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with transverse lines of growth ; sutures impressed ; aperture 

 elongately oval ; columella posteriorly plicate. 



Altitude . . . . 6' 75 mm. 



; Diam., major .. .. i'75 ,, 



Habitat — Andaman Islands. 



In some measure resembling Odostomia aciculina, Souv. ; it is, 

 however, broader and the whorls increase more rapidly ; it is also 

 more transparent than that species, and, with the exception of the 

 indistinct, whitish spiral band, the shell is devoid of painting. 



Menestho acuminata, sp. nov. 



Shell acutely turriform, yellowish white ] whorls y, flat, regu- 

 larly spirally striate ; sutures scarcely impressed ; aperture sub- 

 quadrate ; peristome simple. 



Altitude 

 Diam., major . 

 Aperture, alt. . 

 ,, diam. 



5 mm. 



2 



1-5 ,. 

 I 



Habitat — North Bay, Andaman Islands. 



Turbonilla foveolata, sp. nov. 



Shell acutely, elongately, turriform, upper portion curved, dis- 

 torted ; pure white ; remaining whorls lyi, flattish, the first eight 

 increasing very slowl}^, sculptured with closely set transverse ribs 

 and spiral striae ; base of shell spirally striate only ; sutures well 

 impressed ; aperture sub- quadrate ; peristome simple ; columella 

 sub- tortuous. 



Altitude . . . . 14 mm. 



Diam., major . . ■■?>,, 



Aperture, alt. . . . . 2 ,, 



,, diam. . . I ,, 



Habitat — Andaman Islands. 



Lepiothyra solida, s-p. nov. 



Shell globosely turbonate, very solid, narrowly perforate, 

 rather flat at the apex, yellowish white, transversely streaked with 

 small blotches of reddish brown ; whorls 3|, spirally lirate through- 

 out ; sutures impressed ; peristome simple ; aperture sub-circular ; 

 operculum shelly, slightly concave, pauci-spiral with a central 

 nucleus. 



Altitude . . . . 2'5 mm 



Diam., major . . • • 3 ,, 



Aperture, alt. . . . . i"25 ,, ' 



,, diam. . . 1 ,, 



Habitat — Off Port Blair, Andaman Islands, 7 — 10 

 fathoms. 



