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TURRITHYRA (TURRITHYRA) DECEPTOR SCALARIS, new subspecies 

 Plate 14, Figure 5 



This race conies from the Sierra Vinales. Its shell and peristome are 

 pale buff, marked by conspicuous, interrupted spiral bands of brown. 

 The axial ribs and spiral threads here are also considerably stronger 

 than in the other races. 



The type, U.S.N.M. no. 492720, has 4.5 whorls remaining and meas- 

 ures: Length, 21.7 mm; greater diameter, 13.2 mm; lesser diameter, 

 9.7 mm. 



TURRITHYRA (TURRITHYRA) DECEPTOR VICENTENSIS, new subspecies 



Plate 14, Figure 7 



This race is rather smaller than the others. The shells range in 

 ground color from buff to bright red, and the peristome is equally 

 variable, but regardless of what shade of coloration the shell may 

 present the axial ribs are always paler than the rest of the shell. This 

 easily distinguishes this subspecies from the rest. 



It occupies the Costanera de San Vicente. The type, U.S.N.M. no. 

 492721, has 5.6 whorls remaining and measures: Length, 19.5 mm; 

 greater diameter, 10.8 mm ; lesser diameter, 7.3 mm. 



TURRITHYRA (TURRITHYRA) DECEPTOR PERSIMILIS, new subspecies 



Plate 14, Figure 9 



This race comes from Encinar de Alto, frequently called La Mina. 

 Its shell and peristome may be red or soiled white. The red form, 

 while resembling T. (T.) deceptor deceptor^ as well as the white shells, 

 is easily distinguished from it by having a fewer number and less 

 crowded spiral threads. 



The type, U.S.N.M. no. 468730, has 5.0 whorls remaining and 

 measures: Length, 24.2 mm; greater diameter, 13.7 mm; lesser 

 diameter, 9.5 mm. 



TURRITHYRA (TURRITHYRA) DECEPTOR DECEPTOR (Arango) 



Plate 14, Figure 8 



1S82. Cliondro-poma deceptor Arango, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 34, 



p. 105. 

 1920. Chondrotlnjra (Chondrothyra) deceptor Henderson and Bartsch, Proc. 



U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 58, p. 64. 



This, the northern race of this species, comes from La Jagua, a 

 moo-ote southwest of the western end of the Sierra San Andres. It is 



