COLUMBELLA. 



Plate XXX. 



Species 190. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA EMAEGINATA. Col. testd Qvatd, subobesd, 

 nitenie, albidd, reticuld rufo-fmcd fasciaid et macu- 

 latd, versus apicem spiraliter iilineatd, spird brevius- 

 culd, acuta, anfractibus prope apicem costellaiis, de- 

 inde l<Bvigalis ; aperinrd parvd, labro superne co?i- 

 spicue emarginato, intus vnlidi denticulato. 

 The notched Colcmbella. Shell ovate, rather stout, 

 shining, whitish, banded and blotched with red- 

 brown network, spirally bilineated towards the apex, 

 spire rather short, sharp, whorls ribbed near the 

 apex, then smooth ; aperture small, lip conspicuously 

 notched at the upper part, strongly denticulated 

 within. 

 Hab. ? 



This shell partakes very much of the characters of C. 

 pulchella, but is of more solid character and more decided 

 colouring, with a more than usual emargination of the lip. 



Species 191. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA SCUTULATA. Col. tcstd ovatd, fidvo-costajied, 

 albo promiscue tessellatd, anfractibus longilvdinaliter 

 costatis, ultimo lavigato, ad basin suJcato ; aperturd 

 parvd, labro siiperne emarginato, intus denticulato. 

 The wrought Columbella. Shell ovate, fulvous-chest- 

 nut, promiscuously tessellated with white, whorls lon- 

 gitudinally ribbed, the last smooth, grooved at the 

 base ; aperture small, lip notched at the upper part, 

 denticulated within. 

 Jlab. ? 



A very characteristic, prettily tessellated shell, allied to 

 C. caieiiaia. 



Species 192. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Columbella vittata. Col. testd aciculari, fulvescente, 

 fascid unica castaned cingulatd, anfractibus plano-con- 

 vexis, lavibus ; aperturd parvd, labro simplici. 

 The ribbon-bound Columbella. Shell acicular, ful- 

 vous, encircled with a single broad chestnut band, 

 whorls flatly convex, smooth ; aperture small, lip 

 simple. 

 Hab. Iba, Province of Zambales, Island of Luzon, Philip- 

 pines ; Cuming. 



A very distinct species, of .simple character, of which 

 only a single specimen was collected by Mr. Cuming at 

 the above locaUtv. 



Species 193. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Columbella Mindorensis. Col. testd aciculari, ad 

 basin mnlto contractd, fulvescente, flammis castaneis 

 longitudinalibus distantibus pictd, anfractibus numero- 

 sis, planulatis, ultimo ad basin angulato et spiraliter 

 sulcato, catiali subrecurvo ; aperturd parvd, labro vari- 

 coso. 



The Mindobo Columbella. SheU acicular, much con- 

 tracted at the base, yellowish, painted with distant 

 longitudinal chestnut flames, whorls numerous, rather 

 fiat, the last angled and spii-ally grooved at the base, 

 canal slightly reciured ; aperture small, lip varicose. 



Gaskoin, MS. in Mus. Taylor. 



Jlab. Puerto Galero, Island of Mindoro, Philippines (in 

 coarse sand, at a depth of about twelve fathoms) ; 

 Cuming. 

 An elegant and weU-marked species, both as regards 



form and painting. 



Species 194. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella spectrum. Col. testd ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 stramined, spird brevi, acnth turritd, anfractibus su- 

 perne concavo-declivibns, ad angidum nodulaiis, ultimo 

 spiraliter sulcato, nodulis albidis ; aperturd ovatd, la- 

 bro simplici. 



The ghost Columbella. Shell ovate, rather thin, 

 straw-coloured, spire short, sharply turreted, whorls 

 concavely slanting round the upper part, nodulcd at 

 the angle, the last spirally grooved, nodules whitish ; 

 aperture ovate, lip simple. 



Jlab. Island of Mindoro, Philippines ; Cuming. 



Chiefly distinguished by the white noduled slanting 



edge round the upper part of the wliorls. 



Species 195. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Columbella porcata. Col. testd ovatd, undique spira- 

 liter porcatn, interstiliis conspicue excavatis, albd,pur- 

 pureo-rifo miiUu tiucld et maculatd, anfractibus con- 



AprU, 1859. 



