Iotyrris cingulifera: Shell turrited, acuminated, transversely striated, grooved and belted; whorls rather convex, surrounded with a single girdle or belt near the sutures, painted with square reddish spots ; canal short and recurved ; lip rather rough at the edge. The belt or girdle which is formed round this shell by the filling up of the marginal slit is peculiarly painted with a regular series of square, equidistant, reddish brown spots. The canal is short, and somewhat twisted.