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DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CASSIS. 



By Edgak a. Smith, I.S.O. 



Bead Uth December, 1903. 



The species about to be clescribed is based upon a sbell which was in 

 the Cuming Collection when it was purchased by the British Museum 

 in 1866. A label upon which is written "Cassis Hanclei. Kauai" 

 was with the specimen. I have not been able to discover that any 

 species bearing that name has been described, and consequently I am 

 of opinion that it is merely a manuscript designation. Although the 

 label gives the locality, " Kauai," the correctness of this cannot be 

 guaranteed without some confirmation, as the Cuming Collection is 

 notorious for many errors of localization. 



Cassis (Semicassis) foetisulcata. 



Testa globosa, supra acuminata, alba, apicem versus pallide sordide 

 lilacea, umbilicata ; anfractus 8 regulariter crescentes, superiores 2^ 

 (protoconcha) convexi, laeves, caeteri convexi, sutura canaliculata se- 

 juncti, spiraliter profunde sulcati, liris intercalatis in anfr. superioribus 

 granosis, in ultimo et partim in penultimo Isevibus, complanatis ; 



spira conica, acuminata, varicibus paucis instructa ; apertura angusta, 

 obliqua, intus fuscescens, fortiter sulcata et lirata ; labrum valde 

 incrassatum, reflexum, pone sulcatum et crenulatum, in sulcis rufo 

 tinctum, intus profunde sulcatum et liratum, liris prominentibus, 

 peculiariter sed hand profunde aratis, fere ad marginem externum 

 productis ; columella obliqua, rectiuscula, tenuiter sed profundissime 



