\l. 11 



This >hell. whieh i- ju-t MppnMcliiiig maturity. ! 

 .-mil seiilpture of the upper surfiee very mueh like to tint of 

 ,S. nui.i-inmm. The distinguishing ch:i r:ir1 eri>t ic- :i re t lie ln-:illy 

 project MIL: riii of tin- periphery :in<l tin- of the II-IIM! rib 



Mild sulcus below the peripheiy. 



01UM, llanley. PI. -, lig. :;<. 



rmbilienl eiviml.'it iun^ whii-: wliorls spirally bisulcftte IU-.-M- 

 the suture, ribbed .-it the periphery, spirally sulcate and ribbed 



.-iltove :nid ln-luw llie peri|>liery and iienr the Minhilifiis ; color 

 purplish flesh, with :n iutcrrupti'd chestnut l:ind spi-e:i(liii^ IV.iM 



the suture beyond the second 8ulcii8, one on the riii above the 



pcriplu'ry :ind :i very lino, interrupted linnd just nlmve the rib. 

 I>i:un. \-'2 inches. 



lluttiini unknown. 



In sculpture this species resemlilcs N. '///ntlrici'jt^ ; the cohjr 

 l)Miids nre its chief chiirMcti-ristics. 



S. Pur.iTiiATi M. Hinds. PI. 4, l'm\s. II, -\->. 



I'mhilicnl crenulations p:de fuscous; sculpture .MS in S. mo.ri- 

 muin; color dark purplish ash with a double band of chestnut 

 m'.Mr the suture, periphery and the superior rib plentifully 

 blotched with duplicated brown spots; b;i->e slightly convex, 

 plentifully marked with radiating- reddish brown streaks. 



Hiain. 1'5 inches. 



Moluccas. 



S. steUatum, Phil., is a synonym. 



This species diUers from X. maximum in the darker color, the 

 duplicated spots, the more convex haso and the fuscous crenula- 

 tions of the umbilicus. 



S. (iRANULATUM. Lam. PI. f. figs. 5:j, ~i\. 



I'mbiliciis contracted, crenulations very strong: whorls spir- 

 ally silicate with four principal sulci and traces of others, the 

 impressed growth-lines of the spire breaking the surface into 

 coarse granules ; color purplish ash or livid tlesh, with a IMU<I 

 of distant yellowish brown spots next the suture and a few light 

 spots sprinkled over the surface ; l;ise niMiiy ribbed and cren 

 ribs >pccked with yellowish brown. Diam. 2 inches. 



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