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size. The granules are larger, the upper whorls less rounded, 

 and the body-whorl somewhat more ventricose. It is with 

 some hesitation that I admit it as a species, but from the 

 limited number of specimens I have seen I have not been 

 able to connect it with certainty with T. rubicundus. — Hab. 

 New Zealand. 



51. GUTTATA, pi. vii. f. 68, A. Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1863. — Testa conica, obtecte umbilicata, carnea, aureo- 

 tincta, gnttulis rubidis conspersim depicta ; spira elata ; 

 sutura profunde canaliculata ; anfractus circ. 6-7, convexi, 

 cingulis granorum moniliformibus subdistantibus instructi ; 

 apertura oblique ovata ; columella valde arcuata, latius- 

 cula, tenuiter effusa. Operculum extus album, minute tuber- 

 culatum, ad peripheriam subcanaliculatum. — A rare and 

 remarkable species, with much the same sort of granulation 

 as in T. rubicundus, but of a conical form, and with a 

 deeply excavated suture. — Hab. Tatiyama (A. Adams). 



Section 7. Prisogaster. 



52. NIGER, pi. iv. f. 28, Gray, Beechy's Voyage, p. 143. — 

 Testa subgiobosa, solida, nigra, spiraliter sulcata, lougi- 

 tudinaliter subtilissime striata ; apertura subcircularis, intus 

 argentea, sulcata ; labrum nigro limbatum. Operculum 

 crassum, extus convexum albidum, leviter granulosum. — A 

 solid black species, having much the appearance of the 

 common Periwinkle [Littorina littorea). — Hab. Coast of 

 Peru. 



Section 8. Callopoma. 



53. saxosus, pi. iii. f. 24, 25, Wood, Index Test., Supp. 

 pi. vi. f. 45 — venustus, Philippi — Mitzchii, Anton. — Testa 

 ovato-conica, solida, imperforata, viridis, fusco-variegata ; 

 spira acuta ; sutura impressa ; anfractus 5, superne leviter 

 concavi, priores medio carinati, ubique spiraliter lirati, con- 

 centrice striato-lamellosi, prope suturam tuberculosi ; anfr. 

 ultimus plus nainusve obscure biangulatus, interdum squamis 

 erectis bi- aut tri-seriatim armatus ; tuberculis suturalibus 

 plus minusve elevatis ; apertura subcircularis. Operculum 

 circulare extus sordide album, elevatum, crassum, undique 

 subtilissime granulatum, medio anguste umbilicatum, ad 



