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EBURNA SPIRATA. 
(Lot 904.) 
E. testd ventricosd, maculatd; spire producte, anfractibus 6 vir 
convevis, longitudine, aperture longitudinem superante ; sutures 
laté alveatis; apice nigro; basi balteo convexo cincta. 
Shell ventricose, spotted; spire produced, longer than the aperture, 
of 6 slightly convex volutions; the lip black; suture widely 
channelled: base with a convex elevated belt. 
THE spire of this species is much more lengthened and 
pointed than that of the last, and of six, instead of five whorls ; 
the channel or groove also, which separates them, 1s much 
broader ; and the belt at the base, instead of being (as in E. 
Valentiana) concave, is convex. Of this species two varieties 
occur, one having the spots yellowish flesh colour, and the 
other of a very small size, with brown or drab-coloured 
spots. The umbilicus, which in many genera is a certain 
and discriminating character, in this is, for the most part, so 
variable, as not to afford even a specific distinction ; for 
individuals of the same species occur, in which it is very 
open, (though the shell is adult,) while in others this part is 
entirely closed. 
STROMBUS INERMIS. 
(Lot 687.) 
S. testd nodulosd, transversé sulcatd ; labio exteriore dilatato, rotun- 
dato, anticée integro; lobo basal tantum non obsoleto ; apertura 
levi, alba. 
Shell unarmed or slightly nodulous, transversely grooved ; outer 
lip dilated, rounded, and above entire; basal lobe nearly 
obsolete; aperture smooth, white. 
Laster, 856, 
Nearest allied to S. fasciatus. In some specimens the 
small nodules on the body whorl are prominent, but in most 
