130 CANTHARIDUS. 



C. suAREZENSis Fischer, PI. 45, fig. 55. 



Shell narrowly perforate, conic-acute ; whorls 9 to 10, planulate, 

 the embryonic smooth, buff, the remaining whitish-bufF, ornamented 

 with longitudinal wavy streaks of brown or rosy, and sometimes 

 spiral zones ; spirally lirate, lirje 7 on the penultimate whorl, upper 

 and lower ones most prominent, the intermediate 5 slightly granose, 

 the interstices sharply obliquely striate ; last whorl angular, convex 

 beneath, with about 8 concentric lirse. Aperture subquadrate, lip 

 acute, columella subtruncate ; parietal wall bearing a callous in 

 adults. ' Alt. 18, diam. 13 mill. 



Id. Nossi-Be ; and Diego-Suarez, Madagascar. 



T. suarezensis Fischer, Journ. de Conchyl., 1878, p. 63 ; Ooq. 

 Viv., p. 378. t. 115, f. 2. 



A well-marked form, distinct in possessing a narrow umbilicus, 

 and distinctly granose lirje. 



C. HiLARis Lischke. PI. 45, fig. 39. 



Shell subrimate, cyclindrical-conic, smooth, shining ; w'horls 8 the 

 first eroded, greenish ; the remainder scarcely convex, red and 

 white clouded, maculate with brown above, encircled by equidistant 

 olive-brown lines; last whorl angular, convex beneath and orna- 

 mented with 6 concentric lines ; aperture subquadrate, smooth 

 within ; basal margin scarcely arcuate ; columella narrow, sub- 

 truncate beneath, whitish-green. Alt. 14, diam. 7 mill. (Fischer.) 



Nagasaki, Japan, 



T. hilaris Lischke, Malak. Bl., 1871, p. 41 ; Jap. Meeres- 

 Conchyl., 2d part, p. 85, t. 5, f. 14, 15. — Fischer, Coq. Viv., p. 353, 

 t. 110, f. 2. 



It is possible that Ziziphinus japonicus A. Ad. is identical. 



Fischer says : This species is quite remarkable in its very elongated 

 form, like a Bankivia. Lischke's type was not adult ; it is more 

 conical and smaller than the specimen figured by me, attaining only 

 8^ mill. 



C. PUPILLUS Hutton. 



Shell depressed or sometimes elevated, imperforate or narrowly 

 perforated^ whorls spirally ribbed. Dark brown or greenish-brown, 

 with brown and reddish markings ; margin of the aperture greenish- 



