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3. Scala replicata Sowerby. 



SowERBY. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1844, p. 11. 

 Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. XIX, Scalaria, fig. 39. 

 ., , Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IX, p, 56,, PL. 11, fig. 43. 



Clessin. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. II, Scalaria, p. 4, PI. 2, fig. 2. 



. Stat. 109. Pulu Tongkil, Sulu-archipelago. 13 M. Lithothamnion-bottom. I Spec. 

 Stat. 159. 0°59'.iS., I29°48'.8.E. Halmahera Sea. 411 M. Coarse sand. 2 Spec. 

 Stat. 313. Dangar Besar, Saleh-bay. Up to '^,6 M. Sand, coral and mud. i Spec. 



The specimen from Stat. 109 is nearly too bad for identification, but has much resem- 

 blance with those from Stat. 159, which are however also broken and dead; this may account 

 for the exceptional great depth. - 



4. Scala tenuicostata Sowerby. 



Sowerby. Thes. Conch. Vol. I, PI. 34, fig. 76. ' • ■ ■ 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. XIX, Scalaria, fig. 31. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IX, p. 56, PI. 11, fig. 44. 



Clessin. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. II, Scalaria, p. 10, PL 3, fig. 8. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69—91 M. Fine grey sand, i Spec. 



5. Scala deifica Melvill. 



Melvill. Journ. of Conchology. Vol. X, p. 343, PL 7, fig. 4. 



Stat. 59. Western entrance, Samau-strait. 390 M. Coarse coralsand with small stones, i Spec. 



Though the specimen seems not to be adult, as it has only a length of 8^/3 Mill, instead 

 of II, and at least one whorl less than the described type, it is a very beautiful shell and no 

 doubt identical, as Mr. Melvill had the kindness to compare it with his type. 



6. Scala lyra Sowerby. 



Sowerby. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1844, p. 13. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. XIX, Scalaria, fig. 23. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IX, p. 59, PL 12, fig. 69. 



Clessin. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. II, Scalaria, p. 22, PL 6, fig. 4. 



Stat. 95. 5°48'.7 N., II9°49'.62E. Sulu Sea. 522 M. Stony bottom, i Spec. 



The only specimen which was very young and already broken, unfortunately has been 

 smashed to pieces in extracting the cork from the tube containing the shell. 



7. Scala Tydemani n. sp. PI. XV, fig. i. 



Stat. 315. Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Up to 36 M. Coral and Lithothamnion. i Spec. 



Shell rather small, pyramidal, with a very narrow umbilicus, thin, flesh-coloured, with- 

 violaceous upper whorls. Whorls 6, nucleus wanting, these whorls are very convex, nearly 



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