I. Kill's. 



Pseudotrochus and Oxystrombus of Klein would have no 

 standing in liiiimnial nomenclature e\en it' thev had been natural 

 irroiips, which they were not ; and .Morch's Use of the name- in 1X.VJ 

 \\as futile. The erection of Orthaltcinus in 1870 by Fischer and 

 CrOSSC -eems lo me to lie quite a needless addition to nomenclature, 

 tor il' /.. fusi-iutim is in need of a suhireneric name, Oxystrombui of 

 .Morch tills every l-e(|lli|-eilH'llt. 



A', I/ til SjH'fl't'S <>f LitJIIIIS. 



a. Columella deeply concave above, abruptly truncated at the base, 

 sinuous within the last whorl. 



b. Shell flossy and brilliant, usually with .'! to (', distinct 

 color-hands, somewhat trochiform ; basal lip subhori/oiital, 

 but slightly arcuate. Haiti. ri ri/im us, y. \(V1 



A 1 . Somewhat pupifoi'm, t!ie last whorl rather contracied be- 

 low : basal lip deeply arcuate. Culia. /H'//III/US. p. I ('<('< 

 <t*. Columella straight above, vertical, hardlv or not .-iuiioiis \\ithin 



it 



the la-t whorl, and < ilher eoiitinuous or truncated at the \>;\><' ; 

 ba.-al lip rather deeply arcuate. Aperture not deep jiurple or 

 pink within, though the parietal wall i> often colored. 



l>. 1'ale yellow or whitish, \\ith r-everal blackish /.ones, one 



above and one below the periphery more or le.-s maculated 



with yellow ; colnmella but slightly ti'iincaled ; la>t whorl 



.-omen hat contracted. blainianus, y. 171 



//'. AVilhout the above combiiia i ion of charade]-.-. 



I'naciiitiin^ y. 1 lid 



Se\eral -pecie- 1 ,e.-id( - lho.-e delineil above are referred to /.iijllllS 



and its \icinily in IMeiller's Nomenclator llt-Hct-orum linn/i/////. I.. 

 riii-iiiiitii* 1'1'r. I p. 'Jin'., no. 7li) is a I'cri'/cris ; I., niiiiri/iiitiliix (p. 

 _''') i- a form of /,. rinjiiu us ; and < Irlluiln'tis ((\irnu) lu'stn'u I'tr. 

 (p. L'.V.l, mi. 77) i.- a ,-pecii - of ( ilfiK-liin. 



L. \ IIII.IM i - i l.iime). l'|. :>('<, li--. 58 I'-'.'. 



Shell OVate-turreted, solid, smooth and ^lossv. ('olor while or 

 brpjlil yellow, \\ith distind, \i\id, <-niiti/iii<nts and ralher narrow 

 bands of blackish, hroun. -neii, pink, purple, or li^ht yellow, or 

 t \\oor three id llie-e colors; the bands ii-uallv '.'< to ('< in niimlier, 

 typical po-itions lor ihrre of them beiiiLT the periphery, (lie middle of 

 the upper -ui-face (a-ceiidin^ lliespii-e midway between sutures ), and 



