FROM THE MONTE BELLO ISLANDS. 673 
Remarks. Melanella Bowdich 1822 has been shown to have 
priority over Hulima Risso 1826; but as the type of the former 
is a “humpbacked” species it has been suggested that these 
might be separated generically, and Hulima might be retained 
with the conventional usage. 
I have not yet examined the type of Melanella, but Austra- 
lasian “ humpbacks ” seem to have apical features very distinct 
from species of Hulima occurring with them. 
Text-figure 1. 
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A, Side view of Hulima montagueana showing lateral ascending varices. 
B. Front view of Hulima montaqueana. 
C. Subularia montebelloensis. 
SUBULARIA MONTEBELLOENSIS, sp. n. (Text-figure | C.) 
Shell small, thin, not translucent, slender, aciculate, imper- 
forate, glossy, white, many-whorled, smooth. Apex very slender, 
the apical whorl minute with sixteen succeeding whorls, the 
sutures indistinct but followed by a transparent band, the 
remainder of the whorl milky. 
The last whorl has the periphery rounded and varices do not 
appear to be present. The aperture is oval, anteriorly broadened 
and subehannelled ; columella truncate, advancing obliquely and 
slightly reflected as a callus extending across the body-whorl, 
Length of type 12°5 mm., breadth 3 mm. 
