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FUSUS GONUS.— (New Species.) 

 Plate XI. Figs. 1, la, 8, 8a. 



Description. Shell conical, costate, striate ; costae, nodulous below the sutures, straight; 

 striae four on the middle whorls, the upper deeply impressed across the ribs, the 

 intervening are faint ; the spire is smooth and polished near the apex ; base without ribs, 

 but deeply impressed with transverse, waved, striae; the whorls are flattened ; sutures 

 distinct; aperture semilunar; beaks short, obtuse. 



Plate XI. Fig. 7, Natural size. 



" 7a, Magnified view. 



" 8, Variety of the same. 



" 8a, Magnified. 



Locality. John's Island. Museum, College of Charleston. 



FUSU8 FILIFORM IS. — {New Sj^ecies.) 

 Plate XI. Fie. 9. 



Description. Shell fusiform, costate, transversely striate; costae, smooth, somewhat 

 nodulous at the periphery of the middle whorls ; the third whorl cancellate ; apex smooth ; 

 base without ribs; striae transverse, numerous, slightly waved, filiform. 



In general outline this little shell resembles the young of F. cinereous, Say, but the 

 smooth ribs, nodulous and angulated periphery of the middle whorls, and beautiful filiform 

 striae, readily distinguish it from that species. 



Plate XL Fig. 9, Shell natural size. 



" 9a, Magnified view of same. 



Locality. Simmons'. Museum, College of Charleston; Cabinet F. S. H. 



FUSUS BULLATA.-(iVeM) 6>«cM!s.) 

 Plate XI. Figs. 10, 10a. 



Description. Shell sub-oval, ventricose, costate, spirally grooved, tuberculated ; spire 

 short, turreted, smooth at apex ; aperture large, terminating in a short recurved canal ; outer 

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