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volves below the suture. The form varies widely. Alt. 11, diam. 

 5.2 mm; alt. 12, diam. 6 mm. 



Figured specimens are No. 70,765 Coll. A. N. S. P., from 

 Kamakura, Sagami. 



Columbella misera var. polynyma Pils. Pi. XXI, fig. 39. 



This vol., p. 196 Types No. 80,556 Coll. A. N. S. P., from 

 No. 1,097 of Mr. Hirase's collection. Study of more specimens 

 causes me to doubt whether the characters of this form are con- 

 stantly different enough from misera to require specific rank. The 

 following variety connects them to some extent. 



Columbella misera var. californica Reeve. PI. XXI, fig. 36. 



Columbella californica Eeeve, Conch. Icon., VI. fig. 165 (1859). 

 Kobelt, Couchyl. Cab., p. 59, PL 8, figs. 3, 4. Not C. californiana 

 Gaskoin, P. Z. S., 1851, p. 12. 



Specimens agreeing exactly with Reeve's figure were taken by 

 Mr. Hirase at Hirado, Hizen. They are larger than C. misera, 

 but agree with that in sculpture, except that there are one or two 

 more ribs to a whorl. The coloration is much darker. There is a 

 white subsutural zone pied with black, and a white basal area 

 striped with black-brown; the intermediate space being more or 

 less suffused with rich brown and copiously lineated with black - 

 brown. The ribs are black below the subsutural zone. Whorls 

 over seven*. Alt. 13.5, diam. 6.5 mm.; alt. 14, diam. 6 mm. 



Prof, von Martens has quoted this race as a synonym of his C. 

 japonica, but I think incorrectly. It is much nearer the true 

 misera, and in my opinion is a southern variety of that species. The 

 name given by Reeve is unfortunate, as it is not a Californian 

 species. The specimen figured is No. 80,597 Coll. A. N. S. P., 

 from No. 1,230 of Mr. Hirase's collection 



C. misera inhabits the ocean coast of Hondo; C. misera var. 

 polynyma the opposite shore of the same island, and both C. misera 

 var. polynyma and C~ misera var. californica occur in southwestern 

 Kiusiu. 



FASOIOLABIIDJE. 

 Peristernia ustulata var. luchuana Pils. PI. XIX, fig. 18. 



See p. 197. Type is No. 80,418 Coll. A. N. S. P., from No. 

 298 of Mr. Hirase's collection. 



P. croeea Gray, scabrosa Reeve, xanthostoma Nutt. and va- 



