OP CONCHOLOGY. 



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or slightly concave ; volutions slightly carinated at base ; angle 

 of body whorl carinated ; 10 revolving impressed lines on the 

 body whorl ; color bluish brown above on the body whorl, with 

 revolving series of whitish spots and a brown dot between each 

 of the lighter ones ; carina of body whorl marked by a series of 

 distant brown spots ; lower part of body whorl yellowish, clouded 

 with a series of brown dots on the ridges between the impressed 

 lines ; spire yellowish and brown spotted ; labrura slightly sinu- 

 ous, spotted within. 



Locality. — Oyster Bar, Pine Key, W. coast Florida. R. E. 

 C. Stearns. 



This little shell belongs to a group of cones v/ith elevated 

 spires, characteristic of the central Pacific and Atlantic coasts. 

 Mr. Stearns obtained 5 specimens, of which some were alive, on 

 Oyster Bar, in a small bayou at Pine Key ; also on the beach of 

 mainland back of Long Key. 



Cardium Nuttallit, Conrad. 



Mr. Carpenter makes this name a synonym of O. corhis, Meusch, 

 or of Martyn. I have not seen the description, but I make a 

 comparison of NuttalUi with the figure given by Martyn : 



C. corhis. — 35 large ribs, with 

 an intermediate smaller rib be- 

 tween most of them. 



3 wide ribs on posterior slope. 



Ligament narrow. 



Locality. — Pooloo Condor- 

 tropical China seas. 



Q. NuttalUi.— Ijd.xgQ ribs 28 ; 

 no intermediate rib. 



6 close narrow ribs on poste- 

 terior slope. 



Ligament very wide. 



Narrower and much more 

 prominent beaks. 



Locality. — Upper California. 



CAPULUS, Mont. 

 C. Shreevei, Conrad.— pi. 13, fig. 3. 



Description. — Elevated, profoundly curved, compressed ; back 

 flattened, traces of longitudinal lines near the base, margins an- 

 gular. 



Locality. — Long Island, S. Carolina. 



This curious shell is only provisionally referred to Cajmlm, as 

 it is not sufficiently perfect to classify without some doubt of its 

 generic character. 



It was found by a young student of conchology, Miss Lizzie 

 Shreeve, to whom I dedicate it. 



