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addition to these four, has about nine cither equally stout lirss, exclu- 

 sive of four or five finer ones upon the extremity ; all are prettily 

 scaled. The aperture is ovate, contracted anteriorly into a, short 

 canal, which is much inclined to the left. The columella is smooth, 

 covered with a thin callus, and the outer lip • is armed within with 

 about six coarsish lirse. Length 18 miUim., width 8g millim. ; aper- 

 ture and canal 9 millim. long, 3 millim. wide. 

 Hah. Port Curtis, 7 fms. 



22. Urosalpinx contracta. 



Buccinum contractum, Reeve, Conoh. Icon. fig. 53. 

 ? Buccinum funiculatum, Reeve, I. c. fig. 61. 



Var. =Uro8alpinx innotabilis, Smith, Proa. Zool. Soc. 1879, pi, xx. 

 fig. 32. 



Hah\ Prince of Wales Channel, 5-7 fms. {Ooppinger) ; Philip- 

 pine Islands (JReeve) ; Bombay ( W. T. Blanford) ; Japan for U. in- 

 notahilis. 



The operculum, of this species resembles that of Pv/rpura. The 

 species is rather variable in form, the. number of costse, in colour, and 

 ,the length of the basal or anterior canal. 



The typical form is rather longer, and has a more prolonged canal 

 than the variety from Japan, has more brown colouring, and an 

 additional longitudinal rib. AU have from seven tq eight elongate 

 denticles or lirse within the labrum, which is thickened within and. 

 without, and acute and crenulated along the margin. 



23. Tritonidea curtisiana. (Piatb V. fig. E.) 



Shell ovate-fusiform, yellow, banded with white round the middle 

 of the last whorl, with the ribs subaltern ately white also. Volutions 

 about 8, obliquely cokrsely costate, and spirally closely ridged, a 

 trifle convex. Costse nine on a whorl, attenuated and produced 

 almost to the base of the last. Spiral lirse prominent on the ribs, 

 four in number on the upper whorls, and about sixteen on the last. 

 Aperture small, ovate, narrowed anteriorly, bluish white. Lip 

 thickened, furnished with about nine fine lirss reaching to the mar- 

 gin, which is dotted with dark brown between them; Columella 

 covered with a thin callosity, upon which rest eight or nine trans- 

 verse tubercles, with brown dots between them. Length 14 mUlim., 

 diam. 6g millim. ; aperture with canal 7 millim. long. 



Hah. Port Curtis, 1-11 fms. {Goppinger). 



This speciesis represented in the present collection by a single 

 specimen ; and it is remarkable on account of the peculiarity of its 

 colour, its small size, and comparative solidity. 



24. Columbella fulgurans, Lamcu-ck, 



Hah. West Island,fPrinoe of Wales Channel, Torres iStraits {Cop- 

 pinger). 



