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substricto, intus callo crasso, inaequaliter 5 — 6-dentato munito, 
columellari crasso, dilatato, omnino adnato. — Long. 30, diam. 
maj. 17, min. lS 1 /^ mill. Apert, c. perist. 19 mill, longa. 
(Coll. Nr. 6.) 
Pythia Verreauxi Pfr. in Malak. Bl. III. 1856. p. 173; Novit. conch. 
Fasc. XXVIII. p. 356. n. 480. t. 83. f. 5. 6; Auric. 
Brit. Mus. p. 63 (err. Verreanaci). 
Habitat . . .? 
io. P. nux (Scarabus) Reeve. + 
„ Testa imperforata subabbreviato-ovata, obesiuscula, pur- 
pureo-fusca, castaneo obscure maculata, anfractibus octo partim 
corrugato-striatis; apertura curvata, superne subemarginata, 
dentibus prominente distortis, labro columellari angulato reflexo. 
— Diam. maj. 26, min. 23, alt. 26 mill. 44 (G.) 
Scarabus nux Reeve Conch, icon. 1860. t. 11. f. 18. 
— — Gassies Faun. Nouv. Caled. p. 56. t. 3. f. 7. 
Habitat Balade Novae Caledoniae. 
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11. pyramidata (Scarabus) Reeve. (Coll. 7.) I. 79. II. 60. — Patel 
Cat. p. 114. — Nova Hibernia, ins. Salomonis. — Var. /?: minor, 
violaceo-castanea, albo-maculata ; long. 21, diam. max. 12; apert. 
long. 11 mill. — Ins. Guam. 
i2. P. lentiginosa Garrett, f 
„ Testa perforata, solida, acuto-ovata, compressa, lutescenti- 
alba, maculis parvis irregularibus, laete fuscis profuse conspersa 
aliisque („dashes“) saturatius brunneis lateribus ornata; spira 
convexo-conica, dimidium totius longitudinis non attingens; 
anfr. 9, plano-convexi, ultimus convexo-rotundatus, longitudi- 
naliter ruditer striatus, striis superne magis conspicuis, basi 
rotundatus; apertura angusta, subverticalis, melleo-lutea; perist. 
leviter expansum et inferne subreflexum, superne simplex, 
margine interno dentibus tubercularibus 5 — 6 (quorum 2 multo 
validioribus) munito; columella supra umbilicum expansum 
(eum non claudens), plica magna compressa, obtusa, obliqua 
munita; regio parietalis tenuiter callosa, dentibus 2 fortibus 
armata: inferiore bilobato, transverse intrante, superiore sub- 
trilobato. — Long. 29, diam. 16 mill: “ (Garr. angl.) 
Pythia lentiginosa Garr. in Amer. journ. conch. VII. 1872. p. 220. t. 19. f. 4. 
— — Schmeltz in Mus. God. cat. V. p. 87. 
Habitat Tavinni Island insular um Viti. 
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