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striated at the base ; spire acute^ distorted^ and 

 the whorls gibbous^ fulvous red, banded with white; 

 pillar and lip within violet, the latter grooved. 

 2i. W. 25. 20. 



S. LUHUANUS. Oblong-oval^ smoothish, body- 

 whorl slightly gibbous, the upper whorls ribbed 

 longitudinally ; whitish, with fulvous interrupted 

 bands and spots, and the mouth reddish, with a 

 deep purple columella ; spire short and mucro- 

 nate ; lip striated within. 2^. W. 25. 19. 



S. MAjRiTiANUs. Principally differs from 

 the last by the columellas being white, and the 

 shell more glossy. 



S. CANARiUM. Obovate, smooth, but striated 

 at the^ base, white, covered with most crowded 

 rufous longitudinally flexuous lines ; spire short 

 and mucronate, with its base flattened ; mouth 



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