LOO CHOO MOLLUSKS. 169 



COLTJMBELLIDJE. 



Columbella flava Brug.* Loo Choo Is. 

 Columbella scrip ta Lam.* Loo Choo Is. 

 Columbella (Conidea) discors Gmel.* Yaeyaina. 

 Columbella (Fusiostoma) mendioaria Linn. 

 Yaeyama. 1 live shell. 



MURICIDJE. 



Murex (Chicoreus) ramosus Linn. 



Yaeyama. 12 large shells, full-grown, 1 half-grown. 

 Murex (Chicoreus) brevifrons Lam. 



Yaeyama. Found also in many parts of the islands. 21 shells 

 in various stages of growth. 

 Murex adustus Lam.* 



Called Yako-Gai in all parts of the islands. 



Murex (Chicoreus) maurus Brod. Tryon, Man. Vol. 2, p. 89, pi. 38, fig. 139. 

 Yaeyama. 1 shell. 



Kapana bezoar Linn. 



Kudaka Is. Native name, Ushi-no-tsumo, bora (bull's mouth 

 shell). 1 shell, mature; 1 half-grown. 

 Furpura persica Linn, var.* Kobashima. 

 Furpura mancinella Linn.* Loo Choo Is. 

 Furpura (Thalessa) armigera Chem. 



Called in Loo Choo Konpeto-Gai (konpeto meaning sweet-meats). 

 10 shells. 



Furpura (Thalessa) hippocastaneum L., var. sulcata Desh. 



From Hirame Jima Is. 17 shells, 

 lopas sertum Brug. Tryon, Man. Vol. II, p. 180, pi. 55, fig. 189. 



Yaeyama. 1 live shell. 



Ricinula histrix Lam. 



Loo-Choo Is. 8 shells with rather light pink aperture, 10 with 

 darker. 



Eicinula horrida Lam. 



Yaeyama. Called Ushi-no-guchi, momo, meaning bull's mouth 

 shell. 6 with apertures dark purple, 9 with apertures somewhat 

 lighter. 



