﻿PUPINID.E.— Plate IX. 



Cyclostoma lifasciatum. Sowerby 



Cydostoma Gouldianum. Petri. 



Hab. Mauritius. (Var. fasciatum.) Guayaquil. 



Species 8'2. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Meoalom.\STOMA Mani. Meg. testa subpyramidatd, 

 aureo-fulvd, tenuUer striata, ayiee acnminato ; an- 

 fractibvs septem, superioribiis quinque brevibus, ro- 

 tundis, penultimo magna, ■ultimo magna, iufrd 

 umbilicato ; aperturd rotunda, margine crasso, ro- 

 tunda, supra ivfrdqiie prope anfraclmn ultimwm 

 paulo expansa. 



Man's Megalomastoha. Sliell rather pyramidal, 

 golden-fulvous, finely striated, apex acuminated ; 

 whorls .seven, upper five short., round, penulti- 

 mate large, last large, umbilicated below ; aper- 

 ture round, margin thick, rounded, a little ex- 

 panded above and below near the last whorl. 



Poet. Adams. Sowb. Thes. Conch. Pupiiiida', Me- 

 galomastoma. Fig. 18. 



Mogalomastoma. procerHxn, {var.). Poey. 



Hab. Cuba. 



This species is not so cylindrical as Mcgalomasioma 

 tortiuii, but tapers towards the apes. 



Species 83. (Mus. Hanlcy.) 



Megalomastoma anastoma. Meg. testa breviter pyra- 

 midatd, acuminata, pwpureo-fuscd ; anfractibus 

 sex, rapidh crescentibus ; aperturd magnd, circit- 

 lari; margine albo, expanso, apud aiifractwn 

 ultimum internipto. 



The wbt-moothed Megalomastoma. Shell shortly 

 pyramidal, acuminated, purjjle-brown ; whorls 

 six, rapidly increased ; aperture large, circular ; 

 margin white, esjianded, interrupted against the 

 last whorl. 



Benson. Adams. Sowb. Thes. Fupiiiidw, Megalo- 

 mastoma, Fig. 20. 



Llah. India. 



The peritreme is white and more broadly expanded 

 than in M. Lowei. 



Species 8-i. (Mns. ? Copied.) 



Megalomastoma GniLDiNGiAxuM. Mi-g. iedd minufd, 

 brevi, pupcefurmi, anfractibus superioribus alhi-s, 



npice obtuso ; anfradibns quinque, hrevibus, ro- 



tnndis, penultimo inflato ; ultimo intense purpurea; 



vix cantraato, umbilicato ; aperturd subeirculari, 



margine angusfo, albo, rotunda. 

 Gdiliung's Megalomastoma. Shell minute, short, 



pupa-shaped, upper whorls white, apex obtuse ; 



whorls five, short, round, last but one inflated ; 



last deep purple, a very little contracted, 



umbilicated ; aperture nearly circular, margin 



narrow, white, rounded. 

 Pfeiefer. Adams. Sowb. Thes. Conch. Fupinidce, 



Megalomastoma, Fig. 21. 

 Hab. West Indies. 



This minute shell is like a miniature representation 



of M. tortum. 



Species 85. (Mus. ? Copied.) 



Megalomastoma pauperculdm. Meg. testa minutd, 

 piipipforrni, altiuseuld, anfractibus superioribus 

 albis, canvexis ; spird acuminata, medio eonvexd ; 

 nifrarfihiif g,:i\ ,;nirr,ri'(.-<cnlis, priiiillimo iufiato, 

 nltin,„s,n.r,u,lr.,rl,., ,i „:hil loitu, i„l.:„.<r pnrp^ireo; 

 aprrtin;; .-i raila ri.nuug: i,r ,ill,n, duplicto. 



TuE POOR LITTLE Megalomastoma. Shell minute, pupa- 

 shaped, rather high, with the upper whorls 

 white, convex; spire acuminated, middle convex ; 

 whorls six, rather couve.-s, last but one inflated, 

 last rather contracted, umbilicated, deep purple ; 

 aperture circular, margin white, double. 



Pfeiffer. Adams. Sowb. Thes. Conch. Pupiiiidw, 

 Megalomastoma, Fig. 22. 



Hah. West Indies. 



Resembling M. Guildiiigi anum in size and general 



appearance, but more acuminated, and with the rim 



doubled. 



Species 8G. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Megalomastoma altum. Mug. tcstd angudh pyra- 

 midata, pxvrpurea-fuscd, Icevigatd; anfractibus sep- 

 t cm canvexis, ultima alto, imibilicata ; apertrtrd 

 fuheirculari, margine duplicato, alba. 



The high Megalomastoma. Shell narrowly pyra- 

 midal, pui-ple-brown, smooth ; whorls seven, 

 convex, last high, umbilicated ; aperture rather 

 circular, margin doubled, white. 



Sowerkt. Adams. Thes. Conch. Pupinidce. 



Hub. Isl. Negroes. 



