166 G. NevlU — ]Veto Species of Brachisli-water Mollmhs. [No. 3, 



species is very characteristic ; there is a slight tendency on the upper 

 portions of the whorls to be o£ a darker and duller shade ; the indistinct 

 suture, short but produced spire, large and regularly egg-shaped last whorl, 

 straight and slightly twisted columella, forming an angle at its base, are all 

 well-marked characters. Under a very powerful lens, striae of growth 

 are discernible, which become more developed behind the outer lip. 

 Type Indian Museum, Calcutta ; also in coll. Hungerford. 



ASSIMIWEA TEMPLEAWA, n. sp. 



T. imperforata, ovato-conica, persolida, crassa, nitida, laevis, fwsco- 

 cornea, sutura distincta, liaud marginata ; spira conica ireviter produ,cta, 

 apice acuto ; anfr. 5|-, eonvexiusculi, rapide crescentes, ultimus inagnus, 

 tumide ventricosus, ad periplieriam suhangulatus, hasi suhapplanatus ; aper- 

 tura sat magna, marginihus callo acuto valido et alho junctis, margine 

 externa regulariter convexo-rotundato, columellari suhrotundato, duplice 

 ac valide rejlexo, regionem umbilicalem tegente, supra distincte transver- 

 simqiie unisidcato. 



Long. 3i, diam. 1\ mill. 



Hab. Nicobar Islands. 



I have named this interesting small species after Lieutenant E. 0. 

 Temple, who has presented the Museum with many valuable shells from 

 the Andamans, Ferozepore, and other places. It is eminently characteriz- 

 ed by the remarkable callously-reflected, duplex columella, transversely 

 notched or sulcated above. 



