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tenuiter plicati, plicis infra evatiidis, spiraliter hand striati, lente 

 accrescentes ; apex magnus, obtusus, IcBvis, rufo tinctus ; anfr. ultinius 

 convexiusculus, antice albas ; apertura intus fuscescens, zona alba 

 mediana el altera basalt pida, longit, totius \ cequans. Longit. 2 7 mm. 

 diam. 5. Apertura 5 longa, 2^ lata. 

 Hab., Umzinto, Natal (H. Burnup). 



Somewhat resembling T. rufopimctata, but longer and more slender, 

 with a larger and blunter apex. The white bands at the suture and 

 around the middle of the body-whorl are more defined, and the red- 

 dish or purple-brownish ground colour is different. Spiral striation, 

 which is quite evident in T. riifopunctata, is entirely absent in this 

 species. 



31. Venus declivis Sowerby. 



Venus declivis Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. ii., p. 730, pi. 157, figs. 



123, 124, 1853; Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. xiv., pi. 23, fig. 111,1863. 



Hab., — ? (Sowerby and Reeve); Gulf of Guinea (Brit. Mus.); 

 Durban Bay, Natal (Quekett). 



I have seen only a single specimen from the South African locality. 

 It is not absolutely identical with the type, being larger and with a 

 rather more broadly curved ventral margin to the valves. It has the 

 same style of colouration and concentric delicate lamellae. 



32. Macoma retrorsa Sowerby. 



Tellina retrorsa Sowerby, Conch. Icon., vol. xvii., fig. 234, 1867. 

 Tellina i^Macoma) catididata Sowerby, Journ. of Conch., vol. vii., 



p. 375, 1894; Marine Shells South Africa, Appendix, p. 23, pi. vi., 



fig. 25, 1897. 



Hab.., Durban (H. Burnup). 



The type of T. retrorsa quoted as in Mus. Sowerby, was sub- 

 sequently acquired by Mr. Lombe Taylor, after whose death it was 

 purchased by the British Museum. Having also, for comparison, the 

 types of T. candidata, presented by Mr. J. H. Ponsonby, I am able 

 to pronounce with some degree of certainty the identity of the above- 

 named species. 



BRACHIOPODA. 



33. Kraussina atkinsoni (T. Woods). 



Kraussia fl//^/;^^6>;2/ Tenison Woods, Proc. Roy. Soc, Tasmania, 1878, 



P- 57- 

 Kraussina atkinsoni Davidson, Trans. Linn. Soc, 1887, vol. iv., 



p. 127, pi. xxi., figs. 5, 6. 



Hab.^ Algoa Bay, Cape Colony (Brit, Mus. presented by J. H. 

 Ponsonby). 



Previously known only from South Tasmania. 



