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 ralus, furfuraceo-pustiilosus et vêtis corneis albidis, pellu- 

 centibus hinc inde sed praesertim ad iusertionem valva- 

 riim munitus. 



Long. 8-9. - 

 Latit, A l/2-5inill. 



Habit. Speciminadua in \a\\is emorluis Cardii Serrati 

 L. , Guadeloupe, ab am. Petit missis, invenimus. 



Observ. Pulcherrima species. C . [C/iœtopleura) Han- 

 leyi Beau ( Cf. Forbes et Hanl. Brit. moll. II, p. 398, 

 t. 62, f. 2) et C. (Chœtopieura) apicuiato Say ( Cf. 

 Gould. Mass. l/i6, f. 28) proxime affinis ; a priori, nobis 

 nondum obvia, limbo furfuraceo setis tantum paucis 

 onuslo, valvis ad umbones nullomodo îaevibus sed crebre 

 graiiuloso-liraîis, et areis lateralibus conspicue elevatis ; 

 ab altéra, statura minori, forma magis elliptica, et sculp- 

 tura exiliori, aegre, sed e patria tam diversa, certe dis- 

 tinguenda. Dispositio setarum ad iusertionem valvarum 

 novam sectionem, Phakeltopleura aducubrantem, forte 

 indicat. 



2 Chiton (Chaetopleura) asper Shuttl. 



Testa parva^ elongata, angusta, convexa, ubique mi- 

 nute granuloso-punctata, cinereo-fusca, sanguineo-car- 

 neo-fusco-purpureo vel albido varie maculata; valvœ 

 terminales radiatim grosse noduloso-liratge; mecliœ non 

 carinatae, areis dorsalibus ad mucronem creberrime et 

 minute convergenti-tuberculato-costulatis, ad latera re- 

 motiuscule et grosse transversim nodoso-costatis et 

 quasi decussatis, areis lateralibus radiatim grosse tuber- 

 culoso-2-3-liratis. Limons pallide carneus, obscure livido- 



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