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Panama, the Galapagos Islands, on the Florida Keys, in tlio Antilles, 

 and was found to be common at Porto Grande (No. 125323, U. S. N. M.), 

 Cape de Verde Islands by the Eclipse Expedition to West Africa, in 



1889. 



OOl.lJMHKl.LA (META) C'EDONULLl, Keeve. 

 =-ConeUa ceduitnlli, ofiiiitliors. 



Numerous examples. 



Port Escoudido (No. 48318, U. S. N. M.); San Josef Island; Loreto; 

 San Lucas Cove; Los Animas llay; Mulege Bay; Tres Marias, also at 

 Carmen Island. This form is conspicuous from its numerous and fre- 

 quently beautiful color varieties. A portion of the Fisher specimens 

 came from the first locality, a single colony. They were all of the same 

 general color, being blotched and spotted with dark brown and yellowish 

 white in varying proportions. In fresh specimens the epidermis around 

 the spire has sometimes a ])laitedand tufted aspect coincident with the 

 incremental lines. 



COLl'MHELLA (8TR0MBINA) MACULOSA, Suwcil.y. 



Seven specimens. 



Tres Marias (No. 48300, 11. S. N. M.); Loreto; Carmen Island (No. 

 48303, U. S. N. M.); fine examples of this graceful shell were collected 

 by Mr. Fisher, in some instances measuring 1.35 inches in length. It 

 is the commonest sp<',cies of the genus on the West coast. 



Family M it u t c i D a^. 



Subfamily MuEiciN.*:. 



MUREX l'LICATU8, ,S o w e v h y. 



Three examples. 



La Paz (No. 46757, IJ. S. N. M.); San Lucas Cove; Lorefo; Mulege 

 Bay (No. 46758, U. S. N. M.). 



Capt. Forrer obtained this species at La Paz. 



MUREX (CHICOREUS) PALMA-ROS.E MEXICANA, Stearns. 



Chicomus palma-rosw Mexicana, Stkarns, Proc. U. S. Nat. Museum, Vol. xvi, 



1893, pp. 345-346. 

 ^=:M. palma-rosie, Lamakck, vai'. 

 ?=i/. affinis, Reeve. 

 ?^ilf. Steeriw, Reeve. 



A single example (No. 46803, U. S. N. M.); in fair condition. Tres 

 Marias. 



MUREX (PHYLLONOTUS) BICOLOR, V al e n e, i e ii n e w . 



Young shells; several exami)les. La Paz and elsewhere. 



The specimens submitted to me by Mr. Fisher were young fresh 



