8 SOWERBY : MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



Ranella leucostoma var. — (?).— Constantly distinguished 



from the Australian typical form by the lip bemg bordered 



with dark brown blotches. 

 R. argus Gmelin. 

 Fasciolaria heynemani Dunker {=pu)-purea Jonas). — 



Specimens all imperfect, mostly much worn and broken. 

 Latirus bairstowi Sowerby nov. sp. — Tesla turrita, atro- 

 fusco ; anfractus 8-g, leviter convexi^ longitudinaliter plicati, 



liris palUdis spiraliter cingulati ; anfr. ultinms niaj. con- 



vexus, ad basin proditctus, atienuatus ; apertiira parva, 



ovafa, intus lirata ; canalis longiuscula, leviter recurva. 



Long. 2y, inaj. lat. 8 mill. 



Shell turrited, dark brown ; whorls 8, slightly convex, 



longitudinally plicated, encircled with pale spiral ridges ; 



last whorl more convex produced at the base ; aperture 



small, oval, interior ridged; canal rather long, slightly 



recurved. 

 L. rousi Sowerby, nov. sp. — Testa turrita ; spira acittiuscula ; 



anfractus g, leviter convexi, longitudinaliter plicati, liris 



numerosis confertis planulatis atro-fuscis (interstitiis fulvis) 



cingulati ; anfractus ultinms convexus, ad basin contractus ; 



apertura ovato breviuscula, intus lyrata ; canalis brevis 



recurva. Long, jo, map. lat. lo mill. 



Differing from L. bairstowi in the shortness of the 



canal, and in the spiral ridges being dark brown, flattened 



and broader than the interstices, which are light fulvous 



brown. 

 Voluta (Callipara) bullata, Swainson. — A remarkable 



species, mostly found in very worn and broken condition. 



I believe no living specimen has ever been obtained. 

 Mitra picta Reeve. 

 M. latruncularia Reeve. 

 M. pat u la Reeve. 

 Marginella mosaica Sowerby. — A beautiful species of great 



rarity. 



J.C, v., January, 1886. 



