172 SEMINELLA. 



whorl with revolving striae; aperture one-third the length of the 



shell, lunate. L. 6 mill., diam. 2*5 mill. 



China Sea (Stimpson). 



C. MINUTA, Gould. 



Shell minute, ovate, turreted, straw-color, with twelve acute 

 longitudinal plications, and revolving striae ; aperture about one- 

 third the length of the shell, the lip somewhat gibbous within. 



L. 2-5 diam. 1 mill. 



China Sea (Stimpson). 

 C. DORSUOSA, Gould. 



Shell small, elongate, ovately fusiform, shining, waxy with a 

 subsutural chestnut band and another at the base ; whorls eight, 

 shouldered, somewhat convex, with seven ribs and thin trans- 

 verse striae ; aperture lunate with acute lip. 



L. T mill., diam. 3 mill. 



Hong-Kong (Stimpson). 

 C. BALTEATA, Gould. 



Shell minute, rhomboidal, elongated, shining, straw-colored, 

 banded with chestnut; whorls seven, the three earlier ones 

 simple, the rest lirate with a subsutural impressed line, and the 

 interstices of the ribs with revolving striae ; aperture narrowly 



lunate, lip simple. L. 4 mill., diam. 2 mill. 



China Sea. 

 C. ALTERNATA, Gould. 



Shell minute, elongately ovate, shining ; straw-color, with 

 elongated chestnut spots arranged on alternate plications ; whorls 

 five, with twelve obtuse plications, and anterior revolving striae; 

 aperture short, narrow, lip thickened, crenate within. 



L. 3, diam. 1*5 mill. 



Hong-Kong. 

 C. NANA, Dunker. 



Shell small, oblong or nearly biconical, with exserted acute 

 spire ; whorls five, longitudinally plicate, the last half the length 

 of the shell ; spire white, body-whorl mostly chestnut ; aperture 



narrow, variegated within. Length, 4 mill. 



Viti Islands. 

 Unfigured. 



C. ZONATA, Gould. 



Shell minute, fusiform, shining, waxy, with a subsutural chest- 

 nut band and a wider basal one ; whorls six, contracted below, 



