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  DESCRIPTION 
  OF 
  A 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  LATIRUS. 
  

  

  By 
  James 
  Cosmo 
  Melvill, 
  M.A., 
  D.Sc. 
  

  

  Bead 
  8th 
  April, 
  1910. 
  

  

  Latieus 
  Ernesti, 
  n.sp. 
  

  

  Z. 
  testa 
  mediocri, 
  attenuato-fusiformi, 
  solidiuscula, 
  laete 
  ochraceo- 
  

   rufa, 
  anfractibus 
  (fortasse) 
  6-7, 
  quorum 
  apicales 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  (?), 
  cseteris 
  

   fortiter 
  spiraliter 
  undique 
  tornato-liratis, 
  liris 
  albis, 
  nitidis, 
  insequalibus, 
  

   supernis 
  tribus, 
  penultimo 
  sex, 
  ultimo 
  anfractu 
  duodecim 
  liris 
  prseditis, 
  

   interstitiis 
  sub 
  lente 
  delicate 
  alveato-decussatis, 
  apertura 
  ovata, 
  

   labro 
  paullum 
  effiiso, 
  crassiusculo, 
  columella 
  biplicata, 
  canali 
  brevi. 
  

   Long. 
  12, 
  lat. 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  JIab. 
  — 
  Ad 
  Antillarum 
  insulas. 
  

  

  This 
  biiglitly 
  coloured, 
  ocbraceous 
  little 
  Latirus 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  

   typical 
  section 
  of 
  the 
  genus, 
  its 
  allies 
  being 
  L. 
  craticulatus, 
  L., 
  or 
  

   especially 
  turritus, 
  Gmel., 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  seems 
  a 
  miniature 
  resemblance. 
  

   To 
  lautus, 
  Eeeve, 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  some 
  affinity, 
  but 
  it 
  differs 
  altogether 
  

   both 
  in 
  form 
  and 
  quality 
  of 
  ornamentation 
  of 
  sculpture, 
  lautiis 
  

   being 
  a 
  more 
  obese 
  species, 
  with 
  irregular 
  longitudinal 
  puckering. 
  

   Mr. 
  Ernest 
  R. 
  Sykes 
  has 
  asked 
  me 
  to 
  describe 
  this 
  interesting 
  

   addition 
  to 
  the 
  genus, 
  he 
  having 
  received 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  label 
  

   "W. 
  Indies". 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  imperfect; 
  the 
  apical 
  whorls 
  being 
  

   missing, 
  we 
  should 
  conjecture 
  that 
  if 
  in 
  first-class 
  condition 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  6-7 
  whorled 
  ; 
  the 
  mouth, 
  however, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   shell 
  are 
  good 
  enough 
  for 
  description. 
  I 
  have 
  pleasure 
  in 
  naming 
  it 
  

   after 
  Mr. 
  Sykes. 
  

  

  