12 SOLARIUM. 



Solarium pernpectivum^ Clicmn. (in i)art), is a synonym. 

 Hinds, in the " V03'. of the Sulphnr," erroneously gives Asia as 

 the habitat of this species. 



S. VERRUCOSUM, Phil. PI. 3, figs. 37, 38. 



Umbilicus contracted, crenulations white, very strong ; whorls 

 spirall}' sulcate and, in the spire, granosc ; color yellowish cream 

 with interrupted bands of chestnut-red below the suture, at the 

 periphery and above and below the middle of the whorl ; base 

 man}' -ribbed and crenated, ribs specked with yellowish brown. 



Diam. 1-2 inches. 



West Indies. 



S. nobile, Hanley, is a synon^-m. 



This species is probably synonynioujs with *S'. granulalam. 



S. L^viGATUM, Lam, PI. 4, figs. 43, 44. 



Umbilicus narrow, crenulations white or cream color; whorls 

 smooth, spirally quadri-sulcate, ribbed above, on and below the 

 periphery and near the umbilicus ; color pinkish-purple plenti- 

 full}' sprinkled with yellowish-brown ; base with fine, revolving- 

 interrupted orange-brown lines and plentifully blotched near the 

 periphery with the same color. Diam. 1-1-5 inches. 



India, 



Easily distinguished by the pinkish-purple color, the smooth- 

 ness of the shell, the four spiral sulci and the fine revolving 

 orange-brown lines on the base. 



S. Reevei, Hanley. PI. 4, figs. 4.5, 46. 



Shell verj'^ conoidal ; umbilicus rather narrow, with white 

 crenulations; whorls spirally unisulcate or bisulcate near the 

 suture, ribbed at the periphery, spirally sulcate and ribbed 

 above and below the periphery and near the umbilicus, ribs 

 finel}^ crenulated, entire surface of the shell covered with close, 

 obliquely radiating growth-lines; color pinkish-flesh with inter- 

 rupted orange-brown bands below the suture, on the ribs about 

 the periphery, and finer bands near the middle of the whorls. 



Diam. 1 inch. 



Australia. 



Easily distinguished by the fine crenulations of the narrow 



umbilicus, the very conoid shape and the fine sculpture. Reeve 



has suggested that this species may be an Australian dwarf 



