BY RICHARD C. ROSSITER. 823 



Sowerby, Thes. Conch., pi. 28, fig. 110-115. 

 New Caledonia ; Loyalty Islands, Isle of Pines. 



27. Luponia errones, Linn. 



Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 13, fig. 56. 



Cyprcea ovum, Gmeln., C. subflava, Grmel.. C. olivacea. Lam. 



New Caledonia ; Loyalty Islands ; Isle of Pines. 



I have specimens from Noumea with the back of a blackish- 

 brown, the base arched in the centre, rostrated at both ends, the 

 teeth on the columella nearly absent ; teeth on the outer ] ip very 

 large, and placed deep down. One specimen has the appearance 

 of having been dug out like a native canoe. 



28. LUPONIA ESONTROPIA, DucloS. 



Peeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 16, fig. 80. 



Lifou, Loyalty Islands, very rare. 1 have only seen one 

 specimen, and that is in my collection. 



29. Luponia flaveola, Linn. 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 18, fig. 95. 

 Lifou, Loyalty Islands ; Hot Amedee or Lighthouse Island, 

 New Caledonia. 



This species has been confused with and called C. spurca by the 

 collectors here, but is quite distinct and in no way related to the 

 C. spurca, Linn, found in the Mediterranean. Mr. H. Crosse in 

 the Journal de Conchyliologie 1869, p. 44, doubts the C. spurca 

 being found in New Caledonia, on the authority of Pere 

 Montrouzier. 



30. Luponia gangrenosa, Solander. 

 Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 18, fig. 

 Loyalty Islands, rare. 

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