98 THE NAUTILUS. 



The sculpture and pattern of the dorsal surface of this beautiful 

 shell resembles somewhat that of some ovate examples of C. suhviridis 

 Rve., it differs however in having the spire produced, instead of 

 sunken; the aperture is less curved posteriorly, the teeth more 

 numerous and the sides faintly spotted, the form of the columella 

 within the aperture is also entirely different, being broad and 

 excavated, with a second series of about 6 teeth deep within. 



But one specimen was obtained which belongs to the collection of 

 Mr. Hirase, in whose honor it gives me great pleasure to dedicate 

 the species. 



Mr. Hirase sent me also two specimens of a Cypraea which after 

 as exhaustive a study as I have been able to make, I am inclined to 

 consider a strongly marked variety if not sub-species of C hunger- 

 fordi Sowb. The following description is therefore offered. 



Cypr^a hungerfordi kiiensis, n. subsp. PI. 7, figs. 5, 6, 7, 8 



Shell pyriform, dorsal surface creamy white, closely freckled with 

 light chestnut-brown spots and indistinctly banded with pale purplish- 

 brown clouds or diffuse spots ; extremities, sides and base salmon, 

 the sides more or less spotted with blackish-brown, along the edges 

 of the lateral calluses. Aperture nearly straight, teeth in outer 

 lip rather coarse, 17 or 18 in number, those on columella marginal, 

 white, somewhat smaller and extending well within the aperture. 



Length 31, width 19;^, alt. 15| mm. 



Length 31, width 19, alt. 15 mm. 



Habitat, Kii coast, Japan (Hirase). The dorsal surface of a speci- 

 men not fully mature is faintly ornamented with a broad, brown- 

 ish band, the spots on the sides are more numerous and run 

 together (fig. 9). 



Compared with the description of the typical C. hungerfordi, a shell 

 which I have never seen, it has fewer teeth and the margins are not 

 thickened. This is obvious in figs. 5-7, which represent a shell cer- 

 tainly adult. The coloration is also quite different and were it not 

 for the locality from which it was obtained, I might claim for it 

 recognition as a full species. 



There were also in the collection, much larger specimens of C. 

 cernica Sowb. than I had before seen, and Trivia insecta, Mighels, 

 grando, Gask., oryza. Lam. and pilula Kien. This last shell, which 

 heretofore I had placed in the synonymy of Trivia globosa Gray, is 



