COLUMBELLA.— Plate XXXV. 



throughout with orange-brown, spire rather obtuse, 

 whorls convex; aperture small, columella slightly 

 excavated, lip varicose, faintly notched at the upper 

 part, denticulated within. 



Hab. ? 



Encircled with two bands of longitudinal orange-brown 



flames, quite peculiar and uniform in character. 



Species 227. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CoLUMBELLA NUX. Col. testi eylindroceo-ovatd, laviyatd, 

 nitente, pellucido-olivaced, luteo tinctd, maculis parvis 

 id/udis fasciatim cingidatd, spird breviitsculd, apice 



acuminatd, anfractibua convexk, ultimo oblique expan- 

 so ; apertiird ovatd, labro dmplici superne subemargi- 

 nato. 

 The nut Columbella. Shell cylindrically ovate, smooth, 

 shining, transparent-olive, yellow-stained, encircled 

 with two rows of small whitish spots, spire rather 

 short, acuminated at the ape.x, whorls convex, the 

 last obliquely expanded ; aperture ovate, lip simple, 

 faintly notched at the upper part. 

 Hnb. Port Adelaide, New Holland. 



Of a semitransparent, livid, yellowish-olive colour, show- 

 ing a faint band of interrupted spots next the suture and 

 round the middle of the last whorl. 



