496 Zoological Society. 



bus ; interno postice callifero ; canali breviter acuminato, subre- 

 flexo ; epidermide crassiusculd. 

 Epidermis coarse and rough. Found under stones on the coast of 

 Malacca by H. Cuming ; also from Java. 



Columbella chlorostoma, nob., Thes. Conch, pi. 36. f. 17, 18. 

 Col. testa ovatd, longitudinaliter costatd, Icevi, albd, nigro-macu- 

 latd; spird medio cri, anfractibus 5, subventricosis, costatis, ultimo 

 antice transversim striato, parte dorsali anticd costis obsoletis ; 

 aperturd oblongd, latiusculd, peritremate fulvescente ; labio externo 

 postice angulato. 

 A single specimen is in the collection of M. Petit de la Saussaye, 

 which he has obligingly communicated. It is not Buccinum chloro- 

 stoma of Wood. 



Columbella rudis, nob., Thes. Conch, pi. 36. f. 33, 34, 35. Col. 

 testd oblongd, rudi, plerumque albidd, punctis strigisque irregu- 

 lariter ornatd; spird longiusculd, acutiusculd, anfractibus 7, trans- 

 versim crasse granuloso striatis, postice anguliferis, ultimo magno ; 

 aperturd subflexuosd, albd, peritremate postice angulifero ; canali 

 subreflexd. 



From Nevis : in Mr. Cuming's and other collections. 



Columbella poj:cila, nob., Thes. Conch, pi. 37. f. 51, 52. Col. 

 testd ovatd, utrinque subacuminatd, transversim striata, fulvd, 

 lineis 2-3 transversis castaneis, maculisque albis variegatd) an- 

 fractibus 5-6, postice subcoronatis, ultimo magno, subtrigonali ; 

 aperturd latiusculd, flexuosd, labii externo medio subcoarctato. 



Two specimens only were brought from Matnog by H. Cuming. 



Columbella venusta, nob. /Thes. Conch, pi. 37. f. 53, 54. Col. 

 testd oblongd, Icevigatd, pallescente, strigis maculisque castaneis, 

 undatis, punctisve albis ornatd ; spine apice nigricante ; anfracti- 

 bus 6, ultimo magno, antice transversim striato ; aperturd latius- 

 culd, labio externo extits striato, interno denticulis externis 8-9, 

 internis 2-3 ; canali latiusculo. 



A very graceful species, brought lately from the Swan River Set- 

 tlement. 



Columbella splendidula, nob., Thes. Conch, pi. 37. f. 65, 66. 

 Col. testd oblongd, Icevi, aurantiacd, maculis albis castaneisque 

 variegatd ; spird breviusculd, subacuminatd ; anfractibus 7-8, bre- 

 vibus, ultimo magno, antice transversim striato ; aperturd subflex- 

 uosd, albd ; labio externo extus varicoso, margine tenuiusculo ; labio 

 interno antice lamind levatd columellari instructo ; canali brevi, 

 subreflexo. 



Found in coarse sand at a depth of seven fathoms, near the island 

 of Corregidor, bay of Manila, by H. Cuming. 



Columbella obscura, nob., Thes. Conch, pi. 37. f. 70, 71. Col. 

 testd oblongd, Icevi, obscure fulvd, strigis longitudinalibus nigris ; 

 spird subacuminatd, anfractibus 7, postice albo nigroque articula- 

 tis, ultimo antice transversim sulcato ; labio interno subincrassato, 

 margine acutiusculo, intus mediane dentibus 3-4 obsoletis ; interno 



