144 Zoological Society. 



superne breve refiexd, adnatd ; umbilico punctiformi, subfuniculato. 

 Operculum cartilagineum, tenuiter radiatim striatum, lutescens, in 



medio rubicundum ? Tale ego vidi in aperturd eddem testce. 

 Hab. "Valparaiso, Chili; found in coarse sand at forty-five fa- 

 thoms." H. Cuming. 



** Testd ovato-acutd, tenuiusculd, scepissime zonatd ; columelld nigro 

 aut fusco-purpurascente pictd ; operculo cartilagineo , oblong o ; 

 aperturd angustiore. 



28. Natica Zanzebarica. Nat. testd ovato-oblongd, tenui, subepi- 

 dermide olivaceo-albd, maculis fusco-purpureis elongatis inter dum 

 confluentibus trifasciatd ; anfractibus senis, convexis, tenuiter et 

 crebre striatis : penultimo maculis bifasciato, infimo ovato ; spird 

 conico-acutd, albd; apice fusco, minimo ; aperturd ovato-acutd, 

 columelld suprcL umbilicum adnatd, refiexd, fusco-purpurascente, 

 antice vix arcuatd ; umbilico prof undo, extus partim occultato. 



Hab. u Zanzebar." Mr. Thorre. 



29. Natica Priamus. Nat. testd ovato-acutd, ventricosd, nitidis- 

 simd, tenue striatd, zond pallidiore in medio cinctd : zond later aliter 

 maculis spadicsis serialis, scepius remotis et quadratis marginatd ; 

 spird parvd, conico-acutd, maculis fasciatd, apice albo et puncto 

 fusco notato ; aperturd ovatd, basi et antice dilatatd, albido-fuscd ; 

 columelld supra umbilicum adnatd, chocolatd, subarcuatd, externe 

 in medio albo unimaculatd et refiexd, umbilicum profundum zond 

 extus decurrente rufd partim occultante ; funiculo valde depresso, 

 vix conspicuo, in umbilicum continuato. 



Var. /3. pallidiore. 



Hab. " Moluccas," H. Cuming : Isle of France, M. Le Colonel 

 Mathieu (Mus. Paris). 



Natica maura, Lamarck's Encyclop., Sowerby, Tankerville Cat., 

 proxima sed major, ventricosior, tenuior, fasciata, columella tenuior 

 valde differt. 



30. Natica Samarensis. Nat. testd ovato-acutd, albido et cceru- 

 lescente longitudinaliter pallide zonatd, fusco-spadiceo transversim 

 quadrifasciatd : fasciarum maculis interdum flammceformibus aut 

 confluentibus; spird conico-acutd, albo cinctd; aperturd ovatd, 

 spadiceo-flammulatd ; columelld omnino rufo-fuscd, subrectd, basi 

 obtuse emarginatd, superne refiexd, suprd, umbilicum externe auctd ; 

 umbilico fere tecto, intus spadiceo. 



Operculum cartilagineum, tenuiter radiato-striatum, angulo circulari 

 in medio notatum, luteo-fuscescens, aperturd testce multo minus. 



Hab. " Catbalonga, island of Samar, Philippines ; under stones at 

 low water." H. Cuming. 



Natica Simice, Deshayes in Lamarck, An. s. vert. viii. p. 652. no. 45. 

 (Lister, Conch, pi. 142. f. 36. Ner. fasciatus e museo Oxoniensi), 

 proxima, sed major, solidior , fasciis dissimilibus, columelld omnino rufo- 

 fuscd differt. 



31. Natica seb^:, Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, pi. 35. fig. 6, 7. optime ; 

 Seba Mus., iii. pi. 41. f. 21. optima. 



