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Obeliscus abbotti n. sp. Fig. 3. 



Shell elongate, subcylindrical, whorls 6, imperforate. Apex obtuse, 

 very wide, large, suture impressed and crenulate, surface nearly 

 smooth, under the lens irregularly longitudinally sub- 

 striate. Aperture high, narrow, oval, outer lip, partially 

 broken, thin, evenly arcuate, not very convex, base nar- 

 row, columella rather thick with an indistinct indication 

 of a truncation at the base, parietal callus comparatively 

 thick. 



Alt., 5.56; diam., 1.5; aperture alt., 1.5; cliam., .93 mm. 



The types are in the Academy's collection, tray No. 

 118,244, from The General's Cave, west of Jeremie, Hayti. 

 Found with the above species in debris collected by Dr, 

 W. L. Abbott, in whose honor these two species are 

 named. 



Obeliscus ahhotti differs from 0. swiftiana Pfr. by being smaller, 

 more cylindrical; the apex is more obtuse and the suture is crenulate. 



