ERATO.— Plate III. 



rit'onu, dull white, broadly banded above aud below 

 with pale-brown, spire conicaliy asserted, whorls ob- 

 tusely angled round the upper part, aperture narrow. 



Pease, Pro. Zool. Soc. p. 



llab. Sandwich Islands. 



xVn elegantly -formed species, of rather elongated growth, 

 very characteristically banded. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Erato nana. Erat. testa obtuse pyriformi, alba, spirS. 



co/iicd, anfructibus siiperni loiif/ilutHnatiti'r plicato- 



corriigatis, labro tumido. 

 The dwarf Erato. Shell obtusely pyriforiu, white, 



spire conical, whorls longitudinally plicately wrinkled, 



lip swollen. 

 DucLOs, MS. ill Mus. Cuming. 

 Hab. ? 



The specimens are much worn, but they undoubtedly 

 present the unusual character of being longitiulinally pli- 

 cately wrinkled. 



