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224. CHRYSODOMUS PHŒNICEUS, Dall. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xiv., p.187 (1891). 
This species was taken by the naturalists of the U.S. Fish Commis- 
sion steamer Albatross, near Goletas Channel, Queen Charlotte Sound. 
225. CHRYSODOMUS VERKRUZENI, Kobelt. 
One large dead shell belonging to this species was dredged by Dr. 
Dawson off False Head, Vancouver Island, in about thirty fathoms, this 
being, according to Mr. Whiteaves, the most southerly locality yet 
reported for the species, 
MOHNIA, Friele. 
226. Monnta FRIELEI, Dall. 
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xiv., p. 187 (1891). 
Off north coast of Vancouver Island, 1888 (Albatross). 
EUTHRIA, Gray. 
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227. EurarrA piIRA, Reeve, sp. 
Buccinum dirum, Rve., Conch. Icon., Mon. of Bucc., fig. 92 (December, 1846). 
— Fusus incisus, Gould (1349). 
— Tritonium (Fusus) sitchense, Midd. (1849). 
A common littoral species, occurring in all localities examined 
within the province, and ranging northward to Alaska and southward 
to Monterey. 
Specimens of Crepidula adunca are commonly found attached to the 
shells of this species. 
NASSA, Lamarck. 
228. Nassa FossATA, Gould, sp. 
Buccinum fossatum, Gould, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iii., p. 152 (Jan., 1850) ; 
and U.S. Expl. Exped., Mollusca, p. 254, fig. 321, 321a (1852), 
This species occurs with us only on the west coast of Vancouver 
Island ; it is found from extreme low water to twenty fathoms. 
It is a not uncommon Californian shell. 
229, NASSA MENDICA, Gould. 
Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. iii., p. 155 (January, 1850) ; and U.S. Expl. Exped., 
Mollusca, p. 263, figs. 331, 331a (1852). 
Very abundantand variable, It has been dredged, wherever dredging 
has been carried on, from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Victoria, A 
