C0LUMBELL7V. 



Species 137. (Mas. Cuming.) 



CoLUMlsELLA NIGRICANS. Col. testa oblunga, cceruleo- 

 nigricante, apice acuminata, superfcie omnino cancel- 

 laia, infra suturas granulatd; aperturd parviusculd, 

 inlus denliculatd, labro supenie conspicue emarginato. 



The blackish Columbella. Shell oblong, blue-black, 

 acuminated at the apex, surface entirely cancellated, 

 granulated beneath the sutures; aperture rather small, 

 denticulated within, lip conspicuously notched. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soo. 1844, p. .52. 



Ilab. Galapagos Islands. 



Very similar in form and sculpture to Mr. Gaskoiu's 



C. caiicdlata, from the West Indies. 



Species 138. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Colu.mbella albin'Odulosa. Col. Icsid ohlovgo-ovatd, 

 pallide cinered, punclis brunneis oblique quadratis bi- 

 serialim trifa^ciatd, spird aciiminatd, un/ractibus su- 

 perne plicato-nodtdosis, nodulis opaco-albis ; aperturd 

 oblongd, labro incrassato, intus deuticulato. 

 The white-noduled Columbella. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 pale-ash, encircled with three bands of obliquely 

 square brown spots in double rows, spire acumina- 

 ted, whorls plicately noduled round the upper part, 

 uodules opaque-white; aperture oblong, lip thickened, 

 denticulated within. 

 Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 3. 



HaU. ? 



Prettily banded with three pairs of rows of obliquely 

 square chestnut dots, the plicated nodules of the whorls 

 below the suture being flaked with opaque-white. 



Species 139. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Buodekipii. Col. testd ovaid,leevi,intente, 

 albidd, aurantio-cantaneo varie reticulata; aperturd 

 oblongd, latiusculd, labro siibincrassato, superne late 

 emarginato, infus deuticulato. 



Broderip's Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, shining, 

 whitish, variously reticulated with orange-chestnut ; 

 aperture oblong, rather broad, lip somewjiat thick- 

 ened, broadly notched at the upper part, denticulated 

 within. 



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



Ilab. Alborau Island. 



A smooth siiining species of simple character, tessel- 

 lated and interlaced with delicate orange-chestnut lines. 



Species 140. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella t.t;niata. Col. testd fuaiformi-ovatd, rufes- 

 cente-carned, maculis quadratis rvfo-fuscis teeniatd, an- 

 fractibus plano-convexis, lavibus, nitentibus ; aperturd 

 parvd, labro incrassato, superne sinuato. 



The billeted Columbella. Shell fusiform, ovate, 

 reddish flesh-colour, filleted with square red-brown 

 spots, whorls flatly convex, smooth, shining; aper- 

 ture small, lip thickened, sinuated at the upper part. 



,\dams and Keeve, MoU. Yoy. Samarang, p. 34. pi. 11. 

 f. 19. 



Ilnb. Borneo. 



In the typical specimen of this species, figured iu the 



IMollusca of the Voyage of the Samarang, there are two 



fillets of red-brown spots on each whorl, the lower of which 



is concealed in all but the last whorl. 



Species 141. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella obesa. Col. testd pyramidali-ovatd, ccerules- 

 cente-albd, aurantio-fusco tessellato-marmorald, fascid 

 alba centrali, an/ractibus plano-convexis, plicato-cos- 

 lellatis, costellis in anfractu ultimo evanidis; aperturd 

 oblongd, labro superne emarginato, intus deuticulato. 



The stout Columbella. Shell pyramidally ovate, 

 bluish-wlute, tessellately marbled with orange-brown, 

 leaving a central white band, whorls flatly convex, 

 plicately finely ribbed, ribs disappearing in the last 

 whorl ; aperture oblong, lip notched at the upper 

 part, denticulated within. 



Buccinum obesum, C. B. Adams, Pro. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 Boston, 1845. £ - 



Hab. ? -y-. ■ ■ 



Mottled with an irregular network of orange-brown, 



leaving a broken spiral white band in the middle. 



Species 143. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella uncinata. Col. testd trigono-ovatd, Strom- 

 biformi, /ulvescente-olivaced, punclis pallidis lentigi- 

 vosd, superne maculis albis lineis rufo-brunneis inter- 

 ruptis cingidatd, spird breviusculd, acutd, an/ractibus 

 primis superne nodulosis, cateris superne angtilatis et 



November, 1858. 



