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larger species, and G. strigosa, of which it may possibly be the 

 young. 



Yaxicoro scalarixa. T. ovato-globosa, tenuis, alba, costis 

 remotis elevatis imbricantibus lyrata et filis volventibus decus- 

 sata ; anfr. 4 ventricosis bene discretis. Apertura ampla rotun- 

 dato-ovata anfractum penultimum vix attigens, labro effuso, labio 

 recto retracto : umbilico amplo infundibuliforini costa marginato. 

 Long. 10 inillim. ; hit. 8 millim. 



Found at Loo Choo. W. S. 



Like V. Gueriniana, but differs in its sharper compressed 

 ribs, which stop short at the umbilical ridge. 



Fossarus tornatilis. T. solida, ovato-globosa, cinei'ea ; anfr. 

 8, ultimo magno ventricoso costis elevatis recumbentibus alter- 

 natim saepe minoribus ad 12 cincto (alteris tricinctis) et lineis 

 conspicuis incrementi clathrato ; sutura canaliculata. Apertura 

 semicircularis fere sejuncta ; umbilico elongato, plicato. Axis 

 5 millim. ; diam. 4 millim. 



Hong Kong harbor, 10 faths. W. S. 



Much like F. costatus. Without the animal or operculum it is 

 impossible to say that this shell does not belong to the genus 

 Vanicoro. 



I'axm.lus taxtillus. T. minuta, cornea, pupaeformis, inor- 

 nata ; anfr. G ventricosis. Apertura circularis, labio semicirculari, 

 incrassato, ventre callo expanso copioso induto ; canali antico 

 obliquo curto. Axis 1.25; diam. .75 millim. Inhabits Hong 

 Kong. \V. S. 



Paxilltts i.vi: axis. T. parva, pupaeformis, gibbosa, flavido- 

 virens, apice ];i\i, alibi laminis crectis longitudinalibus lyrata; 

 anfr. 7 ventricosis, penultimo ampliore ; sutura profunda. Aper- 

 tura subcircularis, antice acuta, ventre callo copioso firmato; labro 

 duplici, lateraliter viso flexuoso. Axis 3 mill.; diam. 1.5 millim. 

 Inhabits Loo Choo Islands. W. S. 



Liiioi:iN\ vidua. T. parva, ovato-conica, intense olivacea 

 et omnino flavido concinne tessellata, striis transversis insculpta; 

 anfr. 5 ventricosis declivibus. Apertura pyriformis, columella 

 incarnata ; labro intus lineato. Axis 7 millim. ; diam. 4 millim. 



