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Show 490 MR. G. B. SOWERBY ON [May 16, brown base. It wdll probably come into the section Clavus. The specimen is now in the collection of General Tripe. DAPHNELLA FUSCO-PICTA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. figs. 15,16.) Testa angusta, fusiformis, cdbida, nigro-fusco conspicue Jlammu-lata ; spira elongata, ad apicem acuta ; anfractus 9-10, convexi, undique eximie cancellati; sutura angustissime canaliculata; anfractus ultimus oblongus, spiram leviter superans, vix inflates, inferne leviter attenuatus, haud rostratus, flammulis cdbo bifasciatim interruptis pictus; apertura oblonga, utrinque attenuata; labrum leviter crenulatum, sinu profun-diuscido emarginato, canali brevissimo. Long. 17, maj. diam. 5| ; apertura longa 7g, lata 2 millim. Hab. Hong Kong. A prettily marked and delicately sculptured shell, minutely cancellated throughout. It somewhat resembles B. jlammea (Hinds), but differs considerably from that species in sculpture (fine close-set longitudinal striae crossing the spiral ones). In sculpture it closely resembles B. diluta (Gould), which species is very different from it in form. Another allied species is P. delicata (Reeve), from which it differs both in form and sculpture. DAPHNELLA SPENCERS, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. figs. 17, 18.) Testa acuminato-fusiformis, cdbida, fusco maculata ; spira acuminata, acuta ; anfractus 8, convexiusculi, supremi longitudinaliter plicati, undique spiraliter striati; maculis fuscis conspicuis ornati; anfractus ultimus spiram superans, leviter inflatus, maculis fuscis regularibus rotundatis biseriatim dispositis pictus ; apertura oblonga ; labrum arcuatum, acutum, sinu profundAusculo angustiusculo emarginato, canali brevissimo. Long. 10, maj. diam. 4 ; apertura longa 4, lata 2 millim. Hab. Hong Kong. A beautiful little shell, of which I have only seen a single specimen. It is finely spirally striated throughout, the upper whorls being longitudinally plicated. The colouring consists of conspicuous rounded brown blotches, which upon the body-whorl are disposed in two rows, one above and one below the middle of the whorl. DAPHNELLA ELATA, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. figs. 19, 20.) Testa turrita, luteo-alhida, maculis pallide fuscis promiscue conspersa; spira perelongata, acutissima; anfractus 10, primi 2 fusci Iceves, sequentes leviter angulati, liris spiralibus numerosis acutis cingulati, longitudinaliter minute interplicati anfractus ultimus spiram vix cequans, leviter convexus, infra medium constrictus; apertura oblonga, parva; labrum extus crenulatum, sinu breviusculo emarginato, canali brevissimo. Long. 15, maj. diam. 4 ; apertura longa 5, lat. 1\ millim. Hab. Mauritius. This species has a much longer spire than others of the group |
