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however, shorter, and bend the contrary way, whilst the entire sur- 

 face of the shell is ornamented with a number of very fine ridges of 

 minute scales. We gladly avail ourselves of the opportunity of re- 

 storing to this shell the name by which it is commonly known 

 amongst collectors, though not hitherto published. 



Delphinula incisa. Delph. testa globoso-discoided, liris pur- 

 pureis angustis, subflexuosis, inter stitiis albis profunde incisis, 

 totaliter tectd ; anfractibus tuberculis grandibus, complicatis, di- 

 staniibus, in seriebus duabus dispositis, ornatis ; aperturd rotun- 

 da, margine inferiori lacunatd ; spird depresso-pland. 

 Icon. Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 212. f. 11. 

 Long, l^yj lat. 1^ in. Mus. Cuming. 

 Hab. Ad insulam Burias, Philippinarum. 



This shell, which we believe to be at present unique, in the col- 

 lection of Hugh Cuming, Esq., is well- characterized, by having a 

 double row of large, pinched, stunted tubercles ; and the tubercles, 

 as well as the entire surface of the shell, is covered with a number 

 of purple flexuous ridges, the interstices being white and unusually 

 deeply cut. 



Delphinula Formosa. Delph. testa rotunda subdiscoided, le- 

 viter nodiferd, aureo-ochraced, cocceo-tinctd, anfractibus peran- 

 gulatis, angulo squamis grandibus, triangularibus valde compres- 

 sis, coronato ; anfractuum parte inferiori squamarum minorum 

 seriebus duabus, squamulisque ochraceo-coccineis minutis in se- 

 riebus par allelis, subflexuosis, dispositis, ornatd ; umbilico amplo 

 purpureo-lacco vivide color ato ; spird piano- convexd. 

 Icon. Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 212. f. 9. 

 Long. 1-flyj lat. 1 in. Mus. Cuming. 

 Hab. Ad insulam Capul Philippinarum. 



A very richly-coloured shell, found by Hugh Cuming, Esq., at 

 Capul, one of the Philippine Islands, in seven fathoms' water. The 

 upper portions of the whorls are clothed with a rich golden yellow 

 colour, deeply tinged with scarlet or crimson ; the lower part of the 

 whorls are of a peculiarly soft white, and the umbilicus in all the 

 specimens we have seen is coloured with a deep purple lake, entirely 

 free from any indication of the yellow that ornaments the obverse 

 portion of the shell. 



Delphinula aculeata. Delph. testa subdiscoided, aculeatd, 

 albidd, anfractibus perangulatis, angulo spinis squamaformibus 

 Jlexuosis, dorsim coccineis, coronato, anfractuum parte inferiori 

 spinarum seriebus duabus, aculeolisque squamaformibus in 

 seriebus parallelis dispositis, ornatd ; spird depresso-pland. 

 Icon. Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 212. f. 8. 

 Long. 1-jL- ; lat. ^j in. Mus. Cuming. 

 Hab. Ad insulam Ticao Philippinarum. 



This shell is not much unlike that of the preceding species ; it dif- 

 fers, however, in having the angle of the outer whorl crowned with 

 a row of irregular, thin, flexuous, scale-like spines, the back of each 

 being ornamented with scarlet, the only portion of colour in the 



