Recent Species of Ovulum. 151 



given to me by the Rev. Dr. Goodall, who brought several froro the 

 Adriatic. 



Ovulum pyriforme. 



O. testd pyriformi, albicante ; canali inferiori suhreflexo; dorso ventri- 

 coso; columelld ad basin excavato-depressd, supernh dente pliciformi 

 valido; lahio externa internh plicato-denticulatOy infrd subdepresso ; 



^0^9- Ui ^cii' tV» poil- 



Hab, ad littora Novse Cambriae Meridionalis. Mus. nost. 



Desc. Shell pear-shaped, whitish, with a pale flesh-coloured tinge ; 

 back ventricose, transversely striated ; lower canal straightish, slightly 

 reflected ; columella with an excavated depression within, near the base, 

 and a strong pliciform tooth at the upper end ; outer lip sloping from the 

 edge inwards, inner edge plicato-denticulated, rather depressed at the 

 lower part. 



Of this elegantly formed and rare species a few specimens were re- 

 ceived from New South Wales, by Mr. G. Humphrey. 



Ovulum carneum. 



Lam., Anim. sans vert, VII. 368. 

 O. testd ovalif carneo-rubente ; dorso gibboso, transversim tenuiter stri- 

 ata ; extremitatibus, prcBsertim inferiore, acuminatiusculis ; labia ex- 

 terna intiis dentieulata ; columelld supemd oblique uniplicatd; long, 



t'o> ^a^- tVj poll 



Bulla carnea, nonnull. 



Hab, . Mus. Goodall, nost., &c. 



Desc. Shell ovate, back gibbous, transversely slightly striated ; ex- 

 tremities, particularly the lower, slightly acuminated; outer lip arched, 

 toothed on the inside ; upper end of the columella forming a small thick- 

 ish fold. 



A pretty little species of a reddish flesh-colour, from the Coral Fishery 

 on the coast of Barbary. 



Ovulum marginatum. 

 0. testd oblongo-ovaliy ventricosd, utrinqub obtusiusmldf albd ; lahii 

 externi margine rotundato, inths denticulato, prope ba^n depresso. 



