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396 =A. EF. Verrill—Marine Fauna of the Outer Banks 
peeentie — sees — smooth; aperture broad 
ova g the interior of the spire, except from 
poset a view. “Middle tooth of the odontophore with the 
basal portion oblong — truncated p meee ice (not bilobed as 
in other species). Len 2 to ™ when living. Stations 
870, 871, 872, several ara 3 ae g 
Lepetelia Verrill, gen. nov. 
Shell small, sant oval or oblong, limpet-shaped, conical, 
with a simple su central apex, not spiral. Animal much asin 
Lepeta, but with salbtiect eyes. Odontophore tzenioglossate, 
with seven regular rows of tee 
Lepetella tubicola Verrill and Smith, sp. nov. 
Shell thin, white, smooth, conical, with the apex acute and 
nearly central ; ; aperture broad elliptical, oblong, or subcircular, 
usually more or jon warped, one to its abitat ; ae thin 
markings faint. toe of largest specimens 3°75; breadth, 3; 
height, 2™™. On inside of old tubes of Hyalinecia ; twenty- seven 
were taken from one tube. Stations, 869, 192 fath., and 894. 
Lovenella Whiteavesii Verrill, sp. nov. 
Shell slender, white, acute, allied to Z. metula. Whorls nine 
or ten, flattened, with a prominent nodulous carina below the 
middle, a smaller one just below the suture, and another 
on the last whorl, in line with edge of lip, below this smooth ; : 
the whorls are crossed by numerous elevated, rounded, curved 
ribs. Columella much incurved above; canal excurved ; outer 
lip with three angles. Length 45™"; breadth 15™™; one is 
considerably larger. Stations. 891, 894; also Gulf St. Lawrence 
(W hiteaves). 
Calliostoma Bairdii Verrill and Smith, sp. nov. 
Shell large, strong, regularly conical, with a flattened base, no 
umbilicus, yellowish white or light yellow, with more or less 
numerous narrow, spiral bands of pale brown or dark brown, 
and with large squarish spots of bright rosey red on the spire. 
Whorls nine or ten, flattened, or concave, below the suture, 
which is not impressed. The ‘last whorl has eight to ten con- 
spicuous, raised, Spa a revolving ribs, of which three or four 
are much smaller and alternate with the larger ones; the strong- 
est rib is just below the suture; interstices concave, brownish, 
glossy, obliquely striated by the lines of growth, and sometimes 
with airings, revolving, raised lines. The four principal 
ribs are continued on the upper whorls, but the intermediate 
ones gradually disappear on the middle whorls. The nodules 
