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oribus) cincta, interspatiis exiliter clathratis ; anfr. 7 convexis ; 

 peripheric obtusa ; basi concavo ; umbilico niodico, costa marginato : 

 apertura subcircularis ; columella arcuata, margiue erecto. Axis, 6 ; 

 diam. 5 millim. Inhabits Kagosima Bay. W. S. 



Polydonta (Infundibulum) lacertinum. T. depi'esso-coniea, 

 cinerea olivaceo variegata ; anfr. 10 sub-concavis supernis seriatim 

 granulosis et ad suturani inconspicuarn subcrenulatis, ultimo imprimis 

 granulis compressis obliquis seriatim cincto, tunc serie minori, deinde 

 duobus remotioribus medianis, postea serie minori, denique ad peri- 

 pheriam duobus majoribus; basi vix convexo, liris granulosis fusco 

 maculatis insculpto ; umbilico lato, polito, nacreo ; columella lobata, 

 flexuosa, ; fauce margaritacea : apertura dolabriformis ; labro acuto. 

 Diam. et axis, 25 millim. Inhabits Hong Kong Harbor. W. S. 



Resembles P. Hanleyanus Rv. but has fewer series of granules, and 

 is granular beneath. 



Polydonta (Infundibulum) gloriosum. T. depresso-conica, 

 solida, straminea flammulis rosaceis alternantibus picta ; anfr. 8, 

 postice" seriebus tribus granularum et antic e nodulis elongatis com- 

 pressis circ. 16 ornatis; basi complanato, stellato, Uris 6 granulatis 

 fusco articulatis insculpto; infundibulo albo polito costis duabus 

 cincto ; columella edentata ; fauce margaritacea, tricostata. Axis et 

 diam. 30 millim. Inhabits Japan. W. S. 



Chlorostoma rugatum. T. solida, depressa, ovato-conica, fuseo- 

 nigra, striis increment! lamellosis ; anfr. 6 admodum convexis, posticis 

 transversim striatis, anticis plicis ad suturam tuberculosis in undulas 

 obliquas divaricantes desinentibus ornatis ; basi convexo, spiraliter 

 striato, regione umbihcali impresso, imperforato, albido ; dente colu- 

 mellari acuto : apertura magna, rotundata ; fauce argentata. Diame- 

 ters about one inch. Inhabits Hakodadi Bay and Simoda. W. S. 



Closely allied to C. nigerrima. 



Chlorostoma achates. T. pyramidalis ad peripheriam acute 

 angulata, levis vel striis incrementi solum insculpta, ex ohvaceo 

 cinerascens ; anfr. 5 supernis undulatis, ultimo expanso, concavo ; 

 basi concavo, polito, olivaceo lineis albidis radiato, late et profundi 

 perforato : apertura magna ; labro acuto secundum peripheriam valde 

 prolongato ; columella subdentata. Diam. 1.75, poll. ; axis, 1.50 poll. 

 Inhabits Simoda. W. S. 



The peculiar agate-striped base is quite characteristic. 



Chlorostoma undatella. T. parva, depressa, ovato-conica, 

 nitidula, nigra, striis tenuibus volventibus et plicis acutis obliquis 

 divaricantibus ornata ; anfr. 6 convexiusculis ad peripheriam angular 

 tis ; basi convexiusculo, late perforato (interdum fere clauso) ; colu- 

 mella dentata, alba ; labro acuto, nigro cretaceo submarginato ; fauce 



