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transversis tlispositis, oviiatu; aiif'ractibus circa decern, longitu- 

 dinaliter plicatis, plicis postice nodosis, uodis subacutis, prominen- 

 tibus, interstitiis foveolatis, aiifractu ultimo corrugato-foveolato, 

 plicis evaiiidis; apertura oblonga; columella plicis tribus in- 

 striicta, plica postica valida. 



l^he whorls are encircled with a series of rather acute and pro- 

 minent nodules, formed by the hind portions of the longitudinal 

 plicse, which, in this species, are rather indistinct ; the surface of 

 the shell is pitted in a peculiar manner, and the whorls are 

 adorned with rows of square brown spots, forming three zones on 

 the last whorl, 



IM. ? (Mus. Cuming.) 



6. Pyramidella propinqua (pi. clxxii. f. 8), A. Adams. 



P. testa ovato-pyramidali ; spira acuminata, submucronata, al- 

 bida, luteo-fusco variegata; anfractibus convexiusculis, longitu- 

 dinaliter plicatis, plicis prominentibus, distantibus, interstitiis 

 lineis transversis ornatis, anfractu ultimo dorso alveolate ; aper- 

 tura semiovata, antiee producto, subcanaliculata ; columella plicis 

 tribus instructs ; labro antiee subdilatato. 



Somewhat similar to P. anris-cati, but is more subulate, and 

 the longitudinal plicae are more prominent; it also resembles F. 

 corrugata, but that shell is represented more slender. 



Reetea, Society Islands ; on the reefs, (Mus. Cuming.) 



7. Pyramidella mitralis (pi. clxxii. f. 9), A. Adams. 



P. testa elongato-pyramidali, albida, rufo-fusco variegata; an- 

 fractibus octo, convexiusculis, longitudinaliter costatis, costis pro- 

 minentibus, subdistantibus, interstitiis transversim liratis ; aper- 

 tura obliqua, semiovata, antiee subcanaliculata; columella plicis 

 tribus, plica postica, transversa, magna. 



A mitriform species, variegated with rufous, and with prominent, 

 distant, longitudinal ribs, transversely striated in the interstices. 



St. Estevan, North Ilocos, isle of Luzon; sand, low water. 

 H. C. (Mus. Cuming.) 



8. Pyramidella variegata (pi. clxxii. f. 10), A. Adams. 



P. testa elongato-pyramidali, alba, rufo-fusco maculata et varie- 

 gata; anfractibus septem, planiusculis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis parvis, subconfertis (interstitiis ^quantibus), interstitiis 

 concinne clathratis ; apertura semiovata, obliqua, antiee subcauali- 

 culata, columella triplicata ; labro extus incrassato. 



The longitudinal plicse are rather close together the interstices 



