COLUMBELLA.— Plate XXIV. 



Species 150. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA LUTEOLA. Col. tcstd subtriyono-ovula, tu- 

 midd, spird Ireci; luteold, epidermide lavigatd in- 

 dutd, rufo ad suturas punctatd ; aperturd oblongd, 

 labro tenuicttlo. 



The yellowish Columbella. Shell somewhat trian- 

 gularly ovate, swollen, spire short; yellowish, co- 

 vered with a smooth epidermis, dotted with red at 

 the sutures ; aperture oblong, lip rather thin. 



KiENER, Icon, coquilles vivantes, p. 12. pi. 4. f. 2. 



llab. ? 



Not having a specimen of C. iideola without its epider- 

 mis, it is impossible to say what may be the pattern of 

 colouring of the species. 



Species 151. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella valida. Col. testd subgloboso-ovatd, soUdd, 



undique va/ide costatd, spird subobtusd ; fuscescente- 



ru/d, medio albi-fasciaid, ad banin albi-punctatd ; 



aperturd parvd, labro inlus dvnticulato. 

 The strong Columbella. Shell somewhat globosely 



ovate, solid, everywhere strongly ribbed, spire rather 



obtuse; brownish-red, white-banded round the n\id- 

 dle, white-dotted at the base; aperture small, lip 

 denticulated within. 

 Hab. Guatemala. 



This species very much resembles the short globose 

 Mitres in appearance. 



Species 153. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella zelina. Col. testd cylindraceo-obloyigd, 

 ■medio gibbosiusculd, solidd, spird brevi, obtiisd, la-vi- 

 gatd; rufo-castaned, lineis brevibus angidato-undatis 

 oblique varie scalptd ; aperturd perangustd, labro in- 

 lus denticulato. 

 The rival Columbella. Shell cylindrically ublong, 

 rather gibbous in the middle, solid, spire short, ob- 

 tuse, smooth ; reddish-chestnut, obliquely variously 

 scratched with short angularly waved lines ; aperture 

 very narrow, lip denticulated within. 

 DucLOS, Monog. pi. 4. f. 5, 6. 



Hab. ? 



A very characteristic and rare species, at once recog- 

 nizable by its singular peculiarity of marking. 



