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regular, shallow lamellae, the interstices showing no spiral striation. 

 Only one example occurred at the above locality. We have much 

 satisfaction in dedicating this rare and very select species to Mrs. F. W. 

 Townsend, wife of the discoverer. 



Scala fasciata Sowb. 



M.C. Charbar, 7 fathoms. 



Scala glabrata Hinds. 



P.G. Gais (or Kais) Island, 14 fathoms. Sheikh Shuaib Island, 

 15 fathoms. Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E., 156 

 fathoms. 



Scala goniophora sp.n. (PI. YIL, fig. 7). 



S. testa eleganter Jiisiformi, delicata, albida, aiifractibus pcfo, quorum 



tres apicaies, subtiyalini, ci?iereo-aIbescentes, aeteris niitltum apitd 



siituras excavatulis, ventricosis, Icevihus, undique longitudinaliter 

 ■ lamellatis, laviellis acntis, supfa medium Jincato-anguHferis, iiumefo 



ultimum apud anfractum decern, apertt/ra rotunda, labro continuo, 



extus incrassato. 



Long., 5-15. Lat., 2 mm. 



LLab., Gulf of Oman, lat. 24° 58' N., long. 56° 54' E., 156 fathoms. 



Conspicuous for its lamellos being angled just above the centre of each 

 whorl ; tliis species, of which we have seen three examples, seems in 

 form a miniature of such a shell as ^. muricata Risso from the Medi- 

 terranean. It is in reality hardly comparable with any other of the 

 genus. 



(yoiVLocjiopos, angled). 



Scala hyalina Sowb. 



P.G. Maskat, 15-30 fathoms. 



In this beautiful species the whorls are partially cvolute. 



Scala irregularis Sowb. 



M.C. Gwadur, 2 fathoms, land mud. 



Scala laidlawi sp.n. (PI. VII., fig. 8). 



S. testa attenuata, gracili, fusiformi, obtecte umbilicata, albida, delicata, 

 anfractibus 11- 12, quorum apicaies duo vel tres cifierei vel straminei, 

 hyalini, laves, cceteris ventricosis, apud suturas impressis, arete et 

 -tulchre tenuilamellatis, lainellis ob/iquis, supra, apud suturas, uncinu- 

 latis, u/idique spiraliter arete liratis, ultimum apud anfractum 7Utmero 

 lamellarum circa quatuor et viginti, apertura subrotunda, labro crassi- 

 usculo, contijiuo. 

 Long., [3. Lat., 4-50 //////. 

 Hab., Persian Gulf, Maskat, 6 to 15 fathoms. 



A very elegant form, of most delicate texture, principally conspicuous 

 for its thin oblique longitudinal lamellfe, uncinulate above, with spiral 

 Urge, forming a beautiful network when viewed with a lens. The 



