COLUMBELLA. 



Species 99. (Mas. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA CONSPERSA. Col. lestd pi/ranudaU-iMougd, 

 pallide olivaced, poliid, mriculis opaco-ulbis iru>meo-in- 

 teiruptis cingidatd, anfractibm plam-convexis ad su- 

 turas canaUcidatis ; apurturd pand, utr'mque lUaceo 

 fbictd, labro varicoso, canali suhprodudo. 



The si'KiNKLED CoLUMBELLA. Shell pyrnmidally ob- 

 long, pale-olive, polished, encircled with opaque-wbite 

 blotches interrupted with faint brown lines, whorls 

 flatly convex, channelled at the sutures ; aperture 

 small, tinged on each side with lilac, lip varicose, 

 canal rather produced. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. ]S.'>1, p. 11. 



Hab. ? 



A solid polished shell, encircled with opaque-white 

 brown-interrupted blotches upon a dull-olive ground, 

 while the aperture is tinged ou either side wi'h lilac. 



Species 100. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLDMBELLA AUSTiiiNA. Col. tesld oblopgo-omid, ebur- 

 ned, nitimte, anfraetu ultimo cameo latifanciatd ; aper- 

 turd subquadrato-ovatd, labro mperne late emargmato, 

 intiis cotispicue deHtkulato. 

 The southern Columbella. Shell oblong-ovate, ivory- 

 white, shining, last whorl encircled with a broad flesh 

 band ; aperture rather squarely ovate, lip broadly 

 notched at the upper part, conspicuously denticulated 

 within. 

 Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 9. 

 Hab. Australia. 



A shining ivory-white shell, broadly banded on the last 

 whorl with soft flesh-colour, and having the lip broadly 

 but rather superficially notched at the upper part. 



Species lOL (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella annulata. Col. iestd oblongo-ovatd, lavi- 

 gatd, elmriied, lined castaned conspicud medio cingu- 

 latd, spird subolitusd ; apertiird subquadrato-ovald, la- 

 bro superne sttbemarginato, intiis denticulato. 

 The ringed Columbella. Shell oblong-ovate, smooth, 

 ivoi-v-white, encircled round the middle with a con- 



spicuous chestnut line, spire rather obtuse ; aperture 

 somewhat squarely ovate, lip faintly notched at the 

 upper part, denticulated within. 



Ilab. Australia. 



Of the same typical form as the prece<ling species, but 



not of the same enamel-like substance. The conspicuous 



central chestnut line which encircles it appears throughout 



the spire in the sutures. 



Species 102. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella contaminata. Col. testd fu.vform, albd, 

 aitranlio-fusco sphacelatd vel brunned, medio albifas- 

 ciatd, spird acuta, mturd canaliculatd, an/raclibus pla- 

 niusculis, longitudinaliter plicalo-liratis, liris in an- 

 fraetu ultimo inferne evanidis ; aperturd parviiiscald, 

 labro ittcrassato, varicoso, intus denticulato, canali 

 caudato. 



The stained Columbella. Shell fusiform, white, 

 stained with orange-brown or brown, white-banded 

 round the middle, spire sharp, suture channelled, 

 whorls rather flat, longitudinally plicately ridged, 

 ridges on the last whorl disappearing towards the 

 lower part ; aperture rather small, lip thickened, 

 varicose, denticulated within, canal caudate. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 7. 



Hab. ? 



Thi 



pecies may be only a variety of C. pnella. 



Species 103. (Fig. 10.3 a, 103 b, and 104, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella bland a. Col. testd ovato-pyramidali, pal- 

 lidd, aurantio-fmco longitudinaliter midato-lineatd et 

 Jlammatd, lineisprope suturam dorsalem atramentariis ; 

 aperturd laid, labro superne calloso et subemarginato, 

 inferne turgido, intus vix denticulato, canali latiusculo. 



The fair Columbella. Shell ovately pyramidal, pale, 

 longitudinally wave-lineated and flamed with orange- 

 brown, lines near the dorsal suture inky-black ; aper- 

 ture broad, lip callous and faintly notched at the 

 upper part, swollen at the lower, scarcely toothed 

 w^ithin, canal rather broad. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 137. 



November, 1858. 



