Bulletin - United States National Museum - Smithsonian Institution

SOUTH AFRICAN MAEINE MOLLUSKS. 65
Family JANTHINIDAE.
Genus JANTHINA Bolten.
JANTHINA COMMUNIS Lamarck.
Cat. No. 77279, U.S.N.M., contains one specimen from the Cape
of Good Hope. Cat. No. 97994, U.S.N.M., five specimens from
Albany. In addition to these, the Museum contains three lots from
Port Alfred. Cat. No. 249755, three specimens. (Coll. No. 1027.)
Cat. No. 250503, one specimen (Coll. No. 1376). Cat. No. 250504,
one specimen (Coll. No. 1377).
JANTHINA GLOBOSA Swainson.
Cat. No. 186833, U.S.N.M., contains one specimen from Port
Alfred (Coll. No. 200).
JANTHINA TROCHOIDEA Reeve.
Cat. No. 186834, U.S.N.M., two specimens from Port Alfred
(Coll. No. 201).
JANTHINA EXIGUA Lamarck.
Cat. No. 186835, U.S.N .M., one specimen from Port Alfred (Coll.
No. 202). Cat. No. 272131, U.S.N.M., six specimens from Algoa Bay.
JANTHINA FRAGILIS Lamarck.
Cat. No. 187096, U.S.N.M., one specimen from Port Alfred (Coll.
No. 640).
Family EULIMIDAE.
Genus MELANELLA Bowdish.
MELANELLA DILECTA Smith.
Four lots of this species are in the collection of the United States
National Museum, all from Port Alfred, as follows: Cat. No. 186855,
four specimens (Coll. No. 225); Cat. No. 227730, four specimens
(Coll. No. 825); Cat. No. 227731, sLx specimens (Coll. fro. 826); Cat.
No. 249707, one specimen (Coll. No. 979).
MELANELLA ALGOENSIS Smith.
Cat. No. 249712, U.S.N.M., contains one specimen from Port
Alfred (Coll. No. 984).
MELANELLA SIMPLEX Sowerby.
Cat. No. 186857, U.S.N.M., contains one specimen from Port
Alfred (Coll. No. 227).
MELANELLA CARIFA, new species.
Plate 20, fig. 7.
Shell small, slender, flexed, semitranslucent, polished, bluish
white. Whorls slightly rounded on the curved and slightly concave
on the opposite side, appressed at the summit to such an extent that