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more or less prominent processes, especially on the body whorls, and 

 are more marked than the smooth variety. Found on the beach on 

 logs that were a-wash at high tide. In the dry season, when little 

 fresh water from the Walpa Siksa river enters the sea, these shells 

 are sometimes found on the rocks near the Indian village of the same 

 name nearby. 



Purpura patula L. 



King's Keys. Man of War Keys. Up to 3 inches long and very 

 beautiful. In the larger specimens the processes and other sculpture 

 are often more or less obliterated. An old and reliable Indian told 

 me that in former times the natives made dye for their loin-cloths 

 the name of which in their tongue is palpura, strange to say out of 

 molluscs from the keys. 

 Fasciolaria tuiipa L. 



Man of War Keys, and abundant on all the others as well, where 

 they are sought after by the natives as an article of food. 



Drillia fuscescens Gray. 



A single dead shell at Wounta Haulover. 



Drillia sp. 



Dr. Dall says this is near D. harfordiana Rve., perhaps a variety 

 of it. King's Keys. 



Latirus cinguliferus Lam. 

 Man of War Keys. 



Melongena melongena L. 



Man of War Keys. Also on rocks at Walpa Siksa alive, as well 

 as hundreds of dead shells as hermit-crab houses in the shallow water 

 inside the bar. 



Phos f d'orbignyi Payr. 



King's Keys. Two specimens. 



Pisania pusio L. 



Man of War Keys. Numerous. I got eight specimens. 



Nassa vibex Say. 



Wounta Haulover, and everywhere, in favorable places. In the 

 quiet September sea, when the beach is low, it can be found alive or 

 containing hermit crabs. 



Valuta virescens Sol. 

 In four years I found only four dead shells at Wounta Haulover. 



