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type R. spinosa (Lam.) ; Bursa (Bolten), type R. hufonia (Gm.) ; 
Coluhraria (Schumacher), type R. candisata (Chemn.) ; Aspa (Ad.), type 
R. Icevigata (Gmelin), and the three following : — 
Crossata, g. n., for R. ventricosa (Brod.), and californica (Hinds). 
Tutufa, g. n., for R. lampas (L.), caledoniensis^ sp. n., ranelloides 
(Reeve, Triton)^ and scroUculator (L.) 
Lampasopsis [sic !], g. n., for R. rhodostoma (Brod.), and cruenta (Sow.). 
Ranella hergeri (Sow., inedit.), sp. n., distinct from grayana (Dkr.) 
and paulucciana (Tapp. -Can., 1876), both from Mauritius; Tapparone- 
Canefri, Z, c. pp. 60, 61, & 22, pi. ii. figs. 1, 2, & 6, 17. 
Ranella fijiensis, sp. n., Watson, J. L. S. xv. p. 270, Fiji Islands, 316 fath. 
Ranella vexillum (Sow.), W. coast of Patagonia, = tumida (Dkr.), 
from New Zealand ; E. A. Smith, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 31. 
Cassidaria provincialis (Martin), probably a distinct species, Provence, 
very rare ; Monterosato, Bull. Soc. mal. Ital. vi. p. 267. 
Oniscia cithara, sp. n., Watson, Z. c. p. 266, Ke Islands, W. of Papua, 
130 fath. 
Dolium hairdi, sp. n., Verrill & Smith, Am. J. Sci. (3) xxii. p. 299, off 
Martha’s Yineyard, 202 fath.. South Coast of New England. 
Cypr.®idje. 
Cyprcea. H. C. Weinkauff continues and concludes his monograph 
in Kiister’s Conch. Cab. pts. 300, 303, 306 & 308, pp. 81-166, 
pis. xxv.-xliii.; 186 species are described and figured, including C. rota, 
sp. n., p. 136, pi. xxxviii. figs. 13 & 16, locality unknown, and several 
varieties and monstrosities of C. panther ina (Sol.), p. 87, pi. xxvi. figs. 6 & 6, 
pi. xxvii. figs. 1-6. He also gives a list of the known species with 
synonymy and localities in JB. mal. Ges. viii. pp. 133-167. 
Cyprcea decipiens (E. A. Smith, 1880), two more specimens confirm 
the distinctness from C. thersites] E. A. Smith, P. Z. S. 1880, p. 668. 
Cyprcea smithi, sp. n., Sowerby, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 638, pi. Ivi. fig. 8, 
North-west coast of Australia. 
Cyprcea fallax, sp. n., near cribraria (L.), E. A. Smith, Ann. N. H. (6) 
viii. p. 441, West Australia. 
Cyprcea amabilis, sp. n., Jousseaux, Le Nat., Jan. 1881, p. 349, 
locality unknown. 
OvULIDJE. 
Ovula (Brug., Lam.). Monograph describing and figuring 72 species 
by Weinkauff, iu Kiister’s Conch. Cab. pts. 308 & 313, pp. 167-216, 
pis. xliv.-liii. He defends the priority of the generic name Ovulum 
(Brug., emend. Ovula, Lam.), against Amphiperas (Gronov.), and main- 
tains that the genus belongs to the family of the Cyprceidce, on account 
of the resemblance in the soft parts. [He overlooks the difference in 
the muzzle and radula, as stated by Gray & Troschel.] 
Ovula Icebbecheana, sp. n., Weinkauff, Z. c. p. 197, pi. 1. figs. 6 & 7, 
Yancouver Island. 0. sempieri [erroneously for semxjeri], new name for 
