308 CYl.KIINV 



closely plicate above, vertex widely perforated ; aperture narrow ; 

 lip scarcely rising above the apex : cnlmm-llu >ul (perforate, with an 

 obsolete fold. Alt. 3, diam. V5 mill. (Old."). 



China Seas. 



C. villi<-<t OLD., Proc. Bust. Soc. N. H.. vii, p. 139 ; Otia, p. 11 

 C. ELLIPSOIDEA Gould. Unjigured. 



Shell minute, solid, elongated-elliptical, ivory-white, transversely 

 striated ; apex involute, widely umbilicate ; lip scarcely rising above 

 the apex, broadly arcuate. Aperture very narrow, acute anteriorly; 

 columella short, strong, with a moderate fold ; parietal wall covered 

 with a copious callus. Alt. 3, diam. 1 -|- mill. ( Old.). 



Loo Choo Is. 



C. ellipsoidea OLD., Proc. Bost. Soc., N. H., vii, p. 140; Otia, p. 

 112. 



C. LJETA Gould. Unjigured. 



Shell small, ovate, elongated, milky, shining, transversely striated 

 (viewed under a lens); vertex perforated; aperture enlarged be- 

 low; lip produced behind; columella profoundly incurved, imper- 

 forate, with a moderately conspicuous fold. Alt. 5, diam. 2 mill. 

 A somewhat tumid, very symmetrical species. (Old.). 



C. beta OLD., Proc. Bost. Soc., vii, p. 140 ; Otia, p. 112. 

 C. CONSOBRINA Gould. Unfigured. 



Shell cylindrical, short, narrowed in front, truncated behind, rather 

 solid, whitish, covered with a very fugacious epidermis, transversely 

 striatulate. Vertex indented, angular ; aperture narrow, straight, 

 the lip flattened at apex ; columella short, twisted. Alt. 6, diam. 

 more than 2 mill. (Old.). 



IIV^ C,,,,st of Jesso. 



C. con*obr!na GLD., Proc. Bost. Soc., vii, p. 141 ; Otia, p. 113. 



Si/e and general form of C. triticea, but less rounded at the ex- 

 tremities, and pillar-fold less obvious. C. <///<"/</ is nearly the 

 same (Old.). This may be a north Pacific form of C. alln w/\ cor- 

 tieofo. 



C. OPORO8A Gould. Unjignred. 



Shell minute, slender, cylindrical, greenish, polished, or very 

 minutely spirally striated at the base; vertex obtuse, very openly 



