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pines. It is very prettily marked with undulating red-brown 

 longitudinal stripes. 



19. Alaba pagodula, A. Ad. 



A. testa elato-conica, tenui, alba, lineis transversis rufis interrupts, in 

 medio anfractuum dispositis, et flammulis longitudinalibus un- 

 dulatis, ad suturas, ornata ; anfractibus planis, imbricatis, in medio 

 nodoso-plicatis, superne et inferne laevibus ; apertura ovata, antice 

 producta et subacuminata ; labio simplici, arcuato. 



Hub. St. Vincent's Gulf. T. Angas, Esq. 



This is a very charming species, shaped like a little pagoda, 

 and adorned with red-brown markings. The whorls are encircled 

 in the middle with a series of plicate nodules. 



20. Alaba imbricata, A. Ad. 



A. testa elato-conica, subturrita, semiopaca, alba, hie et illic sparsim 

 rufo tincta ; anfractibus 7, planatis, imbricatis, longitudinaliter 

 plicatis, plicis variciformibus, distantibus, transversim sulcatis ; 

 apertura subcirculari ; labio tenui, arcuato ; labro vix effuso, mar- 

 gine subincrassato. 



Hab. O-Sima. 



A very pretty species, with plicate imbricate whorls. 



21. Alaba felina, A. Ad. 



A. testa ovato-conica, solida, diaphana, flammulis rufescentibus obli- 

 quis longitudinalibus picta; anfractibus 5, planis, laevibus ; apertura 

 subquadrata ; labio rectiusculo ; labro intus subincrassato. 



Hab. Takano-Sima. 



A solid, diaphanous species, with tiger-like, reddish stripes on 

 the whorls. 



22. Alaba lucida, A. Ad. 



A. testa elato-conica, subturrita, solidula, diaphana; anfractibus 6|, 

 planiusculis, subimbricatis, lsevissimis, basi spiraliter striata ; aper- 

 tura ovata, antice producta et effusa ; labro margine subincrassato. 



Hab. Takano-Sima. 



A solid, somewhat turreted, pellucid species. 



23. Alaba inflata, A. Ad. 



A. testa ovato-conica, cornea, tenui, subdiaphana, apice violaceo ; an- 

 fractibus 4 \, planiusculis, transversim tenuissime striatis, anfractu 

 ultimo magno, inflato ; apertura ovata, antice subangulata ; labio 

 arcuato ; labro margine tenui. 



Hab. O-Sima. 



A thin, vcntiicosc, horn-coloured, ovately conical species. 



