CHONDROPOMA.— Plate VI. 



keeled and creiiulated at the upper part, lip scarcely 



reflected. 

 Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1852. 

 Hab. Island of Haiti ; Salle. 



An exquisitely sculptured species, more ovately ven- 

 tricose than any which has preceded it. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropom.a. Venezuelense. Chond. iesld modice U7?i- 

 bilicatd, acmninato-turritd, udidato-fulvd, rvfo-fmco 

 interrupie lineari-fasciatd, anfractibus eonvexis, loiigi- 

 UuUnaUter densejilo-striatis ; aperturd circulari-ovaid, 

 lahro patente-expanso. 



The Venezuel.a. Chondropoma. Shell moderately um- 

 bilieated, acuminately turreted, swarthy fulvous, inter- 

 ruptedly linearly banded with red-brown, whorls 

 convex, longitudinally densely thread-striated ; aper- 

 ture circularly ovate, lip openly expanded. 



Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853, p. 52. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



A thin acuminately turreted shell, of swarthy hue, in 

 which the aperture is openly expanded at the margin. 



Species 46. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma eevikctum. Chond. testa compresse um- 

 bilicattt, oblojigo-turritd^ livido-fnsceacente, maculis 

 punctlsqtie opaco-albis, purpureo-umbratis, cingulatd el 

 lentigittosd, anfractibus eonvexis, dense filo-reliculutis, 

 ad suturas crenulaiis ; aperturd circulari, labru sub- 

 fimbrialo. 



The bound Chondropoma. Shell compressly umbili- 

 cated, oblong-tun-eted, livid brown, encircled and 

 freckled with puii)le-shaded opake-white spots and 

 dots, whorls convex, closely thread-reticulated, cre- 

 nulated at the sutures ; aperture cu-cular, lip slightly 

 fimbriated. 



Cydostoma revimtum, Poey, Mem. p. 99. pi. 5. fF. 24 to 

 27. 



Chondropoma revinctum, Pfeiffer. 



Hab. Cuba. 



Painted with very characteristic purple-shaded opake- 

 white spots and dots upon a dingy fuscous ground. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Chondropoma rubicundum. Chond. testa vix umhili- 

 catd, acuminato-turritd, solidiusculd,pellucidd, vinoso- 

 riibicundd, anfractibus rotundatis, striis filiformibus 

 annulatis ; aperturd circulari, labrofimbriato, intense 

 rosea. 



The ruddy Chondropoma. Shell scarcely umbilicated, 

 acuminately turreted, rather solid, transparent, vinous- 

 red, whorls rounded, ringed with thread-like striae ; 

 aperture circular, lip fimbriated, deep rose-colour. 



Cydostoma rvbicuudmn, Morelet, Test. Noviss. p. 22. 



Chondropoma rubicundum, Pfeiffer, 



Hab. Vera Paz, Guatemala. 



This Guatemala species is of quite a distinct type from 

 any other. The shell, though soUd, is of a rich subgela- 

 tinous transparency, of a vinous-red colour, while the fim- 

 briated lip is a deep crimson-rose. 



