190 PKOCEKDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Daphnella tentjistriata, n.sp. PL YII, Fig. 25. 



Shell very small, subulate, thin and fragile, minutely spirally striate. 

 Sculpture consisting of very fine, dense, and equal spiral strise from 

 the protoconch down to the base, the former most likely smooth. 

 Colour flavescent to fulvous, the protoconch purple. Spire elevated, 

 conic, somewhat higher than the aperture ; outlines faintly convex. 

 Protoconch broken off in all the four specimens at my disposal. 

 Whorls 5 to 6, lightly convex, rather rapidly increasing ; base 

 contracted. Suture linear, well impressed. Aperture subrhomboidal, 

 the sides parallel, angled above, with a short, broad, and slightly 

 emarginate canal below. Outer lip moderately convex, acutely curved, 

 and sometimes a little contracted below, sharp, with a shallow, broad 

 sinus below the suture. Columella vertical, straight, excavated on 

 meeting the faintly convex parietal wall ; inner lip thin and very 

 narrow. Diameter 2, height of three whorls without protoconch 5, 

 with it probably about 6 mm. 



Hob, — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons). 



Although none of the specimens are quite perfect, I do not hesitate 

 to describe this elegant species, especially as there is no prospect of 

 getting more material in the near future. One specimen has part of 

 the protoconch left, showing its colour and smoothness. It is nearly 

 related to B. acicula, but is larger, the sculpture extending not only 

 over the body-whorl, and the canal is more distinct. 



Daphnella amphipsila, n.sp. PI. VII, Fig. 26. 



Shell very small, narrowly fusiform, thin, white, translucent, 

 smooth. The sculpture consists of a number of spiral striae on the 

 base, and a few indistinct microscopic spiral lines on the whorls ; 

 growth-lines very fine and dense. Colour white, vitreous. Spire 

 conic, a little higher than the aperture, outlines straight. Protoconch 

 mamillary, of two smooth whorls, the nucleus minute, the succeeding 

 whorl rather swollen. "Whorls 5, regularly increasing, lightly 

 convex, base contracted. Suture linear. Aperture subrhomboidal, 

 the sides subparallel, angled above, produced below into a somewhat 

 oblique, but distinct, short, broad, and truncated canal. Outer lip 

 moderately convex, straightened at the middle, contracted below, 

 smooth inside. Columella straight, excavated toward the fl.at parietal 

 wall, lightly curved below towards the margin of the canal ; inner lip 

 thin and narrow, smooth. Diameter \'Q, height 3-5 mm. 



Hob. — Near the Snares Islands, in 50 fathoms (Captain J. Bollons). 



The species is nearly allied to B. psila, Sut., which is larger and 

 has distinct spiral lines. 



Daphnella crassilieata, n.sp. PI. VII, Fig. 27. 



Shell very small, elongate fusiform, white, with stout spiral cords, 

 turriculate. Sculpture : the protoconch, the shoulder on the following 

 whorls, and the base are smooth ; the lower spire-whorls liave four 

 strong spiral cords, separated by narrow interstices, the uppermost 

 forming the angle of the narrow and but little sloping shoulder; 

 body-whorl with six or seven spiral cords, the greater part of the base 



