COLUMBELLA. 



Plate XXXV. 



Species 222. (Mus. Taylor.) 



CoLUMBELLA EXIMIA. Col. testd acuminata, subclavatd, 

 lavi, ni(ente,pellucido-aHranlia,fusco teniie reticulata, 

 maculis opaco-niveis bifasciatim cingulatd, anfractibiis 

 planulatis, ultimo ad basin coarctato et sulcaio, subre- 

 curvo ; apertiird breri, Inbro taricom, snperne sitb- 

 emarginato. 



The choice CoLUJinELLA. Shell ncumiaated, somewhat 

 club-shaped, smooth, shining, transparent-orange, 

 finely reticulated with brown, encircled with two 

 bands of opaque snow-white flakes, whorls rather flat, 

 the last contracted and grooved at the base, slightly 

 recurved ; aperture small, lip varicose, faintly notched 

 at the upper part. 



Hab. ? 



Of a particularly rich golden transparent colour, en- 

 circleil with two characteristic necklaces of opaque-white 

 spots 



Species 223. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



CoLUMBELLA ALBUGINOSA. Col. tfdd ovatd, lavi, ni- 

 teiite, pellucido-albd, aurantio-fusco undique nitide re- 

 ticulata, reliculd bifasciatim satm-atiore, anfractibus 

 piano- convexis, ultimo mibcontorto et sulcata; aper- 

 tiird farm, labro simpUci, superne subemarginato. 



The wuite-eyed Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 shining, transparent-white, neatly reticulated through- 

 out with orange-brown, the network darker, in two 

 bands, whorls flatly convex, the last somewhat twisted 

 and grooved ; aperture small, lip simple, slightly 

 notched at the ujiper part. 



Hab. ? 



Painted throughout with a particularly neat network of 



orange-brown, which iu the last whorl is darker above and 



below. 



Species 32-t. (Mus. Taylor.) 



CoLUMBELL.v TENUIS. Col. te-itd acuminato-ovatd, lavi, 

 albidd, aurantio-fusco irregulariier fiammatd, anfrac- 

 tibus convexis, ultimo ventricoso, temte inflato, obsolete 

 angulato, ad basin sulcaio ; aperturd -vibcvpansd, la- 

 bro simplici, superne simiato. 



The thin Columbella. Shell acumiuately ovate, smooth. 



whitish, in-egularly flamed with orange-brown, whorls 

 convex, the last whorl ventricose and thinly inflated, 

 obsoletely angled, grooved at the base; aperture a 

 little expanded, lip simple, sinuated at the upper 

 part. 



Gaskoin, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 2. 



Bab. ? 



Of a more inflated growth than usual, boldly striped 

 with longitudinal orange-brown flames. 



Species 225. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 

 Columbella Taylokiana. Col. testd ovatd, dorso sub- 

 gibbosd, solidd, bevigatd, nitente, pellucido-albd, auran- 

 tio-castaneo maculatd et tenue reticulata, spird subob- 

 tusd, anfractibus plano-convexis, ultimo ad basin sul- 

 cata ; aperturd quadrato-ovatd, columelld subexcavatd, 

 labro parum incrassato, superni eniarginata, intus den- 

 ticulata. 

 Taylor's Columbella. Shell ovate, rather gibbous at 

 the back, solid, smooth, shining, transparent-white, 

 finely reticulated and blotched with orange-chestnut, 

 spire rather obtuse, whorls flatly convex, the last 

 grooved at the base ; aperture squarely ovate, colu- 

 mella slightly e.xcavated, lip but little thickened, 

 notched at the upper part, denticulated within. 

 Hab. North-west Australia. 



An interesting species, of which the late Mr. Gaskoin 

 had received several specimens from North-west Austra- 

 lia. I have much pleasure in naming it after Thomas 

 Lombe Taylor, Esq., of Starston, to whom we are in- 

 debted for the preservation intact of several of the genera 

 of shells which Mr. Gaskoin liad collected with so much 

 intelligent research, and which in Mr. Taylor's cabinet are 

 now still more materially enriched. 



Species 226. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 

 Columbella biflammata. Col. testd cylindraceo-ovatd, 

 lavigatd, nitente, albidd, aurantio-fusca undique dense 

 fiammatd, spird subobtusd, anfractibus convexis; aper- 

 turd parvd, columelld subexcavatd, labra varicosa, su- 

 perne subeuharginato, intus denticulato. 

 The DOUBLE-FLAMEn Columbella. Shell cylindrically 

 ovate, smooth, shining, whitish, deiist-ly flamed 



April, 1859. 



