COLUM BELLA 



Species 40. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA BuiDGEsii. Col. testd ovatd, utrinque at- 

 lenuatd, fuscescente-rnfd, albipunctatd, macula albd 

 ampld obliqud in medio, apird breviusculd, acuminata, 

 aiifractibus septem, Uevihus ; aperturd superiie angnla- 

 to-auriculald, infus callo.io-deuliculaid. 

 Bridges' Columbella. Shell ovate, attenuated at each 

 end, brownish-red, white-dotted, with a large, white, 

 oblique blotch in the middle, spire rather short, acu- 

 minated, whorls seven, smooth ; aperture narrow, 

 angularly auriculated at the upper part, callously den- 

 ticulated within. 

 Hab. Panama; Bridges. 



A very characteristic and pretty species, rounded in the 

 middle, and more or less attenuated at each extremity, 

 with the aperture angularly produced into an auricle. 



Species 43. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella Pleei. Col. testa mhanijulalo-ovata, tu- 

 midd, spiraliter mlcatd, albd, fmco-rufo variegatd, 

 spird breviusciild, acuminatd, anfractikts sex, supene 

 depresso-coHcavis ; aperturd oblongd, superne sinuatd, 

 inlus calloso-denliculatd. 

 Plee's Columbella. Shell somewhat angularly ovate, 

 swollen, spirally grooved, white, variegated with fus- 



Spocies 41. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella reticulata. Col. (estd ovatd, inedio obesd, j 

 subangulari, spiraliter liueari-sulcatd,fusco-rufd, punc- 

 iis albis promiscue reticulata, spird brevi, acuta, anfrac- \ 

 libus sex ad sepiem ; aperturd suhangustd, superne an- ] 

 gulato-productd, intus calloso-denticulatd. j 



The ketioulated Columbella. Shell ovate, obese in | 

 the middle, somewhat angular, spirally linearly 

 grooved, fuscous-red, promiscuously reticulated with 

 white dots, spire short, sharp, whorls six to seven ; 

 aperture rather narrow, angularly produced at the 

 upper part, callously denticulated within. 

 Lamakck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 270. 

 Hab. Brazil. 



Of a solid, angularly ovate form, mostly fuscous-red, in- 

 terrupted promiscuously with aggregations of white dots. 



cous-red, spire rather short, acuminated, whorls six, 

 depressly concave round the upper part; aperture 

 oblong, sinuated at the upper part, callously denticu- 

 lated within. 



KiENER, Icon. Coquilles Vivantes, p. 24. pi. .5. f. 2. 



Columbella rudis, Sowerby. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Distinguished by a rather tumid growth, the whorls be- 

 ing depressly concave round the upper part. 



Species 48. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella Boivini. Col. testa ovatd, crassd, cmruleo- 

 nigrd, minute albipunctatd, spird rude turritd, anfrac- 

 tibus sex ad septem, superne tuberculatis, in/erne spi- 

 raliter sulcatis ; aperturd ovatd, breviusculd, supei-ne 

 sinuatd, labio incrassato, intus denticulato, denticulis 

 purpureo-violaceis. 

 Boivin's Columbella. Shell ovate, thick, blue-black, 

 minutely white-dotted, spire rudely turreted, whorls 

 six to seven, tuberclcd round the upper part, spirally 

 grooved round the lower; aperture ovate, rather short, 

 sinuated at the upper part, lip thickened, denticu- 

 lated within, denticles purple-violet. 

 Ilab. Gulf of Nicoyo, Central America ; Hinds. 



Of rude tuberculated growth, minutely dotted with 

 white on a peculiarly blue-black ground, having the den- 

 ticles within the aperture curiously stained with purple- 

 violet. 



Species 44. fFig. a,b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella xiphitella. Col. testd cylindraceo-ovatd, 

 IcBvigatd, nitente, albd, aurantio-rufo strigatd et varie- 

 gatd; aperturd oblongd, utrinque denticulald, denficu- 

 lorum interstitiis intense purpureis. 

 The yellow-streaked Columbella. Shell cylindri- 

 cally ovate, smooth, shining, white, streaked and varie- 

 gated with orange-red ; aperture oi)long, denticulated 

 on both sides, interstices between the denticles dark- 

 purple. 

 DucLOS, Monog. du genre, pi. 9. f. 13, 14. 



A delicately painted, shining, cylindrically ovate shell, 

 curiously stained with dark-purple in the interstices be- 

 tween the denticles of the aperture. 



April, 1858. 



