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Erato scabriuscula. Gray : Marginella Cypraeola, Sow- 

 erby. Conch. Illust. f. 45. 



Shell ovate, turbinate, purplish brown, covered, ex- 

 cept the dorsal line, with minute granules ; spire short, 

 conical ; aperture rather wide, paler coloured ; colu- 

 mellar lip plaited transversely its whole length j outer 

 lip thickened, largely toothed on its inner edge ; ante- 

 rior canal wide : length 0'4, breadth 0'2. Brought by 

 Mr. Cuming from St. Elena and Acapulco. 



Ohs. Young shell destitute of the minutely granular 

 coat, and of course not showing the dorsal line. 



sulcifera, Gray, Conch. lUustr. i. 46. 



Shell ovate, turbinate, pallid, very minutely and in- 

 distinctly granular ; dorsal line wide, deeply impressed ; 

 aperture linear, veiy narrow, outer lip thickened, 

 nearly white, minutely toothed on its inner margin ; 

 anterior part of the columellar lip minutely toothed ; a 

 single red spot at the anterior extremity : length 0'2, 

 breadth O'l. From the Cape of Good Hope ; a single 

 specimen in the late G. Humphrey's collection. 



Iffivis, Gray ; CyprcEa Valuta Mont. Test. Brit. 



p, 203, t. 6, f. 7. Valuta Icevis, Dovovan. Coasts of 

 Britain and Mediterranean, Conch. Illustr. f. 57. 



Maugerise, Gray, Conch. Illustr. f. 47. 



Shell somewhat conical, turbinate, livid ; spire very 

 short, last volution ventricose, very obtusely angular 

 behind ; outer lip thickened, nearly white, toothed 

 along its inner margin ; a few very indistinct teeth near 

 the front of the columella: length 0"2, breadth 0'15. 

 West Indies, common. 



— — Lachryma, Gray. Lachryma trifasciata, 

 Humphrey, MSS., Conch. Illust. f. 48. 



Shell oval, turbinate, whitish, with three red transverse 



