COLUMBELLA. 



50. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA FULGURANs. Col. testd ovald, crauiusculd, 

 purpureo-atrd, alio vel punctata vel fulguratd, spird 

 brevi, acutd, aiifractibus sex ad septem, lavibus, superne 

 tumidis; aperlurd oblongd, labia externa incrasmto, in- 

 ttts calloso-denticulata. 



The lightning-jiarked Columbeli.a. Shell ovate, 

 rather thick, purple-black, either dotted or lightning- 

 marked with white, spire short, sharp, whorls six to 

 seven, smooth, swollen at the top ; aperture oblong, 

 outer lip thickened, callously denticulated within. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 272. 



Valuta Jlammea, var., Gmelin. 

 Buccinum fulgurans, Wood. 

 Eadem var. Columbella punctata, Lamarck. 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



Curiously variable in marking, being sometimes boldly 



lightning-marked with white, and sometimes profusely 



dotted upon a dark purple-black ground. 



Species 51. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella versicolor. Col. testd avatd, medio ven- 

 iricosd, pallidd, colorihus variis pictd, spird brevi, 

 acuminata, anfractibus sex, iramvei'sim sulcatis, su- 

 perne tumidis ; aperturd oblongd, flexuosd, labia externa 

 intus calloso-denticulato. 



The varicoloured Columbella. Shell ovate, ventri- 

 cose in the middle, pale, painted with various colours, 

 spire short, acuminated, whorls six, transversely 

 grooved, swollen at the up])er part ; aperture oblong, 

 flexuous, outer lip callously denticulated within. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 119. 



Hab. Island of Annaa, Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 

 Chiefly remarkable in form by the swollen angularity of 



the upper part of the whorls. 



Species 52. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella nitijja. Col. testd oblongd, Itsvi, nitente, 

 albicante, fulvo-rufescente marmoratd, spird brevi, 

 acutd, anfractibus septem, plano-canvexis ; aperturd ob- 

 longd, angustd, labia externa intus denticulato. 



The shining Columbella. Shell oblong, smooth, 

 shining, whitish, marbled with fulvous-red, spire 

 short, sharp, whorls seven, flatly convex ; aperture 

 oblong, narrow, outer lip denticulated within. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 271. 



Columbella nitidula, Sowerby. 



Ilab. West Indies. 



Mr. Sowerby thinks that this is the Buccinum nitiduluni 



of Linnaeus, but M. Deshayes docs not agree with him in 



this opinion. 



Species 53. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella l^vigata: Col. testd ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 subventricosd, Icevigatd, aitrantio-luted, fusco et rosea 

 strigatd et variegatd, spird brevi, acutd, anfractibus 

 sex, convexis ; columella subcontortd, labia externa sim- 

 plici, aperturd ovatd, albd. 



The smooth Columbella. Shell ovate, rather thin, 

 somewhat ventricose, smootii, orange-yellow, striped 

 and variegated with brown and rose, spire short, 

 sharp, whorls six, convex ; columella somewhat twisted, 

 outer lip simple, aperture ovate, white. 



Buccinum lavigatum, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. (Gmel. edit.) 

 p. 3497. 



Columbella concinna, Sowerby. 



Hab. ? 



An extremely pretty, light, ventricose species, striped 

 and variegated with fulvous-brown or delicate rose. 



April, 1858. 



