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Found in a sandy muddy bottom at a depth of about twelve fathoms. 

 It may easily be distinguished from the last by its proportions as well 

 as by the form of the spire. — G. B. S. 



Cancellaria buccinoides. Cane, testa oblongd, corrugatd; spird 

 mediocri, acuminata; anfractibus 7, subventricosis, longitudina- 

 liter granoso-costatis, et spiraliter sulcatis, (nonnunquam ex cetate 

 varicosis) ; aperturd ovato-oblongd, obliqud, ad basin emarginatd, 

 brevissime canaliferd ; peritremate obtusiusculo , prope basin subsi- 

 nuato ; labio externo intus Icevi, nonnunquam leviter denticulato ; 

 columelld biplicatd, plicis parvis : long. l.V, lat. -^ poll. 

 Hah. ad oras America? Meridionalis et Centralis. (Real Llejos, 

 Iquiqui, Callao, and Puerto Portrero.) 



This species has very much of the appearance of a Bucclnum, from 

 which genus it is only distinguished by the two folds on the columel- 

 la ; it varies in colour, some specimens being of a very pale, others 

 of a darker fawn colour j some again are of a dark brown colour all 

 over, while others are of a dark brown with a light band perceptible 

 within the aperture. 



Found in from seven to fifteen fathoms with a sandy muddy bottom. 

 — G.B.S. 



Cancellaria indentata. Cane, testd oblongd, clathratd, fused; 

 spird mediocri, acuminatd ; anfractibus 6, decussatim costatis, cos- 

 tis noduliferis ; aperturd ovato-oblongd, obliqud, ad basin subca- 

 naliferd ; peritremate indentato ; columelld triplicatd, plied inferi- 

 ore minimd; umbilico parvo, margine distinctd: long. l^V, lat. T V 

 poll. 

 Hab. ad Panamam. 



Nearly like the last in shape, but not having a distinct canal ; — its 

 having three folds on the columella, and an umbilicus with a strongly 

 raised border, also distinguish it. — G. B. S. 



Cancellaria hjemastoma. Cane, testd ovato-pyramidali, albicante, 

 fusco-fasciatd, ore aurantiaco ; spird pyramidali ; anfractibus 6, 

 rotundatis, superne obtuse angulosis, spiraliter striatis, longitudi- 

 naliter costatis, costis paucis, obtusis, prope suturam elevatis; aper- 

 turd subrotundd, in canalem brevem desinente ; peritremate acuti- 

 usculo, crenulato ; labio externo intus sulcato, interno corrugato; 

 columelld triplicatd; umbilico mediocri, margine elevatd : long. 

 l-rV> lot. -tV poll. 



Hab. ad insulas Gallapagos. 



A very beautiful species -, nearly white, with a broad dark-brown 

 band surrounding the upper part of the volutions : its brilliant 

 orange- coloured mouth is also remarkable. 



Taken in from ten to sixteen fathoms with a sandy bottom. — G.B.S. 



Cancellaria chrysostoma. Cane, testd globoso-pyramidali, albi- 

 cante, fusco-fasciatd, ore aurantiaco; spird brevi, acuminatiusculd ; 

 anfractibus 6, rotundatis, spiraliter sulcatis, longitudinaliter cos- 

 tatis, costis plurimis, obtusis , prope suturam elevatis; aperturd sub- 

 rotundatd, superne subacuminatd, infra in canalem brevem reflexam, 

 desinente ; peritremate crenato; labio externo intus sulcato, interno 



