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211. californicds, f. 88, 220, Hinds. — Testa trigona 

 fusca vel fere alba, ^cabra, spiraliter distanter crenulatim 

 costata, varicibus tribus lacineatis, expansis, margine digitis 

 breviusculis recurvis armata, ad angulum anfractuum angu- 

 latim producta et elevata ; spira producta, anfractibus angu- 

 latis, inter varices unituberculatis ; apertura majuscula, ovata, 

 margine crenato ; cariali attenuato, subrecurvo. — Not unlike 

 some varieties of M. erycmus, but regularly trivaricose. 

 The fronts of the varices present a beautiful lace-like 

 apjDearance. 



212. rorifluus, f. 198, Reeve. — Testa anguste ovata, inter 

 varices tenuiter spiraliter costata, dense fusca, varicibus 

 quaternis, angustis, albis ; spira producta, acuminata ; canali 

 breviusculo, apertura majuscula, margine labii externi intus 

 crasso, dentato, dente marginali acutissimo. — A narrower and 

 more fusiform shell than Monachus, with very narrow white 

 varices. 



213. monachus, f. 132, A. Adams. — Testa subovata 

 quadrivaricosa irregularis lasvis subviridis, varicibus undulatis 

 albis, castaneo fasciatis, spira et canali brevibus, apertura 

 maxima purpurea ovata, margine undato, dente marginali 

 parvo, labio interno purpureo. — Having four or five some- 

 what irregular varices ; yet somewhat resembling the three 

 variced C. Coreanicus. The body whorl and aperture are 

 very large and long in proportion to the spine and canal. 



214. Talienwahensis, f. 247, 248, A. Adams. — Testa angu- 

 latim et breviter subfusiformis, crassa, albido-grisescens, cas- 

 taneo tincta et fasciata, spiraliter lirata, inter varices incon- 

 spicue cancellata ; varicibus irregularibus, valde insequalibus 

 majoribus exfoliatis, fronte laciniatis ; canali brevi, apertura 

 subovata, labio externo intus denticulato, anfractibus angulatis, 

 superioribus,interdum regidariter cancellatis. — The differences 

 between this species and M. crassus described at the same 

 time by the same author can only be regarded as varietal 

 in shells of such extremely irregular growth. 



215. endermonis, f. 213, Smith- — Testa subovata, griseo- 

 albida solidiuscula, spiraliter costata ventricosa ; varicibus 

 septenis crassis, tuberculatis ad angulum anfractuum des- 

 inentibus infra medium subinterruptis, ad canalem imbri- 

 catis ; anfractibus superne angulatis, supra angulum planis, 

 ultimo versus canalem subattenuato ; apertura ovata, intus 

 fusca, margine externo conspicue unidentato ; canali lato, 



