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apertura parva, angusta, longit. totius -§ cequans ; labium medio- 

 criter incrassatum intus tuberculis paucis obsoletis instructum ; 

 columella callo tenui induta, Icevis. Longit. 9/5, diam. 4 mm. 

 Hab., Durban (Burnup). 



Remarkable on account of the very large globular protoconch 

 which is slightly out of the perpendicular. 



3. Cominella (?) prolongata. (PI. V., fig. 3). 



Testa fusiformis, albida, epidetmide lutescente scabrosa phis minus 

 induta, spiraliter costata et striata ; spira elongata, acuminata ; 

 anfractus circiter 8-9, supra leviler concavi, infra convexi, sutura 

 obliqua sejuncti, superiores longitudinaliter subplicati, plicis in 

 ultimo obsoleiis, ultimus antice oblique descendens, breviter rostratus 

 et canaliculatus ; apertura superne ovalis, antice in canalem obliquum 

 producta, alba : labrum tenue, intus tenuiter liratmn ; columella in 

 medio arcuata, callo tenui, prope labrum tuberculum formante, in- 

 duta. Longit. 61, diam. 27. Apertura cum canali 32 longa, n 

 mm. lata. 



Hab., Cape Colony. 



A remarkably elongate fusiform species, with deep spiral strise, 

 marking off broad intervening costae which are also spirally striated. 

 The periostracum is thickish, fibrous, and exhibits close distinct 

 lines of growth. The animal and operculum being unknown, it is 

 uncertain whether this species is correctly located in the genus 

 Cominella. 



4. Lotorium durbanense. (PI. V., fig. 4). 



Testa ovato-fusiformis, cairuleo-grisea, zona mediana pallida cincta, 

 lirisque pallidis rufo punctatis omata, cpidermide fibrosa fugaci 

 Havescenti-olivacea induta ; anfractus 8-9, superiores quinque laves, 

 convexi, supra medium nigrescentes, itifra Havescentes, penult imus 

 convexus, sutura canaliculata ultimo sejunctus, liris duabus granosis 

 spiralibus duplicibus biangulatus, costis longitudinalibus tenuibus 

 circa 13 subcancellaius, ultimus varice unico sinistrorsum instructus, 

 antice breviter recurvi-rostratus, liris transversis 6-7 duplicibus 

 granosis ductus, in interstitiis lineis incrementi et transveisis granose 

 subcancellaius ; apertura acute ovata, intus nigrescens, in medio 

 pallide sonata ; labrum valde incrassatum, intus album, septem- 

 dentatum ; columella in medio arcuata, callo albo tenui, tuberculis 

 paucis infra mu?iito, induta ; canalis anterior angustus, leviter 

 obliquus, recurvus, intus nigrescens. Longit. 26, diam. 16 mm, 

 Hab., Durban (Burnup). 

 A pretty little species, characterized by the double, transverse 



granose wavy lirae, which are separated by a reddish thread-like line, 



