240 MR. W. H. PEASE ON NEW MARINE SHELLS. [NoV. 11, 



canalis hrevis, recurvus ; apertura parva ; labnim album, ino'as- 

 satum, denticulis septenis munitum; columella subrugosa. 

 Altit. 22, latit. 14 mm. 

 Hab. Mare Erythrseum. 



Usee species parva concinna Ranellam roseam ex Phillppiuis in- 

 sulis in mentem vocat, quse vero colore coccineo in ruborem roseum 

 transeunte, anfractibus superne angulatis necnon sculptura crassiore 

 satis superque diiFert. 



7. Bursa lamellosa, Dkr. 



Testa pai'vula, angusta, sublanceolata, alba, nitida, anfractibus 

 septenis modice accrescentibus, ti'ansversim granoso-striatis, 

 sutura profunda divisis lamellisque erectis instructa ; columella 

 Icevigata; canalis brevis, recurvus; apertura parva, ovalis. 

 Altit. 15, latit. vix 6 mm. 

 Hab. Japonia. 



Usee species parvula et singularis varicibus qninis erectis lamelli- 

 formibus in suturis conjunctis insignis est. Spira ultimo anfractu 

 duplo longior est. 



8. Description of a New Genus op Marine Shells prom 

 THE Sandwich Islands. By AV. Harper Pease. 



Fam. Pediculariid/e. 



Genus Dentiora, Pease. 



T, ovata, lahro suhhiflexo, piano, lirato, posteriore, vix expanso ; 

 columella plana vel excavatu, inlus comjiressa, dentata. 



Dentiora rubida, Pease. 



T. ovata, subpgriformis, omnino ruhida, transversim elevatim 

 striata, longitudinaliter irregulariter striata ; labro lirato, liris 

 jjarvis, paucis ; columella vix excavata, externe liratn, intus 

 compressa, dentibus acutis armata ; sjrira vix exserta. 



Shell ovate or subpyriform, transversely elevately striated ; striae 

 obsoletely granulose by irregular fine longitudinal striae ; ridges on 

 outer lip few and small ; columella slightly excavated, ridged above, 

 compressed below, and sharply dentate. Colour wholly light red. 



Length 3|, breadth 2 mill. 



Description of New Species of Marine Shells from 

 the Pacific Inlands. By W. Harper Pease. 



Latirus squamosus. 



T. fusiformis, turiita, longitudinaliter costata ; costis 7-8, trans- 

 version lirata, liris subdistantihus, costis supra nodosis, inter- 

 stitiis transversim, et lo7igitudinaliter subtilissime striatis. 



