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Show 187L] MR. E. A. SMITH ON WEST-AFRICAN SHELLS. 731 36. TEREBRA MICANS, Hinds, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 157. Hab. West Africa. 37. PLEUROTOMA SPIRALIS, sp. nov. (Plate LXXV. fig. 8.) Testa fusiformis, pallido-fusca; anfract. 18, primi 3 politi, cceteri plane convexi, carina acuta in medio succincti anfract. ultimus cingulis 12 czqualibus ornatus; sutura cingulo minore definita; interstitia oblique striata; apertura angusta columella nigro-fusca ; canalis brevissimus; labium tenue; magna. Long. 11 mill., diam. 3. Hab. Whydah. This species belongs to the same group as P. violacea, Hinds. 38. DRILLIA PYRAMIDATA, Kiener, Icon. Coq. Viv. Monog. Pleurotoma, p. 57, pl. 21. f. 4. Hab. Whydah. 39. DRILLIA (CRASSISPIRA) CARBONARIA, Reeve, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 187. Hab. West Africa. " !" (Reeve). 40. PERRONA LINEATA, Lamk. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 2, vol. ix. pf 348. Hab. Whydah. 41. CLATHURELLA LABIOSA, sp. nov. (Plate LXXV. fig. 9.) Testa elongato-ovata, albida; anfract. 6, infra suturam zonati, modice convexi, superne subangulati, oblique longitudinaliter valide costati, transversim sulcati; sulci supra apertura angusta, elongata, spiram eequans, ad contracta; incisura distincta; labium crassissimum. Long. 5 mill., diam. 1|. Hab. Whydah. 42. MANGELIA ANGULOSA, sp. nov. (Plate LXXV. fig. 10.) Testa parva, ovata, pallido-brunnea; anfract. 6, primi 4 convexi, politi, simplices, cceteri medio angulati, costis validis, remotis (in anfract. ultimo 6) ornati; transversim exilissime striati ; striee supra costas indistincta?; apertura subovata, fere eequans; columella callosa, superne tuberculata; labium ; canalis perbrevis. Long. 5 mill., diam. If. Hab. Whydah. 43. MUREX TURBINATUS, Lamk. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 2, vol. ix. p. 586. Hab. Whydah. |