lO SOWERBY : MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



M. paxillus Reeve. — A whitish shell of the Volvaria section. 

 M. pellicula Marrat.— A white species with the apex entirely 



immersed, looking much like a Bulla of the Atys group. 

 M. zonata Kiener. — A smallish species of the Volvaria 



section, encircled with two narrow brown bands. 

 M. dunkeri Krauss. — Much like ^. s:^;?^/^:, and probably a 



variety of it, with a broad central brown zone. 

 M. capensis Dunker. 

 Columbella albuginosa Reeve. 

 C. cereal is Menke (Buccinum). 

 Alcira elegans H. Adams. 

 Cassis achatina, Lamarck. 

 Dolium favanni Hanley. 

 Natica genuana Reeve. — I have only recently obtained 



specimens of this species with their opercula. The oper- 

 culum is white, smooth, and shining, with a short curved 



rib near the basal margin. 

 N. forata Recluz. — I have not yet seen the operculum of this 



species. 

 Scalaria lactea Krauss. — A small white finely-ribbed species. 

 S. clathrus, Linnaeus (coronata Lamarck). 

 Terebra capensis Smith. — A small white species, with a pale 



brown band at the top of the whorls, and at the base. 

 Chemnitzia Candida A. Adams. 

 Eulima solida Sowerby. — A small species, rather broad at 



the base and slightly flexuose towards the apex. 

 Conus rosaceus Chemnitz. — A very variable and beautiful 



species, comprising C <^?^r(?r« (Lamarck), C./f^z^^^/ (Krauss), 



and C. tinianiis (Hwass). 

 C. infrenatus Reeve. — An exceedingly beautiful species, of 



which there are several varieties. 

 C. pictus Reeve. — -A pretty species, very rarely found. 



C. lautus (Reeve) var. (?) — Rare, only worn specimens. 



C. cafFer Krauss. — Rare, only worn specimens. 



I.e., v., January, 1886. 



