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regularibus, rosaceo catenatim pictis, cincta ; labio postice dis- 

 juncto, revoluto ; columella obsolete perforata ; intus rosacea, 

 nitida ; anfr. tres. Long. ^-, lat. j^ij poU. 



A minute and very beautiful species, which cannot be con- 

 founded with any other. 



Trochus verruca. Testa parva,solida,globoso-conica, nitida 

 plus minusve rosacea : anfr. 6 rotundatis, ultimo costulis vol- 

 ventibus 12 subequalibus, maculis saturatioribus catenatim slg- 

 natis cincto ; apertura circulari ; columella planulata, antice sub- 

 producta : umbilico parvo. Long. ■^, lat. ^ poll. 



Its specific name suggests its general appearance. 



Trochus (Monodonta) gemmatus. Testa parva, conico- 

 globosa, rubella vel cinerascente : anfr. 4 rotundatis, ultimo 

 costulis ad 10, e granulis nitidis interdum radiatim saturatiori- 

 bus compositis, cincto : sutura canaliculata : umbilico expan- 

 se, canali et carina circumdato ; apertura rotundata, basi pli- 

 cata, ringente, labro costulis crenulato, intus sulcato. Long. ^^ 

 lat. I poll. 



CoLUMBELLA PALUMBINA. Tcsta ovato-turbinata, nitida, al- 

 bida, ferrugineo marmorata, et transverse lineata ; apertura 

 ringente ; labro inflexo, denticulate ; columella biplicata, granu- 

 losa, interdum rosaceo tincta. Long, f , lat. y^^ poll. 



Like turturina^ but much smaller, and having, instead of re- 

 volving strise, regular revolving lines, always developed near the 

 lip, and passing more or less backward. 



Cypr^a gemmula. Testa parva, ovato-globosa, nitida, cos- 

 tulis numerosis interdum divaricantibus, undique elegantissime 

 rugosa : dorso minime sulcato : colore rubida, dorso utrinque 

 maculis duabus rosaceis fere confluentibus, lateribus rosaceo 

 asperso : subtus alba, apicibus rosaceo tinctis. Long. -J-, lat. WV 

 poll. 



Allied to C. tremeza^ Duclos. 



AcHATiNELLA RADiATA. Tcsta solida, ovato-conica, lineolis 

 castaneis, flavidis et albidis longitudinaliter picta, interdum fascia 

 mediani vel basali alba ; anfr. 6 convexis ; sutura marginata, 

 albida ; apertura ovata, peristomate reflexo, flavido ; plica lata ; 

 umbilicata. Long, |, lat. /g- poll. 



In size and marking somewhat resembles Bulimus radiatus, 

 but the lines are finer and more numerous. 



AcHATiNELLA RUBENS. Tcsta elougato-ovata, crassa, stra- 



