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Show 1888.] CHINA, JAPAN, AND THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS. 567 etnotata; spira elongata, acuminata; anfractus \4,planato-con-vexi, superiores angulati, infra suturam excavati, liris numerosis parum elevatis, fusco minute notatis, lira minore intercurrente spiraliter sculpti; sutura anguste canaliculata ; anfractus ultimus subrotundatus, ad basin valde contractus, et mediocriter produc-tus ; apertura ovata, fauce albida ; columella rectiuscula, glabra, labro arcuato, sinu profundiusculo emarginato, canali breviusculo. Long. 55, maj. diam. 17 millim. Hab. Hongkong. A Pleurotoma belonging to the section " Turns," and allied to P. cingulifera ; transversely finely ridged throughout, the ridges being articulated with minute brown dots. PLEUROTOMA (BELA) LACEYI, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 15.) Testa fusiformis, utrinque acuminata, sordide alba ; spira elongata, acuminata; anfractus rotunde convexi, longitudinaliter oblique multiplicati, spiraliter liris numerosis anguslis confertis sculpti; anfractus ultimus superne rotundatus, inferne paulo productus; apertura elongato-ovata, columella leviter contorta, labro leviter arcuato, sinu latiusculo haud emarginato ; canali brevi. Long. 16, maj. diam. 5 millim. Hab. Hongkong. A species resembling in form Bela pyramidalis (Strom), closely sculptured with spiral ridges and longitudinal ribs. PLEUROTOMA (BELA) HONKONGENSIS, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 16.) Testa abbreviata, alba; spira abbreviato-turrita; anfractus 6, primi 2 Iceves, rotundati, sequentes angulati, valde clathrati; sutura impressa; anfractus ultimus pyriformis, superne angulatus, supra angulum leviter concavus, infra angulum convexus, undique liris spiralibus elevatis (circ. 10) et laminis longitudinalibus numerosis clathratus ; apertura oblonga, columella leviter sinu-ata, labro vix emarginato. Long. 6, maj. diam. 3 millim. Hab. Hongkong. A small white species of the typical form of the Arctic Belae, very strongly and beautifully latticed throughout. ONISCIA MACANDREWI, n. sp. (Plate XXVIII. figs. 1, 2.) Testa subovata, solidiuscula, albida, fusco fasciata, et irregulariter fulvo fuscoque maculata; spira acuta, gradata ; anfractus 7, primi 2-3 Iceves, rotundati, sequentes 2 spiraliter sulcati, longitudinaliter plicati, deinde angulati et cancellati anfr. ultimus longitudinaliter dense lamellosus, costis circ. rotundatis ubique nodulosis transversim instructus, superne supra angulum concavus, infra angulum convexus, turgi-dulus, basin versus leviter contractus, ad canalem levissime |
