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in character, that I note them not asa distinct species. Perhaps there 
is an error in locality. They are variously coloured from pale yel- 
lowish-green to dark purple-brown. 
Figures 240, 240, two views of the shell, enlarged ; 240, natural 
size. 
LirroriNa LEPIDA (Gould). 
Testa parva, elongata, solida, biconica, nitida, livida vel sanguinea albido 
tessellata vel zonata presertim prope suturam et ad peripheriam, spira- 
liter crebré et tenuiter puncto-striata: spira acuto-conica, anfractibus 
quinque, ultimo angulato : apertura ovata ; labro acuto, pallido ; fauce 
rubra, albo-zonata ; columella planulata, sanguinea. 
Inttorina lepida, Goutp ; Proceed. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., iii. 83. 
March 1849. Expedition Shells, 52. 
SHELL small, solid, ovate-conic, shining, dark slate-colour, generally 
sanguineous at base, finely tessellated or banded with white, with 
generally a more conspicuous articulated range of spots near the 
suture and at the angle of the last whorl: surface marked with very 
fine, sharp, and crowded revolving lines, which are somewhat punc- 
tate: spire of five flattened whorls, forming an acutely conical spire ; 
basal one angular at the periphery: aperture about half the length 
of the shell, ovate; columella flattened at the base, bright flesh-colour, 
and forming a basal angle: interior reddish, with an anterior white 
band ; edge of the lip sharp, generally pale. 
Length two-fifths of an inch ; breadth two-fifths of an inch. 
Inhabits Puget Sound, Oregon. Dr. Pickering. 
A small, biconical species like L, /ineata, characterized by its finely 
puncto-striate sculpture, its range of articulate spots, and by the blood- 
red colour of the columella. 
Figures 238, 238a, two views of a checked specimen, enlarged ; 
238 6, dorsal view of the white variety, enlarged ; 238 c, natural size. 
