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  Descriptions 
  of 
  New 
  Species 
  and 
  Varieties 
  of 
  Shells, 
  

  

  regularly 
  and 
  rather 
  coarsely 
  striated. 
  Inhabits 
  Maroon 
  Town 
  

   in 
  Hanover. 
  

  

  Var. 
  coNicA. 
  Shell 
  widest 
  in 
  the 
  penult 
  whorl 
  : 
  white, 
  

   with 
  a 
  tinge 
  of 
  red 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  

  

  e. 
  Tesselated 
  varieties. 
  

  

  Var. 
  TESSELATA. 
  Shell 
  rather 
  robust 
  : 
  covered 
  with 
  alter- 
  

   nate 
  rectangular 
  spots 
  of 
  cream 
  color 
  and 
  amber, 
  which 
  ter- 
  

   minate 
  anteriorly 
  at 
  the 
  cream 
  colored 
  keel 
  ; 
  black 
  behind 
  the 
  

   lip, 
  which 
  is 
  white 
  : 
  smooth 
  above, 
  lightly 
  striated 
  on 
  the 
  

   lower 
  whorls, 
  and 
  coarsely 
  striated 
  on 
  the 
  black 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   last 
  whorl. 
  Inhabits 
  St. 
  Elizabeth. 
  

  

  Yar. 
  ciNEREA. 
  Shell 
  of 
  medium 
  size 
  and 
  form 
  : 
  pale 
  ash 
  

   color 
  ; 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  summit 
  : 
  with 
  transverse 
  broad 
  umber 
  

   stripes, 
  which 
  are 
  numerous 
  and 
  deeply 
  colored 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  

   whorls, 
  distant 
  and 
  pale 
  on 
  the 
  middle 
  whorls, 
  and 
  obsolete 
  on 
  

   the 
  last 
  whorl 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  dark 
  brown 
  line 
  along 
  the 
  suture 
  and 
  

   another 
  on 
  the 
  anterior 
  keel 
  ; 
  lip 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  black 
  stripe 
  

   behind 
  on 
  the 
  right, 
  and 
  a 
  black 
  spot 
  behind 
  on 
  the 
  left 
  : 
  back 
  

   of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  distinctly 
  striated, 
  otherwise 
  very 
  lightly 
  

   striated. 
  Inhabits 
  near 
  Accompong 
  town, 
  in 
  the 
  borders 
  of 
  

   St. 
  Elizabeth, 
  St. 
  James, 
  and 
  Trelawney. 
  

  

  /. 
  Aberrant 
  slender 
  forms. 
  

  

  Var. 
  GRACILIS. 
  Shell 
  quite 
  slender 
  : 
  pearl 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  

   pure 
  white 
  keel 
  and 
  lip 
  : 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  whorl 
  coarsely 
  

   striated 
  ; 
  otherwise 
  with 
  excessively 
  minute 
  striae. 
  

  

  Var. 
  INTEGRA. 
  Shell 
  quite 
  slender 
  : 
  dull 
  white, 
  with 
  a 
  

   clear 
  white 
  lip 
  : 
  strise 
  very 
  oblique, 
  quite 
  distinct 
  on 
  the 
  last 
  

   whorl, 
  very 
  minute 
  on 
  the 
  spire. 
  The 
  only 
  specimen 
  before 
  

   me 
  is 
  not 
  truncated. 
  Inhabits 
  Maroon 
  Town 
  in 
  Hanover. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  been 
  assured 
  by 
  Robert 
  Swift, 
  Esq., 
  and 
  by 
  

   Uev. 
  E. 
  Hartvig, 
  of 
  St. 
  Thomas, 
  (W. 
  Ind.,) 
  that 
  Cylindrella 
  

   Maugeri 
  does 
  not 
  occur 
  in 
  that 
  island. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  forms 
  of 
  Cylindrella 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  group, 
  of 
  

  

  