SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 95 



This subspecies differs from Katayama nosophora yoshidai in being 

 smaller in every way and in having an additional denticle on the inner 

 marginal tooth. 



We have seen three lots, 60 specimens, of this race. The first, 

 U.S.N.M. no. 346040, 9 specimens, collected by Y. Hirase comes from 

 Katayama, Bingo Province, Honshu Island, Japan, the type locality 

 of Katayama nosophora nosophoi-a. 



U.S.N.M. no. 341076 contains 10 specimens from the same locality, 

 collected by Dr. M. Miyajima. 



U.S.N.M. no. 420948 contains 41 specimens collected by Dr. E. C. 



Faust at Okayama, Honshu Island, Japan, near the type locality. 

 These yield the following measurements: 



No. of Height Diameter No. of Height Diameter 



whorls in mm in mm whorls in mm in mm 



U.S.N.M. no. 346040.. 6.8^ 7.5 2.9 5.4 6.5 3.1 



6.4 7.1 2.9 6.3 7.6 3.2 



5.4 6.4 2.9 6.4 6.8 2.9 



6.1 6.5 2.6 5.5 5.8 2.8 



6.2 5.7 2.4 6.1 6.0 2.7 



5.3 6.6 3-1 5-8 5-8 2.7 



6.3 6.3 2.7 4.9 5.7 3.0 

 6.0 5.8 2.4 5.7 5.9 2.7 



4.7 5.1 2.6 5-8 5-8 2.9 



5-2 5-4 2.4 



U.S.N.M. no. 341076. . 6.2 6.9 3.1 6.6 6.4 3.0 



5.5 7.0 3.4 6.3 5-8 2.6 



4.8 6.4 3.2 5.7 5.7 2.5 



5.4 6.8 3-3 47 5-2 2.6 

 5-8 7-4 3.4 5-4 5-4 2.4 

 7-5 7-5 3-3 5-7 6.3 2.9 



5.9 7.0 3.3 6.2 6.0 2.8 

 5.2 6.5 3-2 6.4 7-1 3-1 

 5-3 5-9 3-0 6.0 7-2 3-3 

 5-1 5-8 2.9 6.3 6.5 2.9 



6.8 6.7 2.8 



U.S.N.M. no. 420948.. 5-6 6.5 3-i 5.3 6.8 3.2 



6.0 8.0 3.4 7-6 7-6 3.2 



5.5 6.2 2.7 6.7 7-0 3-1 



6.4 7-2 2.9 6.2 7.0 3.1 



7.5 6.4 2.8 6.8 7.5 3-2 



5.1 6.0 2.8 5.7 7.1 3.2 

 6.8 7.4 3.0 8.0 8.6 3.3 



7.6 8.1 3.2 6.5 7.1 3.0 

 6.8 7-7 3-4 5.7 7-5 3.4 

 5-3 6.0 2.8 7.4 7-7 3-3 



Greatest 8.0 8.6 3.4 



Least 4-7 5-i 2.4 



Average 6.03 6.62 2.97 



" Figured specimen. 



