COLUMBELLA. 



Species 127. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The shell here figured proves to be a variety of 

 C. Hindsii, Gaskoin. 



Species 128. (Fig. 128 aud 129, Mus. Cuming.) 



Coi.UMBELLA PYGM^A. C'oL lesld acuminato-ovatd, al- 

 bldd, nitente, maculis intense castaneis infra suturas 

 interrupte pictd, anfraclibm superne oblique costatis ; 

 aperturd paroiusculd, labro incrassato, superne sub- 

 emarginato. 



The pigmy Columbella. Shell acuminately ovate, 

 whitish, shining, iuterruptedly painted beneath the 

 sutures with dark-chestuut spots, whorls obliquely 

 ribbed round the upper part ; aperture rather small, 

 lip thickened, slightly notched at the upper part. 



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

 Coltinibdla taiiiata, Philippi. 



Sab. St. Elena, West Columbia (in sandy mud, at the 

 depth of ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A pearly-ribbed shell, distinguished by a very charac- 

 teristic band, next the sutures, of dark-chestnut spots. 



Species 130. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA VEN0STA. Col. testd ovatd, alba, lineis 

 castaneis rrgiiidistantibm undique cingulatd, anfracti- 

 biis subrotundatis, infra suturas tuberculato-coslatis ; 

 aperturd parvd, labro superne emarginato, intus denti- 

 culato. 



The handsome Columbella. Shell ovate, white, 

 encircled throughout with equidistant chestnut lines, 

 whorls somewhat rounded, tubercularly ribbed be- 

 neath the sutures ; apertur.e small, lip notched at the 

 upper part, denticulated within. 



Coltt?!ibella iieniaia, Philippi. 



Bab. ? 



A rather solid shell, well marked by its tubercularly 



ribbed sculpture and jjaiuting of parallel circular chestnut 



lines. 



Species 131. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella M(Esta. Col. testd elonyatd, fulvo-nigri- 



cante, anfractibus declivi-convexis, oblique costatis, in- 

 terstitiis cancellatis, costis anfractus uUinii evanidis ; 

 aperturd parvd, labro varicoso, superne emarginato. 



The sad Columbella. Shell elongated, fulvous-black, 

 whorls slantingly convex, obliquely ribbed, interstices 

 cancellated, ribs of the last whorl disappearing ; aper- 

 ture small, lip varicose, notched at the upper part. 



C. B. Adams, Cat. Shells of Panama, p. 9-t. 



Uab. Panama (about sticks and stones, in a grove of trees, 

 a little above half-tide level) ; C. B. Adams. 

 A dark but rather delicately toned fulvous-black shell, 



strongly cancellated on the upper whorls, whilst towards 



the lower part of the last whorls only the transverse striae 



are present. 



Species 132. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella sulcosa. Col. testd acuminato-cylindraced, 

 plumbeo-nigrd, longitudinaliter oblique costatd, costis 

 pallidis, infra suturas granulatis, interstitiis dense can- 

 cellatis ; aperturd parvd, labro superne emarginato, in- 

 tus denticulato. 



Tue geooved Columbella. Shell acuminately cylin- 

 drical, leaden-black, longitudinally obliquely ribbed, 

 ribs pale, granulated beneath the sutures, interstices 

 densely cancellated; aperture small, lip notched at 

 the upper part, denticulated within. 



Sowerby, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 118. 



Hab. Annaa and Lord Hood's islands ; Cuming. 



Of a peculiar dull leaden-black colour, with the ribs of 



a lighter hue, ranging across the shell in an oblique flexu- 



ous direction. 



Species 133. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella baccata. Col. testdovatd, Icfvigatd, nitente, 

 albidd, auraufio-brunneo fasciatd et tessellatim mar- 

 morald ; aperturd subquadratd, labro superne emargi- 

 nato, intus denticulato. 

 The i'earl-set Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 shining, whitish, banded and tessellately mottled with 

 orange-brown; aperture rather square, lip notched 

 at the upper part, denticulated within. 

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



November, 1858. 



