C L U M B E L L x\. 



Plate XXV. 



Spocies 153. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CoLUMBELLA IRUORATA. Col. testa acumi/iato-obloiiffd, 

 Iteeir/atd, npird aciciilnri, mifraclibus convexis, ultimo 

 ad basin sulcato-striato ; lutescente, aurantio puncti- 

 culatd, macufis niveis aurantio-timbratis infra mturas 

 cingulatd ; aperturd ovatd, labro intm dentieulato. 



The bedewed Columbella. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 smoolb, spire acicular, whorls convex, the last groove- 

 striated at the base ; yellowish, finely dotted with 

 orange, and encircled beneath the sutures with orange- 

 shaded snow-white spots ; aperture ovate, lip denti- 

 culated within. 



Hab. Australia. 



Distinguished by its acicular form and very peculiar 



marking. 



Species 154. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella strigata. Col. tedd ovatd, lavigatd, spird 

 mediocri, anfractibus convexis ; pnrpurascente-cinered, 

 striffis aiiffustis snnyidneo-castaneis hngitudinaliter 

 promiscue pictd ; aperturd parviusculd, labro simpUci. 



The streaked Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 spire middling, whorls convex ; purple-ash, longitu- 

 dinally promiscuously painted with blood-stained 

 chestnut streaks ; aperture rather small, lip simple. 



Hab. ? 



A smooth shell, painted with longitudinal streaks of a 



peculiar irregularly smeared character. 



Species 155. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella elata. Col. testa elongatd, mbfusiformi, 

 solidd, spird productd, anfractibus subangiistis, longi- 

 tudinaliter plicato-costatis ; albd, castaneo varie nii- 

 dalo-Uiieatd ; aperturd parvd, columella tenue la- 

 biatd. 

 The stately Columbella. Shell elongated, somewhat 

 fusiform, solid, spire produced, whorls rather nar- 

 row, longitudinally plicately ribbed ; white, variously 

 wave-lineated with chestnut; aperture small, colu- 

 mella thinly lipped. 



Hab. •? 



A narrow solid ^litre-like shell, conspicuously painted 



with longitudinally waved chestnut lines upon a white 

 ground. 



Species 156. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella Cumingii. Col. testd elongatd, subcylin- 

 draced, ad basin recurvd, spird valde productd, prope 

 apicem minute costatd, anfractibus angustis, piano- 

 convexis, spiraliter sulcato-sirialis ; purpurascente- 

 violaced, bifasciatim rnf punctata ; aperturd parvd, 

 brevi, superne emarginatd, labro suhincrassato, intus 

 dentieulato. 



Cuming's Columbella. Shell elongated, subcylindrical, 

 recurved at the base, spire very produced, minutely 

 ribbed near the apex, whorls narrow, flatly convex, 

 spirally groove-striated ; purple-violet, encircled with 

 two bands of red dots ; aperture small, short, notched 

 at the upper part, lip rather thickened, denticulated. 



Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A very interesting violet-coloured species, with the spire 



curiously produced. 



Species 157. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella baculus. Col. testd fusiformi, solidd, ad 

 basin contractd et recurvd, spird acuminatd, suturis 

 subcanaliculatis, anfractibus plano-declivibus ; albidd, 

 anranlio vittatd et maculatd ; aperturd parvd, colum- 

 bella labiatd. 



The club Columbella. Shell fusiform, solid, contracted 

 and recurved at the base, spire acuminated, with the 

 sutures slightly channelled, whorls flatly slanting; 

 whitish, filleted and .spotted with orange; aperture 

 small, columella lipped. 



Hab. China Seas. 



A solid shell of good typical character, contracted and 



recurved at the base. 



Species 15S. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella avena. Col. lestd ovatd, spird breviuscnlu, 

 actiminatd, anfractUms convexis, IcBvigatis ; albidd, 

 aurantio nitide reliculato-mnculatd et strigata; aper- 



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