214 



', u 5i a. 9Sg M. < rlo :e. i Spec. 



.:. ju. . l . Banda Sea. 462 M. Fine grey am 1 mud. 1 Spec. 



In ' Sta. 883 M. Mud. 1 Spec. 



The specimens are young, the largesl having pnly a diameter of to Mill.. whereas the 

 smallest specimen n I b) Smith, has a diameter of :i Mill. As the specimens have been 



compared 1>\ the author, 1 am not in doubt about the identification. 



25. Natica (Lunatia faba n. sp. PI. XIII, fig. 5. 



St.it. SS. o°34'.6N., mm s.; E. Makassar Strait. [301 M. Fine grey mud. 1 Spec. 



Shell small, conically subglobose, with blunl (eroded) spire, thin, nearly smooth, but with 

 fine growth-striae ; white under an olive epidermis. Whorls about 3 1 /.,, nucleus wanting, 

 remaining whorls moderately convex, separated by a canaliculate suture, last whorl regularly 

 rounded. Aperture oblong-oval, outer and basal margins regularly curved, columellar margin 

 concave, its upper part forming on the left side a thick layer of enamel on the bodywhorl, 

 becoming narrow towards the median part, where it partly covers the umbilicus and is again 

 thickened and reflected in joining the basal margin. Umbilicus narrow, so much covered, as to 

 leave only a narrow slit. No funiculum. Operculum corneous. 



Alt. 5 1 „ lat. 4,,: apert. alt. 3» , lat. 2 1 /, Mill. 



This species is allied to tin- preceding one, but is more oval, has a smaller umbilicus, 

 a canaliculate suture and the puckerings below the suture, which are present in the specimens 

 of A*. simuians Smith of the same si/e, are wanting. It has no juvenile appearance. 



26. Natica Mamma' aurantia Lamarck. 



LAMARCK. An. s. vert. Md. Desh. Vol. VIII, p. 632. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 76, X" je. 



I'mi uil. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Md. II, Vol. II, Xatica, p. 34, PI. 4, fig. 13, 14. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. IX. Xatica. fig. 20. 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 42, PI. 15, fig. 39. 



Stat. 80. Borneo-bank. 40 — 50 M. Fine coralsand. 1 Spec. 



var. Mittrei 1 lombron & Jacquinot. 



Hombron & Jacqi Voy. Astrol. & Zei. p. 65. 



Stat. 114. Kwandang-bay-entrance. 75 M. Hard sand, very line. 1 Spec. 

 Both specimens are young, that identified as var. Mittrei has the umbilicus not quite tilled. 



var. straminea Recluz. 



Ki.< LUZ. Proc. Zool. Soc. Mond. 1S43, p. 211. 



PHILIPPI. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II. Vol. II. Natica, p. 113. PI. n>, fig, 3. 

 1 <>nch. Ie Vol. IX, Natica, fig. 32 (var. lutea s. straminea). 

 .. M.m. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 42. PI. 15, fig. 40. 



jailus Ketjil, Paterno ter-i lands. Up t < > 2j M. ( oral and coralsand. 1 Spec. 

 Atjatuning, West coast <>( New Guinea. Keef. 1 Spec. 



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