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growth-lines, strong in the excavation are visible. Aperture roundedly oval, bluntly angular above, 

 below with a rather narrow, short canal ; peristome broken, probably with a shallow sinus above, 

 (according to growth-lines), columellar margin concave above, then straight, directed to the left 

 along the canal. 



Alt. 7V„ lat. 37,; apert. alt. 37,, lat. 17, Mill. 



Though this species resembles in shape the preceding one, its whorls are more convex, 

 the number of spirals is much less, but above all, the comparison of the apical whorls excludes 

 any idea that the two forms possibly might be identical. Though the specimen is not complete, 

 its peculiar characters of the nucleus may justify its naming and describing it. 



Daphnella Hinds. 



1. Daphnella EtLphrosyne Melvill & Standen. 



Melvill & Standen. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, Vol. XIH, 1903, PI. 23, fig. 12. 



Stat. 204. Between islands ofWowoni and Buton, northern entrance of Buton-strait. 75 — 94 M. 

 Sand with dead shells. 2 Spec. 



I owe the identification of these specimens, which are not quite developed, to Mr. Melvill. 



2. Daphnella a^ireola Reeve. 



Reeve. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1845, p. 113. 

 — — Conch. Ic. Vol. I, Pleurotoma, fig. 212. 

 Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VI, p. 302, PI. 26, fig. JJ. 



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

 I Spec. 



This specimen is likewise young. 



3. Daphnella sttpracancellata n. sp. PI. XXIX, fig. 7. 



Stat. 114. Kwandang-bay-entrance. 75 M. Hard sand, very fine, i Spec. 



Shell elongately-fusiform, with long, slender spire and short canal, strong, yellowish-grey. 

 Whorls II, of which about 3 form a convexly-whorled nucleus, with the common criss-cross 

 lines; post-nuclear whorls slightly convex, separated by a linear, indistinct suture, bordered by 

 a narrow excavation. Sculpture consisting of rounded ribs, on a little more than 4 following 

 whorls, disappearing on lower whorls ; they are all crossed by spiral lirae, 9 in number on 

 penultimate whorl, of which one borders the suture, another the excavation, about 30 on last 

 whorl and canal, besides a few intermediate ones on this last whorl, scarcely appreciable on 

 the upper ones; these lirae produce a cancellation on the upper 4 post-nuclear whorls (hence 

 the name); moreover there are numerous finer spiral lines between the principal ones, making 

 the whole shell spirally striated, crossed by more or less conspicuous growth-striae, strongly 

 incised at intervals, closer on last part of last whorl, making the principal lirae nearly beaded. 



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