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  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species 
  and 
  Varieties 
  of 
  Shells, 
  

  

  with 
  a 
  broad 
  dark 
  brown 
  stripe 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  white 
  on 
  the 
  lip, 
  

   with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  rose 
  red 
  behind 
  : 
  finely 
  striate 
  near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  whorl. 
  Inhabits 
  Manchester, 
  

  

  Var. 
  BiciNCTA. 
  Shell 
  either 
  short 
  and 
  robust, 
  or 
  of 
  medium 
  

   size 
  and 
  form 
  : 
  pale 
  yellow 
  in 
  the 
  upper 
  whorls 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  lip 
  

   and 
  behind 
  it; 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  pure 
  white 
  with 
  

   two 
  brownish 
  black 
  stripes; 
  otherwise 
  pearl 
  white: 
  with 
  fine 
  

   striae 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl. 
  This 
  shell 
  appears 
  

   to 
  be 
  similar 
  to 
  Dr. 
  PfeifFer's 
  var. 
  y. 
  Inhabits 
  Westmoreland. 
  

  

  Var. 
  coNciNNA, 
  Shell 
  small 
  but 
  robust: 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  whorl 
  pure 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  black 
  brown 
  stripe; 
  

   lip 
  white 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  pearl 
  -white, 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  tinged 
  with 
  pale 
  

   yellow, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  whorls: 
  slightly 
  striated 
  on 
  

   the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl. 
  Inhabits 
  Whitney 
  River 
  estate 
  in 
  

   the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  Manchester. 
  

  

  Var. 
  STNUATA. 
  Shell 
  not 
  robust 
  and 
  rather 
  thin, 
  with 
  the 
  

   lip 
  remarkably 
  sinuate: 
  of 
  a 
  dingy 
  pearl 
  white, 
  with, 
  on 
  the 
  

   last 
  whorl, 
  a 
  fine 
  white 
  line 
  below 
  the 
  suture, 
  and 
  another 
  on 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  keel 
  ; 
  lip 
  pale 
  red, 
  wnth 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  brown 
  behind 
  : 
  

   with 
  excessively 
  fine 
  striae 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl. 
  

   Inhabits 
  the 
  east 
  part 
  of 
  Portland. 
  

  

  c. 
  Light 
  colored 
  varieties, 
  not 
  fasciate, 
  and 
  not 
  distinctly 
  

   striated 
  above 
  the 
  middle 
  whorls. 
  Changes 
  of 
  color 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  group. 
  

  

  Var. 
  RUFiLABRis. 
  Shell 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  robust, 
  but 
  rather 
  

   thin 
  : 
  pearl 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  yellow 
  ; 
  lip 
  vermilion, 
  some- 
  

   times 
  whitish 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side: 
  finely 
  striated 
  on 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  

   the 
  last 
  whorl. 
  Inhabits 
  Portland. 
  

  

  Var. 
  ciTRiNA. 
  Shell_ 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  robust 
  : 
  sulphur 
  yellow 
  ; 
  

   sometimes 
  pearl 
  white 
  when 
  the 
  lip 
  is 
  pure 
  white; 
  with 
  a 
  

   pure 
  white, 
  well 
  defined, 
  narrow 
  stripe 
  next 
  below 
  the 
  suture 
  ; 
  

   tinged 
  with 
  red 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  : 
  with 
  excessively 
  

   fine 
  striae 
  behind 
  the 
  lip 
  only. 
  Inhabits 
  Manchester. 
  

  

  Var. 
  fusiformis, 
  Ad. 
  vide 
  Proc. 
  Best, 
  Soc. 
  Nat. 
  Hist., 
  Jan. 
  

  

  