200 <>i; TiiAi.it i s. 







interrupted. ( )n tin- l:i-t whorl near the base, which is very dark, 

 is a taint, broad, lighter colored liand. The eolumella i- remarkable 

 for its obtuse white tooth, surrounded by the rich, dark colorin;: of 

 the aperture. Tlie ri^'ht li[> i- of lni!_ r '' thickne-s and much reflected ; 

 above it is <>l a li^'ht chotimi color ; In-low of a rich brownish japan- 

 like black, which, particularly where it i> shading <>H into the chest- 

 nut, L'ives, when the li L r ht is thrown I'ull on it, the same kind of 

 iridescent appearance a< is seen in the Liimachella. or fire-marble. 

 The lower edire of this ri(di lip is punctured pretty thickly with dots, 

 re-emhlini: those of Cypr&a ffsfmli'iinr/n. which seem filled with a 

 whitish, o]aipie snlistance, ami the formation of which has iriven an 

 irregular and almost fungus-like appearance to the reflected border 

 of the lip, on its tipper side. The interior of the aperture is white. 

 Length 3 indies, breadth, measured across the body-whorl, and in- 

 dndinjr the lip, 1 ; , { indies." (/>/W.) 



Toiiled, ali'int nine /c/if/i/i's rns' of Chachapoyas, Pern, about SdiiO 

 ft. elevation (Lieut. Maw. R. X.). 



/i'ii/iiins luticii I)Kol)i-.i;i r, Zoiil. .lonrn, iv. p. 'I'l'l, snppl. pi. ."> 1 

 is-js"). liiilimiis lulii'u RKKVK. Condi. Icon. pi. .'!.">, f. 2<i7, copied 

 from Broilerip, (not pi. 71 and 7'2, f. 'JO? b, c. NVST, Bull. Soc. 

 Rov. l.ruxelles xii, p. 1 111, pi. 1, f. '2a, "21). Pru., ISIouo^r. ii. p. .~i('.. 

 Porphyrobaphe /<//! Sin i'ri. i:\Vdt; m, Xotitia- Malacoloj/ica-i. |>. 

 71 (part), Ml). Cf. Fri.Tox, Ann. ^la.ir. N. II. (''>), xviii, p. KM. 



The tvpe specimen was deposited in the museum of the Zoological 



Society of London, Imt disappeared shortly afterward, and has not 

 been recovered. Other Specimens ha\e .-ilice been found. It is evi- 

 dently allied to <>. rif/iii/is, but the remarkably brad and curicii>ly 

 punctate peri>lome easily separates it from that and all other known 

 speciep, 



O. \ i. \i;ns (Fulton). I'l. -M, li<rs. Is, 111; pi. IS, li L r. ] _>. 



Shell ovale-conic, thick and solid ; pale pinkish-gray under a thin 

 oli\ e-\ d low cuticle, main Iv waiilinr on the spire, which is irregularly 

 ~lreaked with purplish, llie|a>t whorl wilh some incon-picnoii.- du.-ky 

 >lreaks, and a narrow dark band, more or le>> interrupted, at the 

 periphery, another continuous one on the base jusl behind the colu- 

 inellar lip. Surface -omewliat >binin^, with faint, low growth- 

 wrinkles only. Wlmrls 7,',-s, the fir.-t one planorboid above, earliest 

 .V, forming a clo-dy pilled nepionic .-hell, the fourth whorl (at 



