CARELIA. 105 



with pale or whitish streaks and spirals due to wear. "Last 

 whorl banded with chestnut black around the columella" 

 or the whole base may be black, with no light band below the 

 peripheral angle. Aperture blue-white inside, with a wide 

 black border in the outer lip. 



Fig. 8 is copied from Reeve. Fig. 7 represents a speci- 

 men from Hanalei, no. 2351 Cooke coll. It measures, length 

 68.5, diam. 21.5 mm., with 9y 2 whorls. 



I cannot agee with Borcherding that obeliscus is specifically 

 distinct from turricula. The difference in sculpture which 

 he relies upon is very inconstant. 



2. C. PARADOXA (Pfeiffer). PI. 19, fig. 3. 



Shell turrite, solid, distinctly and closely granulate, black- 

 brown ; spire long, forming an acute cone above. Whorls 8, 

 convex, the upper ones remotely costate, the last whorl two- 

 sevenths the total length, angular below the middle, smooth; 

 aperture a little oblique, subrhombic, bluish within, columella 

 calloused, white, twisted, subtruncate at the base; peris-tome 

 unexpanded, acute. Length 46, diam. 16 mm., aperture 15 

 mm. long, 8 wide. (Pfr.) . 



Kauai (Dr. Newcomb, in Cuming coll.) 



Spiraxis paradoxa PFR., P. Z. S. 1853, p. 128; Monogra- 

 phia iv, 572. Carelia p., PFR., Monographia viii, 251. 

 PEASE, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 473. BORCHERDING, Monogr. Carelia 

 p. 231, pi. 19, fig. 5. 



Pfeiffer also described a var. b ; larger, white becoming 

 orange-red towards the apex, the last whorl deep purple- 

 chestnut around the columella ; length 60, diam. 18 mm. 

 Borcherding 's figure is copied; but it seems to represent only 

 an exceptionally granose specimen of newcombi. 



3. C. PILSBRYI Sykes. PL 18, fig. 10. 



"Shell elongate, spire much produced, imperforate ; sculp- 

 ture consisting of well-marked, irregular, longitudinal lines, 

 these gradually becoming weaker towards the protoconch, 

 which is smooth ; color of the last whorl red-brown, gradually 

 fading on the upper whorls till the protoconch is only faintly 



