444 Zoological Society. 



Pyramidal, acute, rather ventricose, spirally striated, with a deep 

 suture and with rather broad laminar varices, which are expanded 

 into an acute angle near the suture. 



Found by Mr. Cuming in black sand at a depth of four fathoms, 

 at Dumaguete, isle of Negros. 



Scalaria ovalis, Thes. Conch, part 4. pi. 34. f. 104. Seal, testd 

 subovali, Icevi ; anfractibus paucis, ultima 4 magnd; varicibus novem, 

 crassis, rotundatis ; aperturd ovali, margine incrassato, labio in- 

 terno incrassato, expanso ; colore inter varices pallide cceruleo. 

 The whorls of this very small shell are few in number, the last dis- 

 proportionately large, with about nine very thick rounded varices ; 

 the aperture is oval, with a very thick edge, and the inner lip ex- 

 panded. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming in sandy mud at twenty to thirty 

 fathoms, at Cagayan, province of Misamis, island of Mindinao. 



Scalaria hexagona, Thes. Conch, part 4. pi. 33. f. 67. Seal, testd 



brevi, Icevi, imperforatd ; anfractibus contiguis, varicibus sex, 



crassis, prominentibus, ad apicem oblique continuis ; aperturd ro- 



tundatd ; colore albo. 



A short, imperforate, white species, with whorls closely united 



and strong varices, forming about six oblique continuous lines along 



the spire. 



In the cabinet of Mr. Cuming : brought by Col. Moffat from Aca- 

 pulco ; found in the sands. 



Scalaria Elenensis, Thes. Conch, part 4. pi. 34. f. 102. Seal, 

 testd pyramidali, Icevi, imperforatd; anfractibus contiguis ; vari- 

 cibus sex ; ad suturam subplicatis, irregulariter continuis ; aperturd 

 ovali ; colore albo. 

 Resembling Sc. unifasciata, but without any band, and having the 

 varices straighter and not so regularly continuous. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Punta St. Elena, West Columbia ; in 

 sandy mud at six fathoms. 



Scalaria obtusa, Thes. Conch part 4. pi. 33. f. 54. Seal, testd 

 ventricosd, pyramidali, imperforatd, Icevi ; anfractibus contiguis ; 

 varicibus numerosis, crassis, rotundatis, continuis, superne sub- 

 angulatis ; aperturd rotundatd, antice subemarginatd ; labio inferno 

 spiraliter recurvo ; colore albo. 

 Rather short and thick, white, with numerous varices, which con- 

 tinue on the spire from whorl to whorl, and are slightly angular 

 above ; the inner lip of the aperture is spirally twisted, and forms an 

 undulated notch at its juncture with the outer lip. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Punta St. Elena, West Columbia ; in 

 sandy mud at six fathoms. 



Scalaria Mindoroensis, Thes. Conch, part 4. pi. 34. f. 91. Seal, 

 testd pyramidali, Icevi, imperforatd, tenui; anfractibus vix sepa- 

 ratis ; varicibus numerosis, simplicibus, ad suturam subirregulari- 

 terjunctis ; colore albo. 



A small, white, thin shell, slightly resembling Sc. obliqua, but less 



