158 ANACHTS. 



the ribs into tubercles ; yellowish white, reticulated with light 

 chestnut; outer lip scarcely thickened, smooth within. 



Length, 10 mill. Havana, Cuba (Arango). 



Sowerb3 T 's and Reeve's figures of this species do not represent 

 it, but the next species. The shell is allied to C. jaspidea in 

 form, but is somewhat more slim. Kiener gives (erroneously) 

 the Mediterranean Sea as locality for this species. C. plicatulum . 

 Dunker, from Venezuela, described thirty years ago and remain- 

 ing unfigured and unrecognized, may possibly be this species. 

 Many years subsequently, Dunker again used the same specific 

 name for another form. 



C. ELEGANTULA, Morch. PL 55, figs. 64, 65. 



Shell pale, shining, flamed and spotted with fulvous orange ; 

 Upper whorls longitudinally ribbed, the interstices sometimes 

 latticed ; lip sinuous behind, denticulated within. 



Length, 9-12 mill. 



W. Coast Central America, Galapagos Is. 



Figured by Sowerby and Reeve for C. pulchella, Kiener a 

 different shell. 



C. VALGA, Gould. PI. 55, fig. 61. 



Small, solid, ovate-lanceolate, somewhat gibbous; whorls nine 

 to ten, slightly con vex, the penultimate one disproportionally large 

 so as to give the shell a gibbous or distorted form ; with fine 

 longitudinal riblets, becoming obsolete on the upper part of the 

 body-whorl ; rostrum somewhat elongated ; suture linear, deeply 

 impressed; aperture narrow, ribbed within. Pale fawn-color, 



encircled by chestnut lines. L. 12, diam. 5 mill. 



Samoa Islands. 



The above description indicates a shell very like C. jaspidea, 

 Sowb., but the figure (which I copy) does not correspond with 

 it. I am almost convinced, however, that it =ja,spidea. 



C. ACUTA, Stearns. PI. 55, fig. 66. 



Shell small, slender, acutely fusiform; whorls eight, with 

 about fifteen nearly equidistant rounded longitudinal ribs, which 

 are absent on the apex and adjoining whorl and become obsolete 

 just below the angulated periphery of the body-whorl which 

 has distinct basal revolving strife ; sometimes the ribs are sub- 

 nodulous; white with revolving sienna lines and blotches, or 



