4o8 MELViLL : DESCkiPtioisrs of eleven new species. 



tion. The whorls are smooth, channelled at the sutures, 

 ornamented just below them with a row of raised coronated 

 nodules, less distinct on the front of the basal whorl — this 

 materially aids in giving the shell a slightly angled appearance. 

 It is white, with many flame-like markings, the umbilicus 

 deep, very slightly contracted, the umbilicus itself being deco- 

 rated with transversely-channelled sculpture, almost as in a 

 Solarium, substance margaritaceous, interior of mouth pearly, 

 smooth; mouth round, simple. 



Minolia ceraunia sp. nov. (PI. ii, fig. n). 



M. testa dfpressa, alba, profiinde nmbilicata, solidiuscula, trans- 

 versim tenuiter sulcata, anfractibus quatuor, ultimo rapide 

 accrescenti, ad basivi IcEvi, nitente, anfrac. rufolineatis, lineis 

 angulatis, lonffitudinaliter rotatim dispositis, ad basvn circa 

 umbilicum convenientibus, annulo puniceo formato, apertura 

 ovato-trigona, labro siniplici, fuargine coluinellari incrassato. 



Long. : J mill. 



Lat. : 5 /;////. 



Hab. : Ad insulas Philippinenses. 



A very beautiful shell, though of small size, distinguished 

 by regular longitudinal flame markings becoming small, paler, 

 and more zigzagged, below the somewhat angled periphery, and 

 all uniting round the umbilicus in a red band. It resembles 

 M. edithm in several points, but is distinct specifically. 



One specimen, unique in my collection, originally in Mr. 

 T. Lombe Taylor's cabinet. 



Minolia edithae sp. nov. (PI. ii, fig. 9). 



M. testa subconica, alba, a^iguste umbilicata, undique transversim 

 tenuiter lirata, anfractibus 4^, rufis fulgetritiis lineis disposi- 

 tis, ad peripheriam pallide olivaceis, basi circi umbilicum 

 albescente, concentrice lirata, apertura ovato-trigona, labro 

 exteriore simplici, margine columellari reflexo. 



Long. : 4 mill. 



Lat.: 6 ;/////. 



Hab. : Ad itisulas Philippinenses. 



J.C., vi., Oct., 1891, 



