. 111 roiTi 



The prominent features of this little sprri- >lor, 



L r reat elrvatioli. like a -"thie roof, and the sculpture. 



Thi- ifl imt identical with the LepidopleUTUA mr<i//imi 



. as Montero.-ato has said. It is impossible {'or me to believe 

 that Kisso would have used the words " avec le- .'l.'vat i.ns lah'rales 

 bisul<pi'es " if he had hern desci'ihinir ( '. riiln'riiinhi.<. The identi- 

 fication of the learned authority on Mediterranean -hell.- \\as not 

 founded upon an examination of UHSO'S type. 



('. HAM vi Koehehnme. I M. 35, figs. 85, 86. 



Shell ovate-elongate, carinated, green, /xiintrd loiif/ifudlimf/i/ ////'/ 

 regularly u'ith altti'iiafhiy linr* of n'hite, bine and huff. Head valve 

 l-itfi-'il areas and posterior areas of the tail valve sculptured n'ifh *frong 

 concent r ii- ridges, which are irregular and as if imbricated; central 

 areas having 7 utrong, iridc, obliquely curved ribs, the middle smooth. 

 Girdle scaly, scales rounded, very shining. 



Length 23, width 12 mill. (Rochebr.} 



Strait of St. Lueie, Cape Verde Is. 



Gymnoplax hamyi ROCHEBR., Bull. Soc. Philom., Oct., 1881 ; 

 Nouv. Arch, du Mus. (2) iv, p. 242, t. 17, f. 13a, c (1881.) 



Allied to C. concentricus Reeve, but distinguished by the imbrica- 

 tion and irregularity of the concentric Ftrine of the end valves and 

 lateral areas, by the width and small number of grooves on the sides 

 of the central areas, and the absence of a mucro on the tail valve. 

 (Eochebr.) 



The references to the figures of this species and C. insularis are 

 transposed in Rochebrune's publication. 



C. INSULARIS Rochebrune. PL 35, figs. 83, 84. 



Shell ovate, elongate, subcarinated,the carina obtuse ; olivact- 

 sparsely spotted with white; anterior valve and posterior part of the 

 tnil rnli'e Sculptured n'itli i-ndinti/ig, interrupted, feeb/i/ grilling r//-; 

 median valves having the centra/ urea* *innntli in the middle, *nlc<ited 

 at the */Vf.?x, the H/CI H/IC<JH<I/, bmcenJute, pointed at the ends, con- 

 centrically arranged ; lntr,-<il ami* /luring hrnm-hiinj i-ndiufiin/ /-/Ax. 

 Girdle olive marked with wliite spots, scaly, the scales minute. 

 (Hnrh.hr.} Length '11, breadth 1 o mill. 



Strait nf St. Vni<-> at, <'"i ]'>,>! A. 



Qymnoplax ///.<//A//-/x ROCHKIII:.. Nouv. Archiv du Mus. ('!) iv, p. 

 243,'t. 17, f. 12, b. (1881.) 



Conijtare ('//. oftvoeeu* 8pengL 



