5o BRACHYPODELLA, S.-G. LIPAROTES. 



1891, p. 148. Urucoptis (Strophina) laterradii MORCH., Cat. 

 Yoldi, p. 35. 



Grateloup compares the species to sitbula Fer. and perpli- 

 cata Fer. It is named for Prof. J. F. Laterrade, author of 

 Flore Bordelaise et de la Gironde and other works. I do not 

 know that the typical form of B. laterradii has been re- 

 discovered. 



lla. Var. STROPHINA Pils. n. v. PI. 8, figs. 59, 60. 



&hell deeply rimate, strong, with somewhat the shape of 

 Cerion uva; widest above the middle, contracting in a short 

 cone above, and tapering downwards; white, faintly cream- 

 tinted above, bluish below, lusterless, sculptured with coarse 

 ribs, weak on the cone, strong on the last whorl. Whorls 

 slightly convex, the last tapering, strongly keeled below, 

 shortly built forward; the base narrow and concave within 

 the keel. Aperture subcircular, chestnut-colored inside, the 

 expanded peristome being continuous and white. Interior 

 light chestnut-colored. Axis colored and excessively thick in 

 the penult, and antepenult, whorls, grooved along the parti- 

 tions, slender above and in the last whorl. Length 10.5, diam. 

 4.5 mm., whorls 7. 



Santo Domingo (Gabb). 



Pfeiffer's figures in the Conchylien Cabinet, pi. 5, f. 10, 11, 

 p. 45, resemble this short form more than they do Grateloup 's 

 original figure. The shell is notable for its stout, Cerion or 

 Eolospira-like shape, and the very thick internal pillar. 



Sowerby's figure of " Cylindrella later adii " (C. Icon., 

 xx, pi. 10, f. 86) represents the young of some very slender 

 Urocoptis, probably U. lateralis. 



Subgenus LIPAROTES Pilsbry, 1903. 



The shell is obesely fusiform, striate, of few (12 to 13) 

 whorls in entire specimens, the first 4 conic, not attenuate, 

 and often lost in adults ; last whorl rounded or angular below, 

 more or less free. Apex smooth, the first whorl not unduly 

 elevated (vol. xv, pi. 64, fig. 17, B. obesa). Axis slender and 

 nearly straight. Dentition unknown. Type B. obesa. 



