Manchester Memoirs, Vol. xli. (1897), No. 7* 11 



Natica strongyla, sp. nov. (PL 6, f. 20). 



N. testa parva, globosa, pallide ochraceo -cornea, profunde 

 anguste umbilicata, spira brevissima, anfractibus quinque, 

 quorum apicalibus duobus albo-vitreis, Iczvibus, apud suturas 

 valde impressis ultimo anfractu permagno, rapide accrescente, 

 et, cum pemdtimo, infra, juxta suturas, spiraliter oblique 

 cremdato-rugosis, in uno specimine ultimo anfractu transversim 

 squarrosis brunneis maculis decoratis, cum bino malcularum 

 minorum ordine intercalato, in alteris unicoloribus, apertura 

 lunata, labro parum effuso, Icevi, margine columellari 

 mcrassato, extus sinuoso, callo intus regionem umbilicarem 

 extenso, opercido normali, pidchre costato. 



Long, 9, lat. 9 mm. 



Hab. Persian Gulf. 



A pretty little Eu-Natica, of a pale ochraceous-brown 

 colour, deeply impressed at the sutures, five-whorled, two 

 being apical ; below the sutures on the last three whorls 

 obliquely wrinkled ; on one specimen two transverse 

 bands of square red spots are seen on the last whorl, and 

 between these two rows, two other rows of very small 

 brown dots. The aperture is lunar, lip smooth, columellar 

 margin without cinereous, thickened, extended into the 

 region of the deep but narrow umbilicus. The operculum 

 is beautifully ribbed. Near N. pulicaris Phil. 



We cannot exactly match this little species, which 

 may not have quite attained its full growth. Three 

 specimens. 



(o-TpoyyvXos, round). 



SCALARIA FIMBRIOLATA, Sp. 110V. (PL 6, f. 10). 



S. testa attenuato-fusiformi, gracili, Candida, delicatula, 

 ienui, anfractibus quatuordecim, quorum apicalibus quatuor 

 albo-vitreis, lavissimis, cczteris longitudinaliter arete lamel- 



