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4?0 Shell depressed, conical, pale reddish, ornamented with rows oF white and brown spots, spirally gTooved, ribs slightly 8Tauulated the sutures distinct, impressed, the lower par? of the last whorl nearly smooth, the umhilicus white, smooth inside, the edge fu?.- nished with a series of granules. The mouth subquadrangular, outer Hp crenulated at the edge, the columella lip smooth, with large tooth at the inside, and axis three-tenths, diameter five-twelfths of an inch. Sl. MosoooN??t CONS?aleTX, 31L MoNooOS??t RUms, (n. s.) Testa ovato.eonlea imperforata albido-p?rpswea labro duFlicato , e?tu? al&ido viridi, ?ntv,? s?&suleato, ai&o. Inhab. ? M, ss. B?it. Shell ovate, conical, iraperforated, rough, pearly, concentrically striated,. whitish-brown; when worn or where eroded, purple; the whorls tonvex, suture distinct, sometimes occupying an im- pressed llne ou the lower whorl; the base rather convex, the apertttre roundish, the axis (iraperforate) cover? with a white callus, which leaves a slight concavity over its end; the outer lip of.three colours, the ou.ter part purple or green and white, the middle pearly, and the inner opoke* white, and furrowed; the surface of the lower part of the last whorl is frequently worn away just opposite the mouth, so as to leave a purple spot. 33. Rlsso/, Testa su&fflobo.,a, su&imFeeforata, alba, sollda, spit?diter e? coneentrlce costara ; apert#r& subo?bicularl, sutur& Sheli nearly globular,' sp?re conical,. upper whorls with three, lower with seven distinct, large, rather sepora? much raised* Splral ribs, and numerous acute transverse ribs, which form an acute tubercle where it crosses the spiral ridges, the suture deeply impressed, very d?stlnct, the aperture nearly orblcular, the outer lip denticolat?i on its outer edge, inner lip smooth, column with- out any perforation, only a slight linear cavity behind the inner 1�, axis and diameter each one.sixth of an inch.