COLUMBELLA.— Plate XIV. 



fractihm caavexis, transversim sulcato-striatis ; ajier- 

 turd parviusculd, labro incrassato. 



The finely-wrinkled Columbella. Shell oblong- 

 ovate, thick, longitudinally plicately wrinkled, violet- 

 black, sprinkled with white dots, obscurely banded, 

 spire obtuse, whorls convex, transversely groove-stri- 

 ated ; aperture rather small, lip thickened. 



SowEKBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 133. pi. 39. f. 131. 



Hab. Galapagos Islands. 



A stout, obtuse, violet-black shell, more or less freckled 

 with white dots, opening sometimes into a band. 



Species 72. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella electroides. Col. testa ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 lamgatd, rufescente-fulvd, prope suturas alba, spird 

 breviuseuld, suturis impressis ; aperturd ovatd, labro 

 tenui. 

 The amber Columbella. Shell ovate, rather thin, 

 smooth, reddish-fulvous, white next the sutures, spire 

 rather short, sutures impressed ; aperture ovate, lip 

 thin. 



Hab. Bay of Guayaquil. 



A delicate reddish-fulvous shell, of light substance, nr 

 ticulated round the upper edge of the whorls with white. 



Species 73. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella avara. Col. testa subaiymte acuminata, 



alba, fuseo vel fulvo-aurantio maculatd, suturis im- 



pre-isis, anfractibus longitudinaliter flexuoso-costatis, 



inter.illtiis slriis reticulalis ; aperturd parvd, labro 



The covetous Columbella. Shell rather narrowly 

 acuminated, white, blotched with brown or fulvous- 

 orange, sutures impressed, whorls longitudinally flex- 

 uously ribbed, interstices reticulated with striaj ; aper- 

 ture small, lip varicose. 



Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. ii. p. 230. 



Hab. Bay of Massachusetts, United States ; Gould. 



Always characterized by a strongly reticulated sculp- 

 ture, whilst the shell is often less acuminated than tiie 

 specimen here figured. 



