37° sowerby: marine shells of south Africa. 



Marginella rufula Gaskoin (MSS.). — Reeve, 'Conch. Icon.,' 

 sp. 149. Green Point, Cape of Good Hope. 



Marginella perminima Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa vitftiita, oblongo-ovalts, albida^ postice rotundata, antice 

 leviter attetiiiata ; spira immersa ; apertura angusta ; 

 cohiinella iriplicata ; labriim crassinsculum. 



Long, ih, lat. | millim. 



Hub. South Africa (^Captain Turton). 



A minute species with immersed spire, aUied to M. 

 minima Guilding, but more cylindrical in form. 

 Columbella kitchingi Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa breviiiscnla, crassa, imperforata, albida, fusco-bifasciata ; 

 spira acutiuscula ; anfractns 5, co?ivexi, siitnra ajiguste 

 catialiculata seju/icti, lo?igitudinalitcr costati, costis circ. 8, 

 rotiindatis ; anfractns nltiinus leviter iiifatns, infra medium 

 contractus ; apertura auriformis ; labrum arciiatum, intus 

 valde quadriplicatum ; columella rectiuscitla, Levis. 



Long. 6, maj. diai/i. j millim. 



LTab. Green Point, Cape of Good LLope. 



This species somewhat resembles C. cerealis, but it has 

 plain-brown bands in place of the zig-zag markings, and is 

 notably distinguished by the dentiform plicae in the mouth. 

 The type-specimen was found in the above locality by 

 Mr. Langley Kitching, after whom I have pleasure in 

 naming it. There are also specimens in the British Museum. 

 Columbella (Mitrella) pyramidalis Sowerby, n. sp. 



Testa angusta, crassiuscula, lievis,lutea, fusco sparsim strigata ; 

 spira elongata, acuta ; anfractus 8, plani, Icevis, sutura 

 linea?-is ; anfractus ultimus infra meditim obtuse atigulatus ; 

 apertura latiuscula, utrinque attenuata ; columella incurva, 

 friincata ; canalis brevissinius. 



Long. II, diam. map. j millim. 

 Llab. Port Elizabeth. 



A smooth shell with a very long spire. 

 Cassis glauca Linn. — Reeve, 'Conch. Icon.,' vol. v., Cassis, 



pi. 12, fig. 33. Natal. 

 Pyrula ficus Linn. — Sowb., 'Thes. Conch.,' vol. iv., pi. 423, 

 fig. 4 (as Ficula {.). Natal. 



J.C., vii., Apr. 1894. 



