STOMATELLA. 



Plate U. 



Species 7. (Mus. Brit.) 



Stomatella monilifera. Sfo. tetitil svhorhiculaii, 

 pallide fulvi'i, fusco-nihesccnti punctata, costftlis 

 validis, moniUferis liraUi, interstitiis striatis ; ajicr- 

 turd obliquii, subctrculari. 



The beaded Stomatella. Shell suborbicular, pale 

 fulvous, spotted with reddish-brown, ridged with 

 strong, beaded ribs ; interstices striated ; aperture 

 oblique, subcircular. 



A. Adams. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18.')0. 



IJah. ? 



The locality of this pretty little shell has not been 



ascertained. 



Species S. (Fig. a, Mus. Brit.) 



Stomatella Candida. Sto. testd alln'i, ih'iirissi'i. fpimliter 

 acute carinatd; cnrinis parvis, ci'ii/' r/is. iuihk rasi's, 

 subcrenatis, angulatis, elevatis, iiilii:<li/iis conccn- 

 trice temdssime stfiatis ; npird stibdepressd ; an/'rac- 

 tibus rotundis ; aperturd obiiqud, subwbiculari. 



The white Stoii.\tella. Shell white, depressed, 

 spirally sharply keeled ; keels small, close, 

 numerous, a little crenated, angular, raised, inter- 

 stices concentrically very finely striated ; spire 

 rather depressed, with rounded whorls ; aperture 

 oblique, suborbicular. 



A. Adams. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1850. 



Hab. Korean Archipelago. 



This species was taken by Mr. Arthur Adams on 



coral reefs. 



Species 9. (Mus. Brit.) 



Stomatella srECiosA. Sto. testd trochifunni, albd, 

 rubra maculatd, spiraliter carinatd, concentrice 

 striata ; carinis tribus principalibus obtusis, pro- 

 minentibus, interstitialibus minutis : fpird conica, 

 atifractibiis tricarinatis. 



The specious Stomatella. Shell trochiform, white, 

 spotted with red, spirally keeled, concentrically 



striated ; three principal keels obtuse, prominent, 

 interstitial ones minute ; spire conical, whorls tri- 

 carinate. 



A. Adams. Proc. Zool. Soc., 18.J0. 



Ilab. Grimwood's Island. 



The arrangement of the red spots between the keels, 

 gives great beauty to tliis shell. 



Species 10. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Nobis.) 



Stosiateli.a iMiiuiCATA. Sto. testd depresso-orbiciilari, 

 sciibni, (/rised, Jusco-punctatd; costis fransversis 

 mimerosi.-i, coiifertis, imbricato-squayiwm iiratd ; 

 spird parvd, anfractibvs ditobus, convcxis : aperturd 

 maximd. 



The imbricated Stom.^tella. Shell depressed-orbi- 

 cular, scabrous, grey, brown-spotted ; ridged with 

 numerous close ribs, with imbricated scales'; spire 

 small, whorls two, convex ; aperture very large. 



Lamarck. Encyclopedie Methodique. 



Hab. Torres Straits. 



Species 11. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Stomatella sulcifera. Sto. testd obliqui- oblowjo-ovatd, 

 tenuiiisadd, spiraliter costis scabriitsadis Iiratd, 

 griseo-nd>escenti, maculis strigisque variegatd, con- 

 centrice minute striata ; aperturd maximd, oblique 

 obtungd. 



The grooved Stomatella. Shell obhquely oblong- 

 ovate, rather thin, spirally ridged with rather 

 scabrous ribs, reddish-grey, varied with spots and 

 stripes, concentrically minutely striated ; aperture 

 very large, obliquely oblong. 



Lamarck. Encyclopedie Methodiijue. 



Hab. Isl. Ticao, Isl. Samar, Philippines. 



Taken at low water from the coral reefs fringing the 

 Islands. 



April, 187-1. 



