COLUM BELLA 



Plate VI. 



Species 35. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA si'LENDlDULA. Col. testa oblongd, lavi, 

 auranfiacd, maadis albis caslaneisqtce variegald, spird 

 breviusculd, suturd impressd, anfractibus septem ad 

 octo, brevibus, versus basin late sulcalis ; aperlurd 

 flexuosd, labia externo incrassato, intus denticulaio. 



The splendid Golcmbeli.a. Shell oblong, smooth, 

 orange variegated with white and chestnut spots, 

 spire rather short, with the suture impressed, whorls 

 seven to eight, short, broadly grooved towards the 

 base ; aperture flexiioiis, outer lip thickened, denticu- 

 lated within. 



SowEEBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 130. pi. 37. f. G5, 

 66. 



Hab. Island of Corregidor, Bay of Manila (in coarse sand, 

 at the depth of seven fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Characterized by a peculiar obtusely cylindrical spire, 



and a rudely tessellated style of painting. 



Species 26. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA PAVONINA. Col. testd subfusiformi, basi con- 

 tractd et recurvd, cinerascente-albd, fulvo-castaneo ob- 

 lique latistrigald, spird acuminata, anfractibus sex ad 

 septem, brevibus, cotwexis, ad basin lineari-sulcatis ; 

 aperlurd parviusculd, labia externo incrassato, intus 

 denliculato. 



The peacock Columbella. Shell somewhat fusiform, 

 contracted and recurved at the base, ash-white, ob- 

 liquely broadly striped with fulvous-chestnut, spire 

 acuminated, whorls six to seven, short, convex, li- 

 nearly grooved at the base ; aperture rather small, 

 outer lip thickened, denticulated within. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 10. f. 19, 20. 



Hab. ? 



Typically distinguished from any other species of the 

 genus by its thickened fusiform shape and contracted base. 



Species 27. (Pig. 27 and 28, a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella fi.ava. Col. testd cylindraceo-oblomjd, latvi, 

 flavescenle-rvfd, albo maculatd et punctatd, spird sub- 

 acuminatd, anfractibus plano-convexis, ad basin lineari- 

 .mlcatis J aperlurd parviusculd, labia externa parum 

 incrassato, intus deuticulata. 



The yellowish Columbella. Shell cylindrically ob- 

 long, smooth, yellowish-red, spotted and dotted with 

 white, spire somewhat acuminated, whorls flatly con- 

 vex, linearly grooved at the base; aperture rather 

 small, outer lip but little thickened, denticulated 

 withiu. 



Buccinumflavum, Bruguiere, Diet. No. 53. 

 Columbella ^avida, Lamarck. 



Hab. ? 



A cylindrically oblong shell, neatly blotched and dotted 



with white upon a yellowish-red ground. 



Species 39. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella coronata. Col. testd oblongo-acuminatd, 

 alba, brunneo variegald, anfractibus septem ad octo, 

 lavibus, tribus idtimis serie unicd tubercularum mucro- 

 natorum coronatis ; labia externo intus denticulate. 



The cokonated Columbella. Shell oblong acumi- 

 nated, white, variegated with brown, whorls seven to 

 eight, smooth, the last three coronated with a row of 

 pointed tubercles ; outer lip denticulated within. 



SowEKBY, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1832, p. 114. 



EaA. Bay of Panama. 



The variegated brown painting of this species has mostly 



a freckled reticulated appearance. 



January, 1858. 



