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Alt. 



Hab . Japan . 



Chiefly characterized by Its single 

 columellar plait and thin substance. The 

 writer has not seen this species. 



Genus HARPULINA Ball I906 



Barpulina Ball, I9O6, Nautilus, vol. 19, 



p. 143. 

 Barpula Swalnson: Malacol. Treatise, 317, 



1840. 



Genotype: Valuta arausatca Solander. 



Range: Indian Ocean. 



Shell oval-conic; nucleus papllll- 

 form, middle whorl of nucleus largest, more 

 convex; columella with niomerous plaits 

 which become largest anteriorly; outer lip 

 thickened within, sharp without. 



Harpulina interpuncta Interpuncta 

 (Martyn) I78I 

 (Plate 7, Figure 61) 



Valuta interpuncta Martyn, Univ. Conch., 

 col. 4, plate 127, 1787. Reeve: Conch. 

 Icon., pi. 6, fig, 12, 1849. Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 84, pi. 24, 



fig. 39. 

 Valuta indica, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. 



1, p. 210, pi. 51, figs. 68-70. 

 Valuta lappanlca, Linn^, Syst. Nat. ed. 12, 



1195. 

 Valuta lappantca, under Reeve: Conch. Icon, 

 species 12. 



Alt. 62-85 mm. 



Hab. Indian Ocean. 



Nucleus consisting of two and one- 

 half to three whorls, shining, slightly 

 tilted; post-nuclear whorls five, suture 

 irregular, puckered; sculpture consisting 

 of numerous, closely-spaced, longitudinal 

 ribs upon the spire, gradually diminishing 

 in size and hardly discernible upon the 

 penultimate whorl; ribs extending from su- 

 ture to suture upon the early whorls; spi- 

 ral striae fine, most apparent anteriorly 



upon the body whorl and adjacent to the 

 suture; columella with seven plaits; ground 

 color old ivory, overlaid with numerous, 

 spiral, chestnut-colored, linear spots, to- 

 gether with larger blotches of pale brown 

 color, often longitudinal. In mature speci- 

 mens, the outer lip extends considerably 

 upon the spire. 



Harpulina interpuncta undata 

 (Martyn) 1792 

 (Plate 7, Figure 60) 



Valuta undata Martyn, Univ. Conch., vol. 4, 



table 3, plate 127, 1792. 

 Valuta interpuncta Martyn, Reeve: Conch, 



Incon., plate 4, fig. 12, 1849. 



Alt. 75. mm. 



Hab. 



Indian Ocean. 



Differs from interpuncta inter- 

 puncta in that the color pattern consists 

 of fewer chestnut linear markings together 

 with conspicuous, broader zig-zag streaks 

 which extend prominently upon the spire. 



Harpulina arausaica (Solander) I786 

 (Plate 8, Figure 62) 



Valuta arausaica Solander, Port. Cat., p. 



26, number 6II, p. I86, number 3965, 



1786, Fischer, J. de C, p. 274, I87I. 

 Valuta vexlllum Chemnitz: Conch. Cab., 



vol. 10, p. 152, vignette 20, figs, a, 



b, plate 13, fig. 52, 1849. Sowerby: 



Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 210, plate 50, 



figs. 54-56. 

 Valuta Hex f Hum. Lamarck: An. 3. Vert., ed. 



Deshayes, vol. 10, p. 402, Tryon: Man. 



Conch., vol. 4, p. 85, plate 31, fig. 



153, 1882. 

 Vexlllum broci'?) Martyn: Univ. Conch. PI, 



82, 1792, 



Alt. 75-100 ram. 



Hab. Indian Ocean: Amboyna. 



Shell ovate, subfuslform, thick, 

 smooth, shining, whitish, with more or less 

 numerous orange-red narrow bands; spire 

 conical, with small pointed apex; the last 

 four whorls crowned with rather remote and 



