OF CONCHOLOGY. 



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or slightly concave ; volutions slightly carinated at base ; angle 

 of body whorl carinated ; 10 revolving impressed lines on the 

 body whorl ; color bluish brown above on the body whorl, with 

 revolving series of whitish spots and a brown dot between each 

 of the lighter ones ; carina of body whorl marked by a series of 

 distant brown spots ; lower part of body whorl yellowish, clouded 

 with a series of brown dots on the ridges between the impressed 

 lines ; spire yellowish and brown spotted ; labrum slightly sinu- 

 ous, spotted within. 



Locality. — Oyster Bar, Pine Key, W. coast Florida. R. E. 

 C. Stearns. 



This little shell belongs to a group of cones with elevated 

 spires, characteristic of the central Pacific and Atlantic coasts. 

 Mr. Stearns obtained 5 specimens, of which some were alive, on 

 Oyster Bar, in a small bayou at Pine Key ;, also on the beach of 

 mainland back of Long Key. 



Cardium Nuttallit, Conrad. 



Mr. Carpenter makes this name a synonym of Q. corbis, Meusch, 

 or of Martyn. I have not seen the description, but I make a 

 comparison of NiittaUii with the figure given by Martyn : 



0. corbis. — 35 large ribs, with 

 an intermediate smaller rib be- 

 tween most of them. 



3 wide ribs on posterior slope. 



Ligament narrow. 



Locality. — Pooioo Condor — 

 tropical China seas. 



C. Nuttallii. — Large ribs 28; 

 no intermediate rib. 



6 close narrow ribs on poste- 

 terior slope. 



Ligament vei-y wide. 



Narrower and much more 

 prominent beaks. 



Locality. — Upper California. 



CAPULUS, Mont. 

 C. Shreevei, Conrad.— PL 13, fig. 3. 



Description. — Elevated, profoundly curved, compressed ; back 

 flattened, traces of longitudinal lines near the base, margins an- 

 gular. 



Locality. — Long Island, S. Carolina. 



This curious shell is only provisionally referred to Capulus^ as 

 it is not sufficiently perfect to classify without some doubt of its 

 generic character. 



It was found by a young student of conchology, Miss Lizzie 

 Shreeve, to whom I dedicate it. 



