2 SOWERBY : MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



M. purpuroides Dunker. — With strong transverse nodulous 

 ribs. 



Fusus robustior Sowerby ('Thesaurus Conchyliorum, vol. iv., 

 p. 82, fig. 63). Hardly ever found excepting in very im- 

 perfect condition. 



Cominella capensis Dunker. — Orange colour. The speci- 

 mens are mostly worn. 



C. lagenaria Deshayes. — Not uncommonly found alive, clad 

 in dark-brown scabrous epidermis. 



C. porcata Gmelin (=C ligata Reeve). 



C. elongata Dunker. — Like C. capensis in form, but of a 

 greyish colour, mottled and spotted with brown. 



C. tigrina Kiener {Bncchitim). — Allied to C. lagenaria. 



C. puncturata Sowerby, nov. sp. — Testa elongata, temdcitla, 

 pallide hitea, Interdum fusca, fascia pallida balteata ; spira 

 elata, acuta; anfracttis 6, superne declives, deinde biangulati, 

 ubique spiraliter costata ; costis numerosis, parum elevatis, 

 interstitiis punctiii'atis ; anfractus ultimiis convexus, vix 

 angulatus, inferne attenuafus ; apertura ovata, mediocriter 

 lata, canali brevi, leviter reciirva. Long, zf, niaj. lat. ^ tnill. 

 Shell elongated, rather thin, pale yellow, sometimes 

 brown, with a pale band ; spire elevated, acute ; whorls 

 sloping above, then bi-angulated, spirally ribbed through- 

 out ; ribs numerous, but very slightly raised, interstices 

 punctured ; last whorl convex, scarcely angulated, attenu- 

 ated below ; aperture ovate, moderately wide, canal short, 

 slightly recurved. 



A delicate gracefully formed species. 

 Euthria fusco-tincta Sowerby, nov. sp. — Testa elongata, 

 solidiuscula, alba, fusco irregulariter tincta ; spii'a elata, 

 aciitiuscula, sutura impressa ; anfractus 7, Icevissime convexi, 

 spiraliter obscurissime sulcati ; anfr. ultinius convexus, 

 medio fusco balteatus, inferne atteimatiis ; apertura ovata, 

 mediocriter lata, canali brevi, columella leviter refiexa. 

 Long. 20, lat. "jYz mill. 



J.C., v., January, 1SS6. 



