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direction. Mr, TIaiiley's specimen is prettily inavkeil by brown 

 spots behind the nodules. Locality unknown. 



31. Certthium ebuuneum (pi. clxxx. f. 80, 81, 82, 83), 

 Brug. E. M. no. 41. C. algiecola, C. B. Adams, incluso. Non 

 C. eburneum, Kiener, pi. 10. f. 2. 



Cerith. testa oblonga, turrita, colore alba seu varia, plerurnqnc 

 maculis rufo-fuscis in lineis transversis dispositis ornata ; anfrac- 

 tibus subangulatis, costis moniliformibus subaequalibus cinctis ; 

 apertura subrotundata ; canali mediocri. 



Shaped like several of the preceding ; the typical variety is white, 

 but another presents a pretty system of beaded ribs, with brown 

 dots between, llie whorls are scarcely angular, and the nodulous 

 ribs nearly equal. The varieties are numerous. Tig. 81 represents 

 C. algiecola of Mr. C. B. Adams. 



32. Cerithium planispiratum (pi. clxxx. f. 91), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa acuta, alba, C. ehirneo simiH, sed anfractibus ad 

 suturam complanatis. 



This is a unique shell in the collection of Mr. Hanley ; it is 

 like C. eburneum, but more acute, and has a flat space above the 

 angle. Locality unknown. 



33. Cerithium NoviE-HiBERNi^ (pi. clxxx. f. 84, 85), A. 

 Adams. C. eburneus. Say, Kiener, Icon. pi. 10. f. 2. 



Cerith. testa quam C. eburneus breviuscula ; anfractibus angu- 

 latis, in medio plicato-noduliferis, ultimo planiusculo. 



A shorter shell than C. eburneus, with the whorls angnlated by 

 a larger row of pliciform knobs on the angle. A lateral varix gives 

 a flatness to the last whorl. Hah. Florida. 



34. Cerithium tenellum (pi. clxxx. f. 88, 89. 90), Nobis. 



Cerith. testa pyramidali, Isevi, nodulis cincta; anfractibus angu- 

 latis, ad angulum et ad suturam moniliferis ; apertura ovali ; canali 

 aperto. 



Although beaded, this is a smooth shell, with a row of squarish 

 beads on each whorl at the suture, another at the angle, and one 

 below, smaller. The varieties are white, pink, and brown-speckled. 

 Hah. Philippines, H. Cuming. 



35. Cerithium torulosum (pi. clxxix. f. 64; pi. clxxx. 

 f. 92), Lin7i. (Murcx), Syst. Nat. Murex annulatus, Marlt/n. M. 

 annularis, Gmel. 



Cerith. testa albida, apice Uvida, costis noduliferis ornata ; an- 



