JOURNAL OF CONCHOLOGY. 273 
NOLES) ONG AS COLLEC LION, OF VSEIERES 
FROM LIFU AND UVEA, LOYALTY ISLANDS, 
FORMED BY 
THE REV. JAMES AND MRS. HADFIELD, 
Wien ist sOb a SPs ClES: 
Acton elie 
By JAMES COSMO MELVILL, M.A., F.L.S., anp 
ROBERT STANDEN. 
(Read before the Conchological Society, October r4th, 1896). 
Murex (Ocinebra) brachys sp. nov. (PI. IX., fig. 1). 
MM. testa minuta, ovata, solida, pallidé ochracea, anfractibus 
sex, corrugatis, supernis spiraliter unangulatis, nodulosis, 
ultimo anfractu undecim varicoso-costatis, costis fimbriatis, 
apud basim paullum producto, apertura ovata, labro extus 
scruposo, intus quadri-denticulato, columella recta. 
JUV TR ( Sika es ONE : 
A small, obscure species, six whorled, the upper whorls 
(excluding the apical) being strongly once angled with prominent 
nodules, the last whorl with eleven rib-like varices, which 
are somewhat fimbriate; at the base the canal is a little 
produced, the aperture is oval, outer lip rough without, within 
four -denticled, columella straight. Only one specimen. 
(Bpaxus, short). 
Nassa (Niotha) rotunda sp. nov. (Pl. IX, fig. 2). 
LV. testa ovato-globulart, subcompressa, pallidé ochracea, 
ad apicem attenuata, anfractibus sex, duobus apicalious, 
levibus, ceteris longitudinaliter arcte rectt-costatis, costis nodu- 
losis, spiraliter liratts, apud suturas vitta ochracea spiraliter 
decoratis, et tmpressis, ultimo anfractu ad basim compresso, 
apertura rotunda, labro incrassato,tntus denticulato, canali 
brevissimo, calloso-tncrassato, ad basim extremam fulvo- 
ochraceo suffuso. 
Long., 6, Lat. 3 mill. 
19/10/96 iS) 
