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Shell shortly ovate, rather solid, narrowly umbilicate, trans- 

 versely marked with fine crowded striae ; whorls 4J, planely 

 convex, generally marginated at the sutures; aperture oval, 

 edentate, slightly oblique; columella slightly nodosely callous 

 on upper part. Light horn color, or chestnut horn color, or 

 chestnut, obscurely finely striped longitudinally. 



Var. Very rarely encircled by three interrupted chestnut- 

 brown bands. 



Observations. — The above has been referred to decussatula, 

 Pfr., by Mr. Cuming, which inhabits, as reported, the Solomon 

 Islands, but, as we are inclined to believe, the Samoan. Our 

 species is thicker, rather more stout, whorls are not rounded, 

 and the aperture differs from decussatula. 



9. Paetula vexillum, Pse. 



Description. — T. subfusiformi-ovata, turrita, umbilicata, so- 

 lida, dextrorsa, parum glabra ; anfr. 5, piano-con vexis, sutura 

 bene impressa, interdum marginata ; labro anguste, requaliter 

 et subrotunde incrassato, dextro recto, superne subangulato. 

 Fulvescente cornea, fasciis aut lineis duabus intense castaneis 

 cingulata, plerumque juxta perforationem castanea. 



Dimensions. — Long. 20, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell somewhat fusiformly ovate, turrited, umbilicate, solid, 

 dextral, somewhat glabrous ; whorls 5, planely convex, suture 

 well impressed and sometimes marginated ; aperture ovate, 

 vertical, dentate, rounded at base ; lip narrowly, evenly, and 

 somewhat roundly thickened, straight on its outer edge and 

 slightly angulated above. Yellowish horn color, ornamented 

 with two dark chestnut bands or lines, and generally same 

 color at umbilicus. A single specimen found wholly dark 

 reddish-chestnut. 



Observations. — The above species has been confounded with 

 lineata, Less., as well as elongata, nob., to which refer for my 

 remarks. 



10. Partula stolida, Pse. 



Description. — T. elongato-ovata, dextrorsa, parum nitida, 

 umbilicata, longitudinaliter subrugosa, sub lente transversim 

 striata; anfr. 5, convexis, sutura impressa; apertura elongato- 

 ovalis, dentata, interdum edentata ; labro subrotunde incras- 

 sato. Castanea aut olivacea, obscure et tenuissime longitudi- 

 naliter strigata. 



Dimensions. — Long. 20, diam. 10J. 



