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Var. /3. Testa fuha, albo fuscoque obscure strigata. 



Alt. 29, diam. 28 millim. 



Hah. Japan. 



Allied to2Voe^i7MSMW2CM5(Dunker)andT/-oeA27M5Co?iso?'5(Lischke), 

 but differing from both in form and sculpture. The species, like 

 T.unicus, seems to vary considerably in colour. Only one specimen 

 of each of the two varieties is at present known. 



Minolta chinensis, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 13.) 



Testa conica, mediocriter umhilicata, grisea, slrigis albidis anguslis, 

 undulatis {ad basin magis conspicuis) undique ornata, nitida ; spira 

 acutiusciila, mediocriter elevata, gradata ; arifractus 7, sutura im- 

 pressa divisi, striis obliquis tenuissimissculpti, superne bicarinati; 

 anfractus ultimus infra obtuse angulatus, ad angulum carinatus, 

 ad basin convexus, plus minusve spiraliter sulcatus ; umbilicus 

 rotundus, profundus, liratus ; apertura oblique subquadrata. 

 Operculum corneum, tenue, multispirale, extus concavum. 



Alt. 1 0, maj. diam. 1 1 millim. 



Hah. Hongkong. 



In form like Minolia biangulata (Angas), but much larger, obliquely 

 striated, and without the beaded ridge bordering the umbilicus. The 

 interior of the umbilicus is spirally grooved. 



Turcica chinensis, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. figs. 8, 9.) 

 Testa trochiformis, alba; spira elata, acuta ; anfractus 9, sutura 

 canaliculata divisi, primi 2—3 laves, cceteri concavo-declives, ob- 

 lique obscure st?-iati, superne concavo-dep>-essi, plicis numerosis 

 rugosis coronati, inferne carina rotundata corrugata spiraliter 

 marginati, infra carinam profunde canaliculati ct foveolati ; basi 

 convexa, costis 6 confertiusculis, rugoso transversim plicatis, 

 interstitiis foveolatis sculp fa ; apertura subrotunda, fauce mar- 

 garitacea, lirata ; columella rectiuscula, margaritacea, obscure 

 unituherculota. 

 Alt. 20, maj. diam. 19 millim. 

 Hob. Hongkong. 



Compared with Turcica elisce (A. Adams), the body-whorl is larger 

 in proportion to the spire, the keel more prominent, and the suture 

 more deeplj' excavated. The whorls have two rounded nodulous 

 keels, the space between which is smooth excepting for the fine 

 oblique striae. The base is strongly corded and deeply pitted. Of 

 the only two specimens known, one is in the National Collection at 

 South Kensington, and the other in that of Mr. MacAndrew. 



Dentalium compressum, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 18.) 



l^esta latiuscula, fere recta, acuta, inaqualiter compressa, versus 

 apicem leviter iiiclinata ; fulva, fusco iiregulariterfasciata ; cos- 

 tellis incequalibus numerosissimis plano-convexis sculpta, striisque 

 vix conspicuis transversis cancellata ; fissura longa, nngusta ; 

 apertura subovalis. 



Long. 72, maj. diam. 12 millim. 



Hab. Hongkong. 



