COLLECTED BY FREDERICK STEARNS. 



Strombus (Euprotomus) lentigenosus, Lin.; 

 Yaeyama Is. Living. Nat. name, Ushi-no- 

 momo (bull's nose shell). 18 to 300. 



Strombus (mondactylus) pacificus. Sw. A 

 new and undescribed variety, with shorter 

 spire than the type ; lip radiately ridged at 

 posterior end only ; white between the 

 ridges and the shell more ponderous. $i. 



Strombus (canarium) urceus, Lin.; var. San- 

 atellus, Duel. Nat. name, Hibi bora. Ku- 

 daka Is. Living shells. 500. 



Pterocera (s. s.) bryonia, Gml.; Katsuren 

 Jima Is. Nat. name, Nanatsu-maimai 

 (seven-horned shell); Japanese name is 

 Kumo-gai (spider web shell). 750 to $1.25. 



Pterocera (s. s.) lambis, Lin.; Katsuren-Jima. 

 Living shells, adult, medium and small ; 

 one variety of which has brilliant dark 

 chocolate cloudings on the back ; also a lot 

 of young half grown, in which the last 

 whorl with horns has not been developed. 



25 to .SQC. 



Pterocera (s. s.) rugosa, Sby.; Katsuren-Jima. 

 Living shells, adult and young ; in some 

 the pink of the aperture is much darker 

 than in others. 15 to 500. 



CYPRJEDIvE. 



Cypraea (aricia) annulus, Lin.; Kudaka. Fine 

 living shells. ioc., 5 for 300. 



Cypraea (aricia) Arabica, Lin.; Kudaka. Fine 

 living shells ; typical. 10 to 250. 



Cypraea (aricia) caput anguis, Phil.; Kudaka. 

 Living. 250. 



Cypraea (aricia) caput serpentis, Lin.; Kuda- 

 ka. Living shells, different markings. 



6c., 10 for sec. 



Cypraea (s. s.) carneola, Lin.; Kudaka. Liv- 

 ing. 10 to 250. 



Cypraea (luponia) errones, Lin.; Kudaka 

 Living. 6 to 120. 



Cypraea (s. s.) Isabella, Lin.; Kudaka. Liv- 

 ing. . 8 tO I2C. 



Cypraea (luponia) lynx, Lin.; Kudaka. Liv- 

 ing. TO to i5C. 



Cypraea (aricia) moneta, Lin. Beautiful 

 deep lemon variety ; living ; Kudaka. 



5C., 10 for 400. 



Cypraea (aricia) moneta, Lin.; Fig. 40, Tryon's 

 Man. Light yellow, 3 transverse dark 

 bands. Fine live shells. Kudaka. 



50., 10 for 4oc. 



Cypraea (aricia) mauritiana, Lin.; Kudaka. 

 Mature, fine living shells, with 3 varietal 

 markings. 25 to 500. 



Cypraea (s. s.) talpa, Lin.; Kudaka. Length, 

 72 mm. and smaller. Living. 15 to 300. 



Cypraea (luponia) tigris, Lin ; Itoma Jima. 

 Nat. name, Hibi bora Jap. name, Neko-gai 

 (cat shell). I obtained a number of fine living 

 tiger cowries, which I have separated into 

 no less than fifteen well marked color varie- 

 ties. They vary from very light cream 

 body color, sparsely blotched with brown- 

 ish-black spots, to others which are clouded 

 with velvety-brown, like precious tortoise 

 shell. Among them are some of immature 

 growth. The whole of this series is incom- 

 parably finer in lustre and polish over those 

 imported in bulk, which are generally much 

 scratched and without lustre. 25 to soc. 



Cypraea (luponia) vitellus, Lin. Living, with 

 varietal markings. Kudaka. ioc., 3 for 250. 



Oyula (s. s.) ovum, Lin.; Hirame Jima. Liv- 

 ing. 4 oc 



CERITHID^E. 



Cerithium (s s.) echinatum, Lam.; var. muta- 

 tum ; Sby.; Kudaka Is. Nat. name, Chiu- 

 bora. Mature and living shells. 250. 



