COLUMBELLA.— Plate XXI! I. 



liiieari-sulcalis ; aperlurd longittidinali, ampU,fauce 

 vwluced, columella excavatd, basin versus granulata ; 

 lahro superrie in camleni uncinatum porrecto, intus un- 

 (lique denticulato. 



The hooked Columbella. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 Strombus-shaped, fulvous-olive, freckled with pale 

 dots, encircled round the upper part with white spots, 

 interrupted with red-brown lines, spire rather short, 

 sharp, the first whorls noduled at the upper part, the 

 rest angled and linearly grooved at the upper part ; 

 aperture longitudinal, large, interior violet; columella 

 excavated, gi-anulated towards the base, lip extended 

 at the upper part into a hooked canal, denticulated 

 within throughout. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 114. 



Hab. Island of Muerte, and Bay of Guayaquil ; Cuming. 

 A very characteristic species, of the same peculiar type 



as C. Imrpiformis. 



Species 143. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella Hindsii. Col. tvsld ohlongo-ovatd, spira- 

 liter striata, rufescente-dnered, maculis saturatis ob- 

 scure taniata, anfractibus superne tumidiuscidis ; aper- 

 lurd subquadratd, intm denticulatd, supra et infra 

 eff'usn. 

 lliNos's Columbella. Siiell oblong-ovale, spirally 



striated, reddish-ash, obscurely filleted with dark 



spots, whorls rather swollen at the upper part ; 



aperture somewhat square, denticulated within, 



effused above and below. 

 Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851. 



Uab. ? 



A dull reddish-ash shell of rather light growth, ob- 

 scurely filleted with spots of a darker lone. 



Species 14-i. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella dekmestoides. Col. teatd oblonga-pyra- 

 midali, lavi, nitente, fulvescente-rufd, fasciis maculis- 

 que albicantibtts cingulaid, anfractibus snbplanulalis ; 

 aperlurd parmusculd, labro simplici, vix emarginato, 

 intus denticulato. 



The leather-wokm Columella. Shell oblong, pyra- 

 midal, smooth, shining, fulvous-red, encircled with 

 whitish bands and spots, whorls rather fiat; aperture 

 rather small, lip simple, scarcely emarginated, denti- 

 culated within. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 131. pi. 39. f. 123. 



Buccinum dermestoides, Kiener. 



Hoi. West Indies. 



Mottled and banded with pale fulvous-red and white, 



beneath a shining enamelled surface. 



