KENYON : ON SPECIES OE CYPRJEl. / 9 



A very fine colour variety of C. caput-serpentis, from the Hawaiian 

 Islands, has been in my collection for some years, and I have recently 

 seen a very fine live specimen from Lord Howe Island. Coming from 

 such widely separated localities, they may, I think, be characterized 

 as a variety under the name of 



Cypk^a caput-seepentis, var. caput-colubki, n. 



Shell warm fawn or Kght cream colour, the spots on the dorsal 

 surface having the appearance of snow-white specks of irregular size ; 

 extremities tipped with white ; the base white ; the rich fawn-colour 

 of the margins extending about half-way across the convex base; 

 teeth conspicuous, white ; interior white, in contradistinction to the 

 violet hue of the interior of C. caput-serpentis. Long. 27, lat. 20 mm. 



Hob. — Hawaiian Islands and Lord Howe Island. 



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