C L U ]\I B E L L A . 



Plate XXXIII. 



Species 210. (Mus. Petit.) 



Coi.CMBELLA CHLORosTOMA. Col. leslit ovatd, Imgitu- 

 dinaliier costuld, laci, alba, nigro-maculatd, spird 

 mediocri, anfraclihm qulnqhe, subventricosis, ulliiao 

 anlice trarisveriim striafo, parte dorsali anlicd costh 

 obsoletk ; aperturd oblongd, latimculd, peritrematd 

 fulvesceiite, labio externa postiee aiignlalo. 



The yellow-mouth Coll-jibella. Shell ovate, loagi- 

 tudiiially ribbed, smooth, white, spotted with black, 

 spire moderate, whorls five, sliijhtly ventricose, last 

 whorl transversely striated in front, anterior dorsal 

 part with ribs obsolete; aperture oblong, rather 

 broad, peritreme yellow, outer lip posteriorly angled. 



Petit, Sowerby, The.s. Conch, vol. i. p. 113. pi. 36. 

 f. 17, 18." 



Hab. ? 



Of this species, which is unknown to me, I copy the 



description and figure from !Mr. Sowerby'i 'Thesaurus 



Conehyliorum,' as communicated to him by M. Petit de 



La Saussaye, of Paris. 



Species 211. (Pig. a to d, Islwi. Taylor.) 

 Columbella kdstica. Col. testa ovatd, nn 



nunc spiraliter striata, albidd, rufo-fusco vet purpureo 

 plus minus dense tinctd vel punctatd, spird breviusculd, 

 conicd, anfractibus superne obese rotundatis ; aperturd 

 oblwKjd, labro iritus medio iucrassato, denticidalo, in- 

 terstiliis purpureis. 

 The kusty Columbella. Shell ovate, sometimes 

 smooth, sometimes spirally striated, whitish, more 

 or less densely stained or spotted with reddish-brown 

 or purple, spire rather short, conical, whorls stoutly 

 rounded at the upper part; aperture oblong, lip 

 thickened in the middle within, denticulated, inter- 

 stices purple. 

 Voluta rustica, LinnKus, Sysl. Nat. p. 1190. 



Hab. ? 



A very good distinguishing character of this ancient 

 species is presented in the purple colouring in the inter- 

 stices between the deuticulatious within the lip. 



Species 213. (Mus. Norris.) 

 Columbella subclata. Col. te.itd pyramidali-turritd. 



larigatd, albidd, epiderndde tetiui corned pallesceiite 

 indutd, spird subulatd, anfractilus decern, coiivexiua- 

 culis, prinm septem, l<Bvibui, tribus ultiiuis postiee 

 transversim striatic, ultimo postiee tumido ; aperturd 

 sinuosd, albd, labio exferno e.rlus incrassato, inlus me- 

 diane iucrassato, denticidalo, labio interno incrassato, 

 elevato, canali brevi, rejtexo. 



The subulate Columbella. Shell pyramidally tur- 

 retcd, smooth, wliitisli, covered with a thin pale- 

 horny epidermis, spire subulate, whorls ten, rather 

 convex, the first seven smooth, the last three pos- 

 teriorly transversely striated, the last swollen pos- 

 teriorly ; aperture sinuous, white, outer lip thickened 

 outwardly, thickened and denticulated within in the 

 middle, inner lip thickened and elevated, canal short, 

 reflected. 



Sowerby, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 140. pi. 40. f. 158. 

 159. 



Hab. ? 



Unknown to me. Description and figure copied from 



'Thesaurus Conehyliorum.' 



Species 213. (Mus. Brit.) 



Columbella Kraussi. Col. testa ovato-oblongd, Itevi, 

 albicfinte, lineis castaneis nndatis longitudinaliter 

 pictd, avfractihiis snbventricosis, obsolete longitudina- 

 liter costdlatis, costellis distantibus ; aperturd laid, 

 labio siniplici. ^ 



Kkauss' Columbella. Shell ovately oblong, smooth, 

 whitish, longitudinally painted with waved chestnut 

 lines, whorls slightly ventricose, obsoletely longitu- 

 dinally ribbed, ribs distant; aperture broad, lip 

 simple. 



Sowerby, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 144. pi. 40. f. ISO, 

 181. 



Hab. Natal, South Africa ; Dr. Krauss. 



The waved linear painting is common to several species, 



but this is the only one of that type known to me that is 



at all ribbed. 



Species 214. (,Mus. Brit.) 

 CoLUJiBELLA GuiLDiNGii. Col. tesld pyramidali-oblongd, 

 pallesceute, brunneo variegatd, spird acuuinatd, sub- 



April, 1S39. 



