Seven new species of the western Atlantic endemic genus Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 are described from the Carolinian and Caribbean Molluscan Provinces. These new taxa include: J. chaac and J. ixchel, which are restricted to the eastern Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico (Yucatanean Subprovince of the Carolinian Molluscan Province); J. chinchorroensis, which is endemic to the Banco Chinchorro Atoll off Quintana Roo State, Mexico (Antillean Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. lusca, which is endemic to the Turks and Caicos Islands (Antillean Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. kellyae, which is endemic to the San Blas Islands of northern Panama (Nicaraguan Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); J. tayrona, which is endemic to northern Colombia (Venezuelan Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province); and J. booti, which is endemic to Aruba (Grenadian Subprovince of the Caribbean Molluscan Province).

The Lepidoptera of North America Network, or LepNet, is a digitization effort recently launched to mobilize biodiversity data from 3 million specimens of butterflies and moths in United States natural history collections (http://www.lep-net.org/). LepNet was initially conceived as a North American effort but the project seeks collaborations with museums and other organizations worldwide. The overall goal is to transform Lepidoptera specimen data into readily available digital formats to foster global research in taxonomy, ecology and evolutionary biology.

Five new species of the endemic western Atlantic conilithid genus Jaspidiconus Petuch, 2004 are described from the Caribbean Molluscan Province: Jaspidiconus boriqua n. sp. (endemic to Puerto Rico), Jaspidiconus culebranus n. sp. (endemic to Culebra Island), Jaspidiconus janapatriceae n. sp. (endemic to Grand Cayman Island), Jaspidiconus marcusi n. sp. (endemic to Eleuthera Island, Bahamas), and Jaspidiconus masinoi n. sp. (endemic to the Utila Cays, Honduras). With the addition of these five new taxa, 40 Jaspidiconus species have now been described from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region, with at least 25 others still in need of description.

Two new cone shells, one in the family Conidae and one in the family Conilithidae, are described from eastern Australia and Aruba. The new conid, Tesselliconus devorsinei n. sp., was dredged from 30 m depth off southern Queensland, Australia, and represents the newest member of a poorly-known deeper Neritic Zone Tesselliconus species complex that includes T. sandwichensis and T. athenae from Hawaii, T. kashiwajimensis from southern Japan, and T. edaphus from the Panamic Province. The new conilithid, Jaspidiconus vantwoudti n. sp., was found to be endemic to the Dutch Antilles island of Aruba, where it occurs in shallow subtidal rocky areas in the surf and surge zone.