BY C. K. BEDDOME. 



575- 



Gray then gives a running minute description of his new 

 species in English as follows : — 



" Shell ovate, oblong, pale chestnut-brown, polished, with four 

 narrow, sometimes slightly interrupted bands, one of which is 

 near the spire, and another in the front of the shell, and the other 

 two about the middle of the back. The spire is slightly prominent, 

 and partly covered ; the base is convex, white, verj' slightly 

 thickened on the inner lip, exhibiting the bands through it. 

 The margin of the outer lip and extremities is slightly thickened, 

 white, ornamented with numerous small round brown spots on 

 the upper part, and a large blotch over the spire, and on each 

 side the anterior extremity. The aperture rather wide ; the 

 teeth equal, small, close; the columella deeply concave in front 

 and plaited the whole length; the inside purplish-white. Axis 

 ii diameter j'j^ of an inch. 



" I have had it from several old collections under the above 

 name, and have therefore adopted it out of courtesy, and to 

 prevent confusion. 



" When worn it is pale flesh-coloured, with the bands inter- 

 rupted." 



Should Gray in common honesty be deprived of the credit of 

 having named and described this species 1 Manuscript names 

 may well be ignored in a case like this. 



Fig. 17, PL xxi., is that of a specimen of Cyp. piperita, Gray, 

 which measures 26 mm. long, 14 mm. wide, and 13 mm. high; 

 there are four blotchy bands of brown across the shell; the whole 

 dorsal surface is covered with minute specks as if it had been 

 peppered all over; there is a slight dorsal sulcus with a few brown 

 spots on it, not seen on the base of the shell, which is a dull 

 white; there are 23 fine teeth on the right columellar margin; 

 those on the left fine and not visible on the base of the shell. 

 This specimen is from Miss Lodder's Collection. 



Fig. 18, PI. xxi., is that of a specimen similar to the one shown 

 in fig. 17, but the specks over the dorsum are fine, hardly visible 

 without a lens; there are four bands across the dorsum composed 

 of square blotches, which are visible on the left base of the shell 



