540 MB. E. A. SMITH OJf MARINE SHELLS 



lirse inferiores 5-6 sequales aliis superioribus crassiores ; anfr. ultimus 

 liris spiralibus 23-25 cinctus, quarura duae versus basim crassiores et 

 fortiter imbricatse, et intima circa rimam umbilicalem maxima; costse 

 inferne subobsoletae ; apertura ovalis, intus alba ; columella arcuata, 

 alba, tenuiter callosa ; canalis obliquus, leviter recurvus, mediocriter 

 angustus. Long. 44 mill., diam. 8. 

 Hah. — ? 



The upper part of the whorls of this species is narrowly con- 

 cave or excavated, and the spiral lirations on it are considerably 

 finer than those below ; and the stout rounded inbs are almost 

 obsolete in this excavation. The lower part of the body-whorl 

 has two rather distant lirations, which are very strongly imbri- 

 cated where they cross the almost obsolete longitudinal ribs ; and 

 the margin of the narrow umbilical fissure is still more strongly 

 imbricated. I feel much pleasure in naming this remarkable 

 shell after Mr. Brazier, by whom it was presented to the Museum. 

 I do not know of any species sufficiently closely allied to offer 

 a comparison. 



16. Fusys iMBRicATUs, sp. nov. PI. XXX. fig. 3. 

 Testa breviter fusiformis, crassiuscula, fusco-albida, longitudinaliter supra 

 costas saturate fusco strigata ; anfractus 5, superiores medio angulati 

 et cariua undulata prominente ornati, superne late et oblique declives, 

 infra carinam recti, costis crassiusculis circiter 9 superne obliquis et 

 versus suturam sensim attenuantibus instructi, liris panels (supra an- 

 gulum 6-6, eum infra circiter 3) pulcherrime imbricatis cincti ; anf. 

 ultimus superne robustus, versus basim in caudam brevem contortam 

 recurvam productus, rimatus, costis inferne obsoletis ad angulum 

 tubercula compressa formantibus, et liris spiralibus imbricatis praeci- 

 pue supra costas ornatus ; apertura subovata intus albida ; labrum 

 margine crenulato intus liris inti-antibus gracilibus ad 9 munitum ; 

 columella supra leviter arcuata, saturate fusea, infra contorta ; ca- 

 nalis breviusoulus, obliquus, angustus, recurvus. Longit. 27 mill., 

 diam. 13. 

 Hab. New Caledonia. 



This species is remarkable for the prominent undulating angu- 

 lation or keel, which exists a little below the middle of the upper 

 whorls and around the upper part of the body-whorl. The longi- 

 tudinal ribs or varices are very much produced at this part, and 

 form transversely compressed nodules, which give the shell a very 

 elegantly festooned aspect when viewed with the apex towards 

 the eye. The transverse lirations are very beautifully scaled or 

 imbricated, particularly so upon the costations, and on the last 