Cerithium (s. s.) nodulosum, Brug.; Kobashi- 

 ma Is. Living shells. The largest species 

 of the family. 250. 



Cerithium (s. s.) tuberculatum, Lin.; var.; 

 Yaeyama Is. Mature and living. 2 oc. 



Cerithium (vertagus) vertagus, Lin.; Katsu- 

 ren Jima Is. Nat. name, Shiro-ji tsu-tan- 

 bora. One lot white var., Fig. 69, Tryon 

 Man., and one lot chestnut-colored, Fig. 70 \ 

 all fine and living shells. 15 to zoc. 



LITTORINIDyE. 



Littorina (s. s.) littoralis, Lin.; Yaeyama Is. 

 Living. i 5 c. 



Littorina (melarapha) ziczac, Chem.; var. 

 Living. Yaeyama Is. 6 to ioc. 



Tectarius bullatus, Mart.; var. Yaeyama Is. 

 With opercula, living shells, like Fig. 58, 

 Tryon's Manual, except that this has a 

 rather deep umbilicus. 150. 



NERITID^. 



Nerita (s. s.) albicilla, Lin.; Yaeyama Is. 

 Several color varieties, with opercula. 



ioc., 3 for 250. 



Nerita (odontostoma) picea, Reel.; Yaeyama 

 Is. All living shells. 50., 10 for 3 oc. 



Nerita (odontostoma) polita, Lin.; Yaeyama 

 Is Nat. name, Tsume-gai (nail shell). Fine 

 living shells, with many color varieties, one 

 the largest and most beautiful of the Neri- 

 tas. 50., 10 for 25C. 



Nerita (Clithon) Sowerbyana, Reel. ; Yaeyama 

 Is. Living, with opercula. 250. 



TURBINID^. 



Turbo (Senectus) argyrostomus, Lin.; Katsu- 

 ren Jima Is.; var. without elevated vaulted 

 scales on the livae. Live shells, with and 

 without opercula, also another lot from 

 Kudaka Is., similar but smaller, with and 

 without opercula. 15 to 250. 



Turbo (battillus) cornutus, Gml.; Kudaka Is. 

 One lot living shells, same as the type, some 

 with opercula ; another lot, a variety with 

 but one row of tubercles instead of two, as 

 in the type, with opercula. 400. to $i. 



Turbo (Marmoristoma) coronatus, Gml.; var. 

 granulatus, Gml ; Yaeyama Is. With oper- 

 cula living ; two vars., one similar to the 

 figure in Tryon's Manual, but most of them 

 more nodulated. 15 to 250. 



Turbo (s. s.) marmoratus, Lin.; Yaeyama Is. 

 Very large, mature shells, with opercula. 

 Nat. name, Yako-gai. 750. 



Turbo (s. s ) petholatus, Lin.; Yona-guni Is., 

 which gives its native name to the shell ; 

 color vars., with and without opercula; out- 

 er lip slightly nicked. 25 to 500. 



TROCHID^E. 



Astralium (bolma) modestum, Rve.; Yae- 

 yama Is. Nat. name, Ishi-ni-tsui (stone ad- 

 hering shell) 75 c. 



Trochus (delphinula) laciniata, Lam.; Nago 

 Is.; without opercula. Nat. name, Fusa- 

 kabe, bora. Rare and full-grown living 

 shells. 5 oc. to $i. 



Trochus (lamprostoma) maculatus, Lin.; var. 

 without opercula; Ohon-me Is. Nat. name, 

 Take-gira. 75 c. 



Trochus (s. s.) niloticus, Lin.; with opercula. 

 Living shells; Kobashima Is. 5 oc. 



Trochus (lamprostoma) tubiferus, Kirner; 

 Yona-guna Is. Live shells, without oper- 

 cula. IOC. 



Umbonium (Rotella) gigantea, Less.; Yae- 

 yama Is. Six color vars., C, D, E, F, H. as 

 described in the first catalogue of Japanese 

 shells, p. 77. Also a lot (K) not found hith- 

 erto, pinkish, with brown blotches and 

 clouds. ioc., 10 for 750. 



