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2. Eealia VARIABILIS; Pease. 



Description. — T, ovato-conica, glabra, solidiuscula, vix per- 

 forata, albida vel pallid^ lutea aut rosea; anfr. 5, convexis, 

 ultimo ad peripheriam subcarinato, carina albida; sutura 

 vald^ impressa, interdum angulata; apertura parum obliqna, 

 ovata, intus pallida; perist. continuo, anfr, penultimo adnato; 

 sutura umbilicaris filo-carinata. 



Dimensions. — Long. 5, diam. 2 mill. 



Shell ovately conic, rather solid, smooth, whitish or pale 

 yellow or rose-color; whorls five, convex, the last obtusely 

 carinate at the periphery ; carina of a pale color, whitish ; su- 

 ture well impressed, usually slightly angulated; aperture 

 somewhat obliquely ovate, pale within; lip continuous, at- 

 tached for a short distance to the penultimate whorl; com- 

 pTessly umbilicate, umbilical channel ribbed on its outer 

 edge. 



3. Eealia scalariformis. Pease. 



Description. — T. turrito-oblonga, fulvo-cornea, longitudinali- 

 ter costata, costis numerosis, interstitiis concavis, sub lente 

 longitudinaliter tenuissime striatis, spira acuta; anfr. 6, con- 

 vexo-rotundatis ultimo 2-7 longitudinis subsequante, basi ro- 

 tundato; sutura vald^ impressa; apertura rotundato-ovata; 

 perist. continuo, anfr. penultimo adnato. 



Dimensions. — Long. 8|, diam. 1| mill. 



Shell turrited, oblong, yellowish, plicately ribbed longitu- 

 dinally; ribs numerous; interstices concave, and very finely 

 striated longitudinally; apex acute; whorls six, convexly 

 rounded, the last about 2-7 the length of the shell, rounded 

 at base ; suture deeply impressed ; aperture roundly ovate ; 

 lip continuous, attached for a short distance to the penulti- 

 mate whorl. 



■i. Eealia affinis. Pease. 



Description. — T. oblongo- ovata, solida, pallid^ straminea, 

 compress^ umbilicata; longitudinaliter indistinct^ plicato- 

 costata, costis confertis subobliquis ; anfr. 5, convexo-rotunda- 

 tis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis subsequante, basi rotundato, sutura 

 ben^ impressa ; apertura ovata, vix obliqua ; perist. continuo, 

 anfr. penultimo adnato, collumellari sub-reflexo. 



Dimensions. — Long. 3, diam. 1\ mill. 



Shell oblong-ovate, solid, light straw-color, compressly um- 

 bilicate, longitudinally indistinctly plicately ribbed; ribs 

 rather close, and somewhat oblique; whorls 5, convexly 



