44 MELVILL : DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CASSIS. 



with transverse stripes of dark brown, arranged in 

 pairs to correspond with the bands on the body 

 whorl; columella furnished with a thick smooth white 

 enamel, which is rounded near the umbilical region, 

 and tinged with brown at the outer extremity, termi- 

 nating in a strong oblique fold, above which are two 

 or three minor folds passing into the interior of the 

 shell. 



Long. 90, lat. 47 mill. 



This very handsome species, of which the type is 

 in my collection, is nearly allied to C. vibex (L.), the 

 meaning of which word is in fact retained in the word 

 kalosmodix (Gr. Kd\os, pulcher, and o-/tco8t^, vibex). 

 The principal difference is in the entire absence of 

 spines on the outer lip, which is entirely smooth from 

 end to end. The markings also are different in 

 character and position from those of any C. vibex in 

 existence. 



There is a small specimen of C. kalosmodix in 

 the British Museum, having similar markings and the 

 same toothless smooth lip. Locality of both this and 

 the type unknown, but most probably the species is 

 a native of eastern seas. 



Pupa marginata v. albina. — This pretty variety — which 

 has hitherto been recorded only from Somersetshire, on the 

 authority of Dr. Jeffreys and others, and Oxfordshire, by Mr. 

 Whiteaves, but without precise localities being given in either 

 case — has been discovered in Worcestershire by Mr. W. H. Boland 

 of Bnmingham, who has been fortunate enough to find it in 

 some numbers at Cleeve Priors, thus adding another county to 

 its known habitats. — John W. Taylor. 



J.C., iv., April, 1883 



