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Cancellaria rigid a. Cane, testd ovatd, rigidd, pallidd vel brun- 

 ned concolore ; spird brevi, acuminatd, contabulatd ; anfractibus 5, 

 superne angulatis, spiralitef striatis, ct longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis rariusculis, sublamellosis, acutis ; aperturd subtrigonali, in- 

 frct in canalem brevissimam desinente ; labio externo intils sulcato ; 

 peritremate acuto ; columelld triplicatd, plied inferiore minimd ; 

 labio interno corrugato ; umbilico mediocri, margine elevatiusculd ; 

 long. iV> lat. n V poll. 

 Hab. ad Puerto Portrero, Americas Centralis. 

 A single specimen was dredged in thirteen fathoms with a sandy 

 bottom. Mr. Sowerby has several much larger specimens, with whose 

 locality he is unacquainted. — G. B. S. 



Cancellaria Cassidiformis. Cane, testd ovali, fulvd ; spird brevi, 

 apiee acuminato ,• anfractibus 6, spiraliter sulcatis, superioribus 

 angulato-nodulosis, ultimo maximo, prope suturam serie unicd tu- 

 ber culorum, infra fascid pallidd, instruct o ; suturd distincld, infrh 

 subcanaliculatd ; aperturd oblongd, infra in canalem brevem desi- 

 nente; peritremate obtuso; labio interno expanso; columelld tripli- 

 catd, plied superior e major e : long. l-rV, lat. 1 poll. 

 Hab. ad Panamam. 



The young shells of this species resemble those of the Cane, nodu- 

 lifera, in the Appendix to theTankerville Catalogue, p. xv. The full- 

 grown shell is here described from a specimen in Mr. Sowerby's col- 

 lection, all those obtained by Mr. Cuming being young. 



Dredged from a sandy muddy bottom in sixteen fathoms water. — 

 G.B.S. 



Cancellaria ovata. Cane, testd ovali, lavigatd, brunned, epider- 

 mide tenui fused indutd ; spird brevi, subacuminatd ; anfractibus 7, 

 spiraliter sulcatis, ultimo maximo, ventricosiusculo ; suturd di- 

 stinctd ; aperturd elongatd, superne angusiiore, acuminatd, infrh 

 emarginatd, canalem brevissimam efformante ,• peritremate acuto, 

 prope basin sinuato, labio externo intils sulcato ; columelld plicis 

 duabus, validis, tertid inferiore obsoletd ; umbilico minimo vel nullo : 

 long. liV, lat. T V poll. 

 Hab. ad Sanctam Elenam, Columbia? occidentalis. 

 This species resembles Cane, reticulata more nearly than any other; 

 its proportions are however very different, and it is a much smoother 

 shell : the smaller volutions are somewhat cancellated. 



Found in from eight to ten fathoms water with a sandy bottom. — 

 G.B.S. 



Cancellaria acuminata. Cane, testd ovato-oblongd, lecvigatd, 

 fulvescente, pallidiore subfasciatd ; spird mediocri, subulato-acu- 

 minatd; anfractibus § — 7, spiraliter sulcatis et longitudinaliter ob- 

 solete costatis, ultimo magno ; aperturd mediocri, superne acumi- 

 natd, infra emarginatd, canalem brevem efformante ; peritremate 

 acuto, crenulato, prope basin sinuato ; labio intils sulcato ; colu- 

 melld plicis duabus validis, tertid obsoletd inferiore ; umbilico mi- 

 nimo vel nullo : long. iV> lo>t. \h- poll. 



Hab. ad Guacamayo, Americae Centralis. 



