COCHLOSTYLA-CALOCOCHLEA. 147 



Spire low-conoid, very obtuse ; whorls 4-1, the last slightly 

 descending. Aperture oblique, rounded, white or tinted inside ; lip 

 well reflexed, whitish with a brown edge. 



Alt. 33, diam. 35 mill. 



Alt. 39, diam. 39 mill. 



Tablets, Sibuyan and Samar, Philippines. 



H. coccomelos SOWB., P. Z. S. 1840, p. 167. RVE., Conch. Syst, 

 ii, t. 164, f. 9. Cochlostyla coccomelos HIDALGO, Journ. de Conch. 

 1887, p. 134. H. speciosa PFR., Monogr. i, p. 248 ; Conchyl. Cab., 

 p. 311, t. 46, f. 7-9, and of authors generally, not If. speciosa Jay. 



A very variable species. The following varieties are enumerated 

 by Hidalgo: 



1. Pale buff, the spire and lip white. An albino form. 



2. Olivaceous, 3 banded with chestnut. 



3. Olivaceous, columella surrounded by a chestnut zone. 



4. Olivaceous, not banded. 



5. Greenish, not banded. 



6. Tawny, spire paler. f 



7. Reddish, 3-banded with chestnut. 



8. Blackish, spire paler. 



9. Chestnut, becoming rosy on the spire (figs. 52, 53.) 



Dr. Jay's collection is now in the American Museum of Natural 

 History, Central Park, New York City. I am indebted to Prof. 

 R. P. Whitfield for the opportunity of examining the type of 

 H. speciosa Jay, contained therein. It is a C. dubiosa (q. v.) 



C. PONDEROSA Pfeiffer. PI. 48, fig. 65. 



Imperforate, globose-depressed, tumid, solid, ponderous ; rather 

 smooth (incremental and concentric striae very close, scarcely 

 visible) ; white, the base covered with a shining, pale corneous 

 cuticle. Whorls 4t>, a little convex, the last subangulated, some- 

 times obsoletely marked with a white hydrophanous band below the 

 angle. Columella straight, wide, very oblique. Aperture subauri- 

 form, white inside ; peristoine broadly reflexed. 



Alt. 27, greater diam. 46, lesser 34 mill. (Pfr.) 



Prov. Ilocon, Luzon, Philippines. 



H. ponder osa PFR., P. Z. S. 1845, p. 38 ; Monogr. i, p. 259 ; Con- 

 chyl. Cab., p. 215, t. 108, f. 3, 4. REEVE, Conch. Icon., f. 47. 



