80 PYTHIA $. 2. 
vexo-trigona, apice acutiuscula; anfr. 8 vix convexiusculi, an- 
tice valde descendentes, ultimus spira brevior, basi non 
attenuatus; varices pallide marginati, obtusi, ultimus carinae- 
formis, exsertus; apertura vix obliqua, ovali-rotundata, fusco- 
aurantiaca; plicae parietales 2, superior dentiformis, triangu- 
laris, altera major, compressa, profunde intrans; plica columel- 
laris subquadrata, oblique ascendens; perist. expansum et 
incrassato-reflexum, marginibus callo nitido junctis, dextro 
leviter arcuato, profunde et inaequahter tridentato, columellari 
fornicatim reflexo, dilatato, subappresso. — Long. 26!/,, diam. 
max. 14 mill. Ap. c. perist. 13!/; mill. longa, 10 lata. (Mus. 
Cuming.) - 
Srarabus pyramidatus Reeve in. Ann. and Mag. IX, p. 221. t. 4. f. 12, 
Nee Kuüst., nec Mouss. | 
— — Recve Conch. syst |l. t. 188. f. 12. 
-— — A Addams in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. p. 149.*) 
Conf. Ann. and Mag. 2d. ser. VIII. p. 68. 
Pythia pyramidata  Pfr. Syn. Auric. n. 78. 
— — H. et 4. 44dams Gen. rec, Moll. II. p. 240. 
Habitat in Nova Hibernia (Hinds), in insulis Salomonis 
(D'Orville). 
93 5. P.imperforata 4. Adams. 
T. subimperforata, ovato-acuminata, tenuiuscula, sublaevi- 
gata, pallide lutescente et laete castaneo variegata; spira con- 
cavo-conoidea, apice obtusula, lateribus vix compressis, albo- 
varicosis ; sutura linearis; anfr. 9 vix convexiusculi, ad suturam 
striat, ultimus 3/, longitudinis subaequans, superne tumidus, 
basi attenuatus; apertura subverticalis, intus flavida; plicae 
parietales. 2, superior elongata, subbicruris, altera. maxima, 
spwaliter intrans, extus duplicata; plica columellaris oblonga, 
oblique ascendens; perist. expansum , margine dextro superne 
subrecto, intus dentibus 5 inaequalibus munito, columellari 
perdilatato, fornicatim reflexo, subadnato. — Long. 23, diam. 
maj. 15, min. l1!/, mill. Ap. c. perist. 16 mill. longa. (Mus. 
Cuming.) 
*) S. testa ovato-pyramidali, pallida, aurantio-fusco variegata, longitu- 
dinaliter substriata; apertura aurea, labio circulari. — "The pyramidal form, 
golden aperture, and light yellow- brown markings distinguish this species, 
though some specimens are much more ovate than others: the peritreme is 
double and thickened, the middle tooth of the inner lip is simple and 
thiekened, and in the outer lip two of the teeth are large and conspicuous. 
(A. Adams l. c.) 
