258 LEPTOTHYRA. 



Some specimens are almost entirely red ; others are white, with red 

 spots at the periphery. There is some variation in form, also, and 

 in the prominence of the spiral riblets. 



Turbo g/ariosa Gould is a synonym, according to Sowerby. I can- 

 not find that Gould ever described such a species. 



An annoying tangle in the synonymy of this speeiesand L. rub ri- 

 cincta Migh. resulted from the identiHcation of Gould's verruca with 

 Mighel's species by Mr. Pease, and, following him by Von Martens,, 

 who figures and describes rubricinda Migh., under the name rubri- 

 liueata Garrett, aiid verruca Gld. under the name rubrioincta Mighels.. 



L. ROSEOPUNCTATA Angas, 1880. PL 57, figs. 54, 55. 



"Shell minute, narrowly and deeply umbilicated, globosely tui'bi- 

 nate, solid, white, more or less dotted or flamed all over with bright 

 rose color; whorls 4, convex, closely concentrically ridged througli- 

 out ; aperture subcircular ; peritreme a little thickened and contract- 

 ed." {Angas). Alt. 2^, diam. 3^r mill. 



Holdfast Bay, St. Vincents Gulf, Australia, (in shell sand).. 



L. PiLULA Dunker, 1860. PI. 58, fig. 59. 



Shell small, globose-conic, umbilicate, solid, dirty white, obscure- 

 ly radiately maculated and spotted above and banded below Avith 

 dull purplish brown; spire short, conic; whorls 4, the apical one al- 

 most flat, the last not deflected anteriorly, spirally lirate, the line 

 about 25 in number, unequal, finely transversely striate ; aperture 

 subvertical, circular, peritreme thick ; columella excavated at the 

 deep umbilicus, which bears internally a spiral callous rib ; margin 

 of umbilicus crenulate or plicate. Alt. 4j, diam. 5-6 mill. 



Japan, 



Cyniscajaponica A. Ad., is synonymous. It is also the T. ( Colloniay 

 pillula of Sowerby. Described originally as a Liotia. 



L. L.ETA Montrouzier, 1863. PI. 63, figs. 29, 30. 



Shell small, umbilicate, subconoid-globose, solid, spirally unecjual- 

 ly lirate, upper whorls granulate and base sometimes slightly so, 

 dull white, maculate, generally flammulate above with chestnut, ir- 

 regularly spotted below ; spire short, apex obtuse ; whorls 4, suture 

 impressed, the last whorl briefly deflexed anteriorly ; aperture round- 

 ed, oblique, in adults crenulated within; columella excavated at the 

 narrow deep umbilicus. Alt. 4}, diam. 5 mill. 



New Caledonian Archipelago; Viti and Solomon Is., Australia. 



