COLUMBELLA.— Plate XXXIII. 



lurritd, anfractibus longitudinaliter costatis, striis 

 transverm decusaatis ; aperturd ovaid, sinuosd, labro 

 intus tenue denticulalo. 



Guilding's Columbella. Shell pyramidally oblong, 

 pale, variegated with browu, spire acuminated, slightly 

 turreted, whorls longitudinally ribbed, decussated 

 with transverse striffi, aperture ovate, sinuous, lip 

 finely denticulated within. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, vol. i. p. 14.3. pi. 40. f. 175, 

 176. 



Hab. Island of St. Vincent, West Indies ; Guilding. 

 Of a somewhat sinuous form of convolution, closely 



decussated throughout. 



Species 215. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Columbella nucleus. Col. testa itiblrigono-ovatd, spi- 

 raliter tenuisulcatd, liBvigatd, fulvo-castaned wl rosa- 

 cea, spird brevi, anfractibus siiperne obesis ; aperturd 

 angustd, labro intus denticulalo, interstiliis purpwdi. 



The keenel Columbella. Shell somewhat triangu- 

 larly ovate, spirally finely grooved, smooth, fulvous- 

 brown or pinkish, spire short, whorls stout round the 

 upper part ; aperture narrow, lip denticulated within, 

 interstices purple. 



Kienek, Icon, coquilles vivantes, p. 14. pi. 3. f. 4. 



Hab. ? 



This is a species of somewhat doubtful character, and 



may prove to be a variety of C. rtistica. 



