COLUMBELLA, 



Species lOS. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Col.UMBELLA ATOMELLA. Col . testd ci/liiidracco-ovald, 

 fidvescente-castaned, obscure fasciatd, arifradibuH su- 

 perne oblique costiith ; aperturd ovald, lahro varicow. 



The little-atom Columbella. Shell cyliiulrically 

 ovate, fulvous-chestnut, obscurely banded, whorls 

 obliquely ribbed rouud the upper part; aperture 

 ovate, lip varicose. 



DncLOS, Monog. du Genre, pi. 11. f. 5, 6. 



Hah. West Indies. 



Of a livid-chestnut colour, faintly banded, with the 



whorls partially obliquely ribbed. 



Species 109. (Fig. 109, 110, and 113.) 



(Jolu.mbella pusilla. Col. tesid ovald, albidd, liiieis 

 auranliO'brunneis longiludinalibusjlexuoso-undatis va- 

 rle pictd, anfraclibus convexis, Icevibus ; aperturd par- 

 vd, labro tenidculo, brunneo, vix denticulalo. 



The small Columbella. Shell ovate, whitish, vari- 

 ously painted with orange-brown longitudinal flexu- 

 ously waved lines, whorls convex, smooth; aperture 

 small, lip rather thin, brown, scarcely denticulated. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 53. 



NitideUa Gouldii, Carpenter. 



Hah. Island of St. Vincent, West Indies. 



Chiefly distinguished by its conspicuous painting of 



(irange-brown lines, ranged in more or less close-set longi- 



tuiiinal festoons. 



The coloured dots of this species have a flame-like cha- 

 racter next the sutures, and cluster into an imperfect band 

 at the base. 



Species 111. (Mus. Cuming.) 



t.'oLCMBELLA DECIPIENS. Col. lestd ovutd, albidd, punctis 

 aurautio-fnscis sparsim promiscae pictd, spird brevius- 

 cttld, acuta, anfractibus dense ienuiliratis, interstitiis 

 cancellatis, liris anfractik ullimi evanidis ; aperturd 

 parvd, labro varicoso, superne subeniarffinaio, intus 

 deulicnlato. 



The deceptive Columbella. Shell ovate, whitish, 

 spanngly promiscuously painted with orange-brown 

 dots, spire rather short, sharp, whorls closely finely 

 ridged, interstices cancellated, ridges of the last whorl 

 disappearing ; aperture small, lip varicose, slightly 

 emargiuated at the npper part, denticulated within. 



C. V>. x\dams, Contributions to Conchology, p. 58. 



Hob. Jamaica ; C. B. Adams. 



Species 113. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella parva. Col. testd oblongd, subobesd, albidd, 

 fascid latd centrali nigricante-castaned cingulatd, spird 

 conicd, anfractibus convexis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 vitersliliis dense cancellatis, costis anfractils ultimi 

 prope labrum evanidis ; aperturd ovatd, labro superne 

 subemarginato, intus denticulato. 



The little Columbella. Shell oblong, rather stout, 

 whitish, encircled with a broad central blackish-chest- 

 nut band, spire conical, whorls convex, longitudinally 

 ribbed, interstices densely cancellated, ribs of the 

 last whorl disappearing near the lip ; aperture ovate, 

 lip slightly emarginated at the upper part, denticii- 

 lated within. 



Sowebby, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 53. 



Hab. Monte Christi, West Columbia ; Cuming. 



A solid rather obese shell, densely cancellated, encircled 



round the middle with a broad blackish-chestnut band. 



Fig. 114. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The shell here figured proves to be a specimen of Man- 

 gelia {Ci/lhura, nonnull.) 



Species 115. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella diminuta. Col. testd ovatd, utrinque atte- 

 nuatd, albidd, sparsimfusco-punctatd, fascid nigricantr 

 ad basin, superficie omnino dense valde cancellatd ; 

 aperturd parvd, labro late varicoso, stiperne emargi- 

 nato. 



The minute Columbella. Shell ovate, attenuated at 

 each end, whitish, sparingly brown-dotted, with a 

 blackish band at the base, surface closely strongly 

 cancellated throughout; aperture small, lip broadly 

 varicose, notched at the upper part. 



C. B. Adams, Cat. Shells of Panama, p. 85. 



Hab. Panama ; C. B. Adams. 



A small, strongly marked species, rudely cancellated 



throughout, with a characteristic dark band at the extreme 



base of the shell. 



November, 1858. 



