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D. CANTHARIS, Reeve. PL 15, fig. 22. 



Shell thick, solid, smooth ; whorls oblique, nodosely plicated 

 round the middle ; sinus rather large ; very dark brown, nodules 



whitish. Length, 11 mill. 



Philippines. 



Evidentlj T described from a stunted specimen. The figure is 

 double the natural size. 



D. NITIDA, Kiener. PL 15, fig. 20. 



Shell ovate, rather stout, smooth, shining ; yellowish, painted 

 with brown revolving lines, rose-tinted at the apex ; upper whorls 

 of the spire delicately plaited ; lip simple, contracted in the 

 middle. Length, 10 mill, 



Habitat unknown. 

 D. RUBIGINOSA, Hinds. PL 15, fig. IT. 



Whorls six, somewhat rounded, with revolving striae; reddish 

 brown. Length 7 '5 mill. 



Straits of Malacca, in mud, 17 fms. (Hinds). 



This and the preceding species are aberrant forms of the group 

 Crassispira. 



D. MARAVIGN^E, Bivona. PL 8, fig. 12. 



Whorls usually somewhat round-shouldered, shell finely 

 flexuously longitudinally plicate, plicae about twenty ; lip usually 

 externally varicose, sinus wide ; ^yellowish- or reddish-brown, 

 shining, sometimes banded. Length, 12 mill. 



Mediterranean Sea, Bay of Biscay. 



The synonymy includes Fusus semicostatus, Cantraine, PL 

 incrassata, Dujardin, PL crebricostata, Hinds, PL incisa, Reeve 

 (figured), PL elegans, Scacchi. 



The following are unfigured species of the Crassispirse, which 

 I am unable to arrange. 



D. MIOROSTOMA, E. A. Smith. Ceylon. 



D. MELANACME, E. A. Smith (? = young D. zebra). 



St. Vincent, W. I. 



D. LATIZONATA, E. A. Smith. Habitat unknown. 



D. CARIBBUEA, E. A. Smith. Cuba. 



D. ATRAMENTOSA, E. A. Smith. (Near P. discors, Sowb.) 



Panama. 

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