearly white. It appears 

 to be rare. 

 Pseudomurex Meyendorfl Cal. Several specimens of this 

 somewhat rare Mediterranean species have been found in 

 the neighbourhood of Port Elizabeth. They are all some- 

 what worn, but I have no doubt whatever as to their 

 identity. 



