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PROCEEDINGS OF THE MAEACOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ON TWO NEW CYPR2EID-E. 

 By Mrs. Agnes ~F. Kenyon. 



Head Xlth January, 1900. 



1. Cypilea Kauilani, n.sp. Fig. I. 



Shell globosely pyriforra, margins pitted, dorsal surface adjoining 

 the margins light fawn-colour, thinly sprinkled with white spots, most 

 of which are cribrose, the central portion of the dorsal surface is 

 thickly sprinkled with white intersecting spots, a few of which have 

 a central dark spot, or are annulated. Base a livid cream - colour, 



Fig. I. Cyprsea Kauilani, n.sp. 

 ,, II. Trivia acuti-sulcata, n.sp. 



especially the centre of the columellar lip, where there is a livid 

 blotch, the upper portion of the terminal arches are faintly lilac- 

 tinged, the posterior arch is adorned by twin callosities, and the 

 anterior by one callosity only, so that in this respect it resembles 

 C. btcallosa, Gray, but the extremities are only very slightly produced, 

 and the shell is not flattened. Dentition coarse, teeth light orange- 

 coloured, outer lip 20 (centre tooth bifid), labium 16, where the teeth 

 are also set at a peculiar knee-like angle at the margin of the aperture. 

 Owing to the rising of the lip to form the angle, the teeth are not so 



