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species is allied to Marginella {Prsia/la) polyodonta Velain.^ 



26. Marginella epigrus Reeve, 



M. epigi'iis Reeve ; Sowerby, Marine Shells South Africa, p. 20 ; 



appendix, p. 32, 1892. 



Hab., Port Elizabeth. 



A single specimen, presented by Mr. Ponsonby to the Museum, 

 appears to be inseparable from this Mogador species. Six folds on 

 the columella are generally present, although Reeve mentions only 

 four. The two upper ones are, however, very small, and might easily 

 be overlooked. 



27. Clavatula parilis. (PI. I., fig. 7). 



Testa elongato-pyramidalis, alba, lineis et maailis pallide rufis pida ; 

 sph'a subulata, ad apicem parvum mainillata ; anfradus 11, duo 

 superiores IcBves, cojivexi, cceteri planiusculi, infra siituram cingido 

 prominente convexo cindi, Iceves, lineis ina'ementi tenuibus tmdulafis 

 striati, ultimus convexiusculus, infra medium contradus ; apertwa 

 alba, longit. totius -§■ adcequans, antice late canaliculata ; labrum 

 tenue, infra dngulum subp?'ofoaide sinuatuni, in medio arcuatini pro- 

 minens ; columella leviter aixuata, callosa. Lofigit. 40 nun., diam. 16. 

 Apertura 16 longa, 6 lata. 



Hab., from the stomach of a fish caught in forty fathoms ten miles 

 from Durban (Quekett). 



A smooth white shell, varied with a few pale reddish undulating 

 irregular lines, and some blotches of the same colour upon the 

 rounded thickening or girdle at the upper part of the whorls. It is 

 smaller than C. taxus (Chemnitz), and without any tubercular costae 

 on the upper whorls and differently coloured. 



28. Terebra textilis Hinds, var. 



Terehra textilis Hinds; Sowerby, Thesaurus, vol. i., pi. xliv., fig. 73 ; 



Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. xii., fig. 13a. 



Hab., Manila Bay, Philippines, 6 fathoms ; Natal (H. Burnup). 



The specimen from Natal is a trifle stouter than the type, and the 

 row of deep punctures which marks off the infrasutural zone is less 

 pronounced, and the costae at this point are less (if at all) constricted, 

 and about one less in number upon a whorl. More specimens are 

 required to see whether these differences are more or less constant. 

 The transverse sulcations between the costge are similar in both forms. 



29. Terebra (Abretia) diversa. (PI. I., fig. 6). 



T. 7'ufopU7idata Sowerby (nee Smith), Mar.Shells South Africa, p. 12, 

 1892. 



Testa subulata, polita, purpureofuscescens, infra suturani zona alba 

 rufo-nigro vel rufo pundata, et zona altera alba area medium 

 anfradus ultimi ornata ; anfradus 12, fere plant, supra ad suturani 



I Archives Zool. Exper., 1877, vol. vi., p. 108, pi. ili., fig. i, 2. 



