COLUMBELLA.— Plate XXXVII. 



cente, castaneo-fusco lentiginom, spird obtusd, anfrac- 

 tibiis convexis ; aperturd parvd, labro mnplid, iupertw 

 subemarginato 



The coffee-berry Columbella. Shell ovate, smooth, 

 yellowish, freckled with chestnut-brown, spire obtuse, 

 whorls convex; aperture small, lip simple, faintly 

 notched at the upper part. 



Eab. Auckland, New Zealand. 



A small olive-brown shell, mottled with somewhat 

 i^ed marks of chestnut-brown. 



Species 240. (Mus. Taylor.) 

 Columbella lentiginosa. Col. testa ovatd, undique 



loiiffiludinaliter costatd, oUvaceo-nigrd, punctis albis 

 bifaseiafim lentiginosd, anfraclibus convexis, ultimo 

 ad basin sukato ; aperturd oblongd, labro snperne 

 emarginato, intus denticulaio. 



The freckled Columbella. Shell ovate, longitu- 

 nally ribbed throughout, olive-black, freckled with 

 two bands of white dots, whorls convex, the last 

 grooved at the base ; aperture oblong, lip notched at 

 the upper part, denticulated within. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur. 



Ilab. Morton Bay, Australia (dredged in six fathoms 

 water) ; Strange. 

 A dark olive-chestnut species, freckled in a characteristic 



manner with white dots, mostly disposed into two bands. 



