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DESCRIPTION OF SPECIES. 
the upper, and more numerous on the lower whirls. The frontal bar, 
teeth, and margin, externally and internally, are flesh color of quite a 
dark shade, but within the aperture this color gradually deepens into 
purplish brown, which pervades the whole interior. 
DIMENSIONS. 
Size of types, 1.20 by .50 and 1.18 by .48. Largest specimen, 1.24 
by .54; smallest, .95 by .46. Greatest diameter, .54; smallest, .46. 
Longest specimen, 1.24; shortest, .56. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
The typical form given prevails but there is a tendency to a more 
pointed apex, with the second whirl smaller than the first; this form is 
figured on Plate II, 5. The margin of some specimens is very much 
thickened, the extreme measuring .13. In color, there is some variation 
in markings; although in two instances the spottings are more restrict- 
ed than the type, in the majority of cases they are more extended, and in 
two shells the purplish brown predominates. The tendency to assume 
rings on the lower whirls is quite prominent, and is an unusual feature 
in Strophia. 
Known from all others by the large size, absence of striations, long 
teeth and purplish markings. 
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITS. 
On the western path that crossed the island of Little Cayman, of 
which I have spoken in my account of the preceding species, about 
midway between the two shores, or a little nearer the northern, being 
thus a short half mile from the sea, were two small fields, or cultivated 
patches of land, containing, perhaps, a quarter of an acre each. In these 
limited areas I found the few specimens of the Pictured Strophias that 
I was able to obtain. 
In habit these Strophias are one of the most solitary species that I 
have ever seen living, for they occur in very scattering groups on the low 
herbage that margins the fields; and thus limited, were not common. 
6. STROPHIA PICTA Novo. 
Painted Strophia. 
Plate II, 6 & 6b, shell. 
DESCRIPTION. 
Sp. Ch. Size, small. Striations, absent. Whirls, 10. Teeth, 
two, and quite long. Examined 75 specimens. Tentacles, short. 
