C L U M B E L L A 



Plate XXVII. 



Species 168. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



CoLCMBELLA MARGARITA. Col. tedd ovatd, crassiiMcu/d, 

 lavigatd, nitente, sub lente punctis minutis aurantio- 

 fttscis lentigitwsd, interdum Jtuctuatd, maculis opaco- 

 albis juxta suturam cingulatd, spird obtmd ; aperturd 

 ntigmld, lahro iucrassalo, varicoso. 



The peakl Coldmbella. Shell ovate, rather thick, 

 smooth, shining, freckled beneath the lens with very 

 minute red-brown dots, sometimes waved, eucu-cled 

 with opaque-white spots next the suture, spire obtuse; 

 aperture narrow, lip thickened, varicose. 



ffab. Sandwich Islands. 



Extremely delicately painted, solid and obtuse in form, 



with a broad varicose lip. 



Species 169. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 

 COLUMBELLA Brookei. Col. lesid fimformi, subcunatd, 

 stibangmtd, IcBvigatd, ad ba.nn IhuMri-sulcatd, lutes- 

 cente, strigis cwitunek deme undalis, ad basin nigri- 

 cante ; aperturd angusld, labro intus denticulato. 

 Brooke's Columbella. Shell fusiform, narrow, some- 

 what curved, smooth, linearly grooved at the base, 

 yellowish, densely waved with chestnut streaks, 

 blackish at the base ; aperture narrow, lip denticu- 

 lated within. 

 Hab. Sarawak, Borneo. 



An attenuately fusiform shell, somewhat curved or bent, 

 of a very distinct typical character, which I have much 

 pleasure in dedicating to the well-known English Eajah. 



Fig. 170. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 This shell jiroves to be a variety of C. -inffma, described 

 at Plate XVII. Sp. 89. 



Species 171. (^lus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella delicata. Col. testa suLcylMdraceo- 

 oblongd, Icevigaid, nitente, anfractu ultimo augusto, 

 albidd, relicnld anrantid delicata pictd, ad sttturas 

 maculatd ; aperturd pared, supenie subsinuatd, lahro 

 ittt)'s denticulato. 

 The delicate Columbella. Shell somewhat cylin- 



drically oblong, smooth, shining, last whorl narrow, 

 whitish, painted with a delicate orange network, 

 spotted at the sutures; aperture small, slightly sinu- 

 ated at the upper part, lip denticulated within. 



Hab. Guatemala. 



Painted throughout with a particularly delicate network, 



somewhat after the manner of (.'. crihraria. 



Species 172. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella bella. Col. testa fusiformi, pyramldaii, 

 lutescente-albd, lineis aurantio-fuscis undatis fa-iciatd, 

 spird longiusculd, siituris impressis, anfractibus plano- 

 convexis, ultimo ad basin contracto ; aperturd parvd. 

 The pretty Columbella. Shell fusiformly pyramidal, 

 yellowish-white, painted with bands of waved orange- 

 brown lines, spire rather long, sutures impressed, 

 whorls flatly convex, the last contracted at the base, 

 aperture small. 

 ITab. China. 



This pyramidal species is distinguished by a very 

 characteristic and uniform style of painting. Round the 

 upper edge of the whorls, next the suture, are dark flames 

 at rather distant intervals. The flames are then lighter 

 and more numerous, and leave a conspicuous white zone. 



Species 173. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella tuberculata. Col. testa ovatd, longitu- 

 dinaliter oblique costatd, costis juxta suturas tubercti- 

 latis, albd, snperne riifo-fasciald, spird turritd ; aper- 

 turd parvd, superne sinuatd, labro incrassato, intus 

 denticulato. 

 The tubercled Columbella. Shell ovate, longitu- 

 dinally obliquely ribbed, ribs tubercled next the 

 sutures, white, encircled round the upper part with 

 a red band, spire turreted ; aperture small, sinuated 

 at the upper part, lip thickened, denticulated within. 



Hab. ? 



Chiefly distinguished by its tubercularly ribbed sculp- 

 ture, and very closely resembling in general aspect a well- 

 kuown division of the Mitres. 



April, 1859. 



