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Specit;s 'J. (.Mus. Brit.) 

 iKOi'.o Gaimaudi. Van. tesld pai-i-n, costis paucis, 

 ilistantibiis spiralibiis et liris coitcenlricis profunde 

 ct late iMHcellatd ; spird elevatd, acuminatd ; (i/icr- 

 turd subrotundd : caiiali amjusto, profinido. 

 iahd's Vanikoro. Shell small, deeply and broadly 

 cancellated with few distant spiral ribs and con- 

 centric ridges ; spire elevated, acuminated ; aper- 

 ture rather rounded ; canal narrow, deep. 

 IIS. .M.S. Cum. Coll. 

 koro (iiioijl, Adams, noii liecluz. 



Species 10. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Vanmkoi:o CuviEiiiAKA. Van. testd gubpaUdd, depressd^ 

 ti'iiiii, temiiter gplrnliter et conccntrice liratd : spird 

 deprfsgd, acuminata, anfractv vllimo siiperiir aub- 

 depresso ; aperturd obliipw oratd, canal i latigsimo, 

 rolnmelld trniii, vhliquc sid'arciC'td. 



CuviKii's Vanikoi:o. 81iel! rather patulate, dei)ressed, 

 thin, finely spirally and concentrically ridged ; spire 

 depres.sed, acuminated, last whorl ratlier depressed 

 above ; aperture oblicpiely ovate, canal very 

 broad, columella thin, a little obli<iueIy arched. 



KiXLUz. Proc. Zool. Soc, LSI;!. 



Bab. .' 



A more finely sculjiturcd shell than most of the other 



species. 



Species 11. (Mus. lirit.) 



Vasikiiuii Soulevetiaxa. \'an. tesld globosd, tentiiter 

 .iliinilitvr et cciicentrlce scidptd ; spird pared, acn- 

 nuiiatd, ultimo anfractu rotunda ; aperturd sub- 

 rotundd ; culumelld rectd, canalt brevi, antjusto. 



Souletet's Vanikoko. Shell globose, finely spirally 

 and cunceiitrically sculptured ; spire small. 



acuminated, last wliorl rounded ; aperture rather 

 roimded ; columella straight, canal short, narrow. 



Kecll'z. Proc. Zool. Soc., 1843. 



][ah. .' 



Originally described from a specimen in Mr. Cuming"s 



collection — locality unknown. 



Species 12. (Fig. <t, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Va.nikoro Desha yk.siana. Van. testd globosd, tenui, 

 spird acuminatd; an/raclihus superioribuscancellatis, 

 ultimo anfractv, tenuitcr spiraliter siriato, len'ler 

 conceutricc coslatd ; costis striisque versus manjinau. 

 fere evanidis ; aperturd subrotundd, cohimelld 

 leviter arcuafd ; canali latiilsculo. 



Dkshayes' Vanikoro. Shell globose, thin, spire acu- 

 minated ; upper whorls cancellated, last whorl 

 finely spirally striated, lightly concentrically 

 ribbed ; ribs and strijE almost obsolete towards 

 the margin ; aperture rather rounded, columella 

 slightly arched ; canal rather broad. 



PiECH!/.. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



Hub. Isl. Zebu, Philippines. 



In some specimens the sculpture almost disappears 



towards the back of the last whorl. 



Species 1:5. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Vanikoro distans. Van. testd parvd, clatd, dislantis- 

 sinii: concentrice costatd, spiraliter tenuiter striatd; 

 spird elevatd, acuminatd ; aperturd semilunari, 

 obliqud ; canali lata, semihwari. 



The distant Vanikoro. Shell small, elevated, very 

 distantly concentrically ribbed, spirally finely 

 striated ; spire elevated, acuminated ; ajiertiire 

 semilunar, oblique ; canal broad, semilunar. 



Recluz. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1843. 



llah. Isl. Bohul, Philippines. 



May, 1870. 



