COLUMBELLA. 



Plate V. 



Species 20. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA LABIOSA. Col. testd trigouo-ovatd, Itsvigatd, 

 cceruiescente-viridi, lineis rufa oingidald, spird brevi, 

 acuta, anfractibus quinque, stiperiti oblme rotundalis, 

 deinde plaimlalu; aperturd migiistd, labia extermvalde 

 mcrassato, albo, late calloso, intiis denticulato. 



The lipped Columbella. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 smooth, bluish-green, encircled with red lines, spire 

 short, sharp, whorls five, obtusely rounded at the 

 upper jiart, then rather flat ; aperture narrow, outer 

 lip very much thickened, while, broadly callous, den- 

 ticulated within. 



SowERBV, Genera of Shells, No. 9. 



Hab. St. Elena, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



Chiefly distinguished by its callously thickened outer 



Jip and peculiar painting of red lines upon a shining 



blue-green ground. 



Species 21. (Fig. a-, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella aspeksa. Col. lestd oblonf/o-ovatd, lavi, 

 alba, casianeo reticulata el macnlatd, spird subacnmi- 

 natd, apice obtuso, anfractibus sex, superne rotundatis, 

 ad basin obsolete striatis ; aperturd flexuosd, labia ex- 

 terna medio tuberculato, denticulis fere obsoletis. 



The sprinkled Columbella. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 smooth, white, reticulated and spotted with chestnut, 

 spire somewhat acuminated, apex obtuse, whorls si.\, 

 rounded at the upper part, obsoletely striated at the 

 base; aperture flexuous, outer lip tubercled in the 

 middle, teeth nearly obsolete. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 123. pi. 37. f. 79. 

 80. 



Hab. ? 



The whorls of this species are peculiarly rounded at the 



upper part, giving an impressed character to the suture. 



Species 23. (Fig. a, i, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Javacensis. Col. subfusiformi-oblongd, 

 lavigatd, purpurascente-spadiced, lentiginosd, spird 

 acuminatd, suturd distinctd, anfractibus sex ad septetn, 

 supe7-ne concavo-impressis, ad basin late sulcatis ; aper- 

 turd ovatd, Mio externa intns denti/:ul<do, purpuras- 

 cente tbicto, labia calumellari excavato. 



The Java Columbella. Shell somewhat fusiformly 

 oblong, smooth, purple-fawn, freckled, spire acumi- 



nated, suture distinct, whorls six to seven, coucavely 

 impressed round the upper part, broadly grooved at 

 base; aperture ovate, outer lip denticulate within, 

 purple-stained, columellar lip excavated. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1848. 



Hab. Java. 



A suKJ fusifurndy ovate fawn-coloured shell, tinged with 



light-purple. 



Species 23. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Paytensis. Cal. testa trigano-avatd, sub- 

 ventricasd, castaned, albipimctatd, spird parum. acumi- 

 natd, anfractibus septem, superne depresso-angulaiis ; 

 aperturd oblangd, labia extermflexuasa, subincrassato, 

 intus denticulato, labia colmuellari subexcavata. 



The Payta Columbella. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 somewhat ventricose, chestnut, white-dotted, spire 

 but little acuminated, whorls seven, compressly angled 

 at the upper part ; aperture oblong, outer lip flexuous, 

 slightly thickened, denticulated within, columellar 

 lip somewhat excavated. 



Lesson, Voyage de la Coquille. 



Columbella Paytalida, Duclos. 

 Columbella spurca, Sowerby. 



Hab. Inner Lobos Island, Peru (under stones); Cuming. 

 A minutely-dotted adust shell, rather ventricose, with 



the whorls narrowly depressly angled round the upper 



part. 



Species 24. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella trinca. Col. testa oblongo-cylindraced, 1<b- 

 mgatd, alba, maculis rufis incequalibus flexuosis picld, 

 spird subelongald, abtusd, suturd distinctd, anfractibus 

 acta ad novem, convexo-plauis, ad basin sulcatis ; aper- 

 turd subangustd. 

 The red and white Columbella. Shell oblong, cylin- 

 drical, smooth, white, painted with unequal flexuous 

 red spots, spire rather elongated, suture distinct, 

 whorls eight to nine, convexly flattened, grooved at 

 the base ; aperture rather narrow. 

 Sowerby, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 119. pi. 37. f. ')2. 

 Mitra tringa, Lamarck. 



Hab. ? 



Very like the cylindrical forms of Mitra, and first de- 

 scribed in that genus by Lamarck. The Calumbella is 

 however devoid of plaits. 



January, 18.58. 



