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15. Denta-Lium dejstalis, Linn. ; Linn. Syst. J^at. 1203 ; 

 Born, Mus. 432, xviii. 13. Living in the Mediterranean, the 

 S.W. of France, and the Canaries. 



St. 75 (?). July 2, 1873. Fayal, Azores. 50 to 90 fms. 



Dec. 1873. Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope. Sand and shells, 

 15 to 20 fms. Two fragments, one of them, however, consists of 

 the apex and apical process. 



Mr. Grwyu Jeffreys was good enough to identify these speci- 

 mens for me, their state and the newness of the locality making 

 confirmation specially desirable. 



16. Dentalium javanum, Sow. ; Sow. Thes. Conch. Dent. sp. 

 39, f. 12 ; Eeeve, C. I. pi. iii. sp. 14. 



Sept. 7, 1874. Torres Strait, C. York. 3-11 fms. 2 young 

 specimens. 



St. 186. Sept. 8, 1874. Lat. 10° 30' S., long. 142° 18' E. 

 Wednesday Island, Cape York. 8 fms. Coral sand. 



St. 188. Sept. 10, 1874. Lat. 9° 59' S., long. 139° 42' E. W. 

 of C. York, Australia, off the S.W. point of Papua. 28 fms. Mud. 

 2 specimens. 



This species is given in B.M. as from Malacca. D. octogonuin, 

 L. (which this much resembles), has much stronger infracostal 

 striae, and the ribs are much more sharply prominent. 



17. Dentalium ensiculus, Jeffr. ; J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Val. 

 JExp., Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. 1877, xix. 154. 



St. 23. Mar. 15, 1873. Off Sombrero Island, St. Thomas, 

 D.W.I. 450 fms. Gloliyerina-ooze. 9 specimens or frag- 

 ments. 



Mr. Grwyn Jeffreys got this species from St. 1 2, 1450 fms. ; St. 

 16, 1785 fms. ; West of Ireland, 1366 fms. ; Bay of Biscay, 862 

 fms. ; Portugal, 740-1095 fms. 



The bore of the shell lies quite on the convex side, and toward 

 the apex is small. 



18. Dentalium tornatum, W. (Turned as in a lathe.) 



St. 173-4. July 29, 1874. Levuka, Fiji. 12 fms. 6 speci- 

 mens. 



Shell. — Small, narrow, very finely tapering, slightly but very 

 equably bent, strong, of a quill-like translucency and brilliance. 

 Sculpture. The upper part of the shell is encircled by deep, 



