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8. PUPA VARIOLOSA, Gould. 



Plate LXXII. Figure 2. 



P. testa minima, ovato-conica, rufa, sub-perforata, con- 

 fertim indentata ; anfractibus qukiuor ad quinque, turgidis ; 

 sutara profunda ; apertura oblique semi-ovali, dente colu- 

 mellari, altero labial!, altero postico lamellari, armata ; labro 

 vix reflexo. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Pi,p:i variolosa, Gould, Proc. Bosl. Soc. Nnt. Hist. III. 40, June, 1S4S. 

 DESCRIPTION. 



Shell minute, ovate-conical, with a pointed apex, of a 

 yellowish-green color, apparently smooth, but when exa- 

 mined by a considerable magnifying power, is found to be 

 thickly pitted with dots of unequal size and irregularly 

 disposed. There are four or five narrow, tumid whorls, 

 separated by a profound suture. The aperture is ob- 

 liquely semi-oval, and has a posterior lamellar tooth 

 winding within the shell, a tooth on the columella, and 

 another a httle to the right of the basal apex. A small 

 umbilical opening is covered by the reflected columellar 

 lip, and the outer lip is slightly everted. 



Length of the axis one-twelfth of an inch. 



Geographical Distribution. Collected by Mr. 

 Bartlett in East Florida. 



Remarks. This species is our smallest with the ex- 



