282 A. E. Verrili— Recent additions to the 
whorls with slight transverse undulations or faint cost, which 
are wanting on the lower ones; last whorl slightly carinated, 
Aperture roundish, effuse and slightly angulated in front, 
Length about 75 of an inch; diameter 28. 
Eastport, Me., shelly bottoms, 10 to 40 fathoms, dead shells 
frequent, rarely living,—A. E. V. and S. L Smith. 
Lunatia heros, var. triseriata. 
Since there are no positive characters by which the Natica 
confirmed two years ago at Kastport, by 
characteristic specimens of L. heros, when 
The two varieties are associated and have the same range, be- 
ing common everywhere on sandy shores from the Gulf of St 
Lawrence to Cape Hatteras, and probably farther south. 
Aelis polita V., sp.nov. Plate VI, figure 5. 
Shell white, elongated, regularly tapering, slender, acute. 
Whorls thirteen or more, convex, rounded, scarcely flattened ; 
surface smooth, polished, shining, with faint or scarcely distinct 
stri of growth. Aperture broad oval; outer lip sharp, slightly 
effuse; columella slightly curved, without a fold. Length 33 
of an inch; breadth 08. 
. Eastport Harbor, 20 fathoms, shelly bottom. Only one iS 
oe a ucts was obtained.—Exp. 1864, A. E. Verrill an 5. 
- Smith. 
Turbonilla elegans V., sp. noy. Plate v1, fig. 4. 
Shell light yellowish, elongated, moderately slender, a 
horls ten or more, well rounded, not distinctly flattene¢; 
suture rather deeply impressed; surface somewhat lustrous, 
with numerous rounded vertical costs, narrower than the 
t ; 
upper whorls there are about five; and on the lower half of the 
last whorl usually five or six distinct and continuous one® 
