22 MARINE SHELLS OF SOUTH AFRICA. 



COLUMBELLA PULCHELLA, Sowerby, Thes. Conch, vol. i. 

 pi. 39, figs. 121, 122. Port Elizabeth. Known as a West 

 Indian species. 



COLUMBELLA FLA.VA.,Bruguiere, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 27, 

 fig. 27a. Variety 0. undata, Duclos, Kiener Col. p. 27, 

 pi. 9, fig. 1. Common in the Indian Ocean, rare at Port 

 Elizabeth. 



COLUMBELLA FLOCCATA, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 160. 

 Port Elizabeth, Buffalo, Cape Colony (Reeve). 



COLUMBELLA VARIANS, Sowerby, Thes. Conch, vol. i. pi. 

 37, fig. 47. Port Elizabeth. 



COLUMBELLA BIFLAMMATA, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 226. 

 Port Elizabeth. 



COLUMBELLA TURTURINA, Lamarck, Sowerby, Thes. Conch. 

 vol. i. pi. 37, figs. 38-40. Natal coast (Krauss). Common 

 in various places, from Mauritius to the Philippine Islands. 



COLUMBELLA LACTEA, Duclos, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 120. 

 Natal coast (Krauss). 



CGLUMBELLA MENDICARIA, Lamarck, var.? Kiener, Coq. Viv. 

 pi. 6, fig. la. Natal coast (Krauss). 



COLUMBELLA CAPEXSIS, Sowerby, n. sp., pi. 1, fig. 20. 

 Testa fusiformis, tenuis, alba; spira acuta, apice papillari ; 

 anfractus 5^ convexiusculi, longitudinaliter multiplicati, 

 striis angustis et confertis spiraliter sculpti ; anfractus 

 ultimus in flatus, basin versus attenuatus ; columella leviter 

 contorta, haud callosa ; apertura lata, labrum arcuatum, 

 tenue. 



Long. 10, diam. maj. 5 millim. 



Hab. Port Elizabeth. 



A white species of the ' Anachis ' section, allied to 

 C. pulchella. 



COLUMBELLA ALGOENSIS, $cn(;er/, n. sp., pi. 1, fig. 21. 

 Testa elongata, turrita, fulva, liueis fuscis transversis inter- 

 ruptis hie illic textiliformibus picta, antice fusco-zonata ; 

 spira perelata, apice papillari ; sutura impressa ; anfractus 5, 

 convexiusculi, longitudinaliter irregulariter plicati ; spiraliter 

 dense sulcati ; anfractus ultimus angustus ; columella leviter 

 recurva; apertura parva, labrum tenue. Long. 8, diam. maj. 

 2| millim. This shell has somewhat the appearance of a 



