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smaller than that which we have delineated. The shell described 

 by B. Ferrusac is supposed to be a native of America; we are 

 entirely uncertain as to the habitat of the specimen which we 

 describe. 



The figures in the annexed plate being copied in the natural 

 size, and with every attention to accuracy from the example before 

 us, it will, it is presumed, be deemed unnecessary to enter into any 

 very minute description of the shell ; we shall, however, quote the 

 description given of the same species by Baron Ferrusac, for the 

 satisfaction of those who may wish to compare it with the figures we 

 have given ^. We have already stated that our example is larger 

 than *that of Baron Ferrusac ; it may be also added, that its 

 general aspect is more dusky or obscure, and the bands of fuscous 

 which encircle the first whorl, in particular, less distinctly defined 

 than in the shell before us. 



* Coquille alongee et ventrue, volute developpee dans le sens vertical, 

 spire elevee, tours croissant fortement, bord interieur, du c6ne spiral 

 formant une columelle solide, torse non tronquee ; bouchc plus ou moins 

 verticale par rapport a Taxe ; bord exterieur plus ou moins avanc^ ; peris- 

 tome simple en refl^chi. H. Pithogaster. No. 324. pi. cviii. f. 3. 



