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Show 732 MR. E. A. SMITH ON WEST-AFRICAN SHELLS. [Dec. 5, 44. NASSA TRITONIFORMIS, Kiener, Coq. Viv. Buccinum, pl. 30. fig. 2, p. 108. Hab. Whydah. 45. NASSA PUMILIO, sp. nov. (Plate LXXV. fig. 11.) Testa minima, ovata, albido-cornea, nitida; anfract. 6, convexi; primi 3 politi, simplices, cceteri costis validis (in anfract. 12) ornali, costulis transversis (in anfract. tertio et quarto decussati; apertura parva; columella callosa; labium incrassatum, intus denticulatum, extra rufo trimaculatum. Long. 3| mill., diam. fere 2. Hab. Whydah. A very pretty minute species, neatly cancellated, producing a no-duled appearance, whitish, with a line beneath the suture and the lower part of the last whorl horn-colour. 46. NASSA (NAYTIA) GLABRATA, Sowerby, Thesaurus i. Monog. Strombus, p. 32, pl. 8. f. 66, 67. Hab. AVhydah. " ? " (Sowerby). 47. CYLLENE OWENII, Gray, MS.; Sowerby, Thesaur. Conch. iii. p. 78, pl. 217. f. 19, 20. Hab. Whydah. 48. PURPURA H/EMASTOMA, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 1, ii. p. 1202. Hab. Lagos, West Africa. 49. PUSIONELLA MILLETI, Petit, Journ. de Conch, ii. p. 76, pl. 1. f. 6. Hab. Whydah. 50. OLIVA FLAMMULATA, Lamk. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 2, vol. x. p. 613. Hab. Whydah. "West Indies" (Reeve, Conch. Icon.). 51. OLIVA SUBULATA, Lamk. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 2, p. 626. Var. pallida. Entirely pinkish cream-coloured, with basal zone still paler. Hab. Whydah. 52. OLIVA ACUMINATA, Lamk. Anim. s. Vert. ed. 2, vol. x. p. 625. Hab. Whydah. 53. MITRA HEBES, Reeve, Conch. Icon. ii. sp. 292. Hab. Whydah. " ?" (Reeve). 54. MARGINELLA EPIGRUS, Reeve, Conch. Icon. xv. sp. 151. Hab. Whydah. This species was collected also by Mr. R. M'Andrew at Mogador, Morocco. |