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Plate VII. 



{CATAULVS.) 



Species 58. {Fig. ,/, h, ,Mu.s. Brit.) 



Catadi.US MARGINATCS. Cal. tfsid au(ju.<fd, fyramidatd, 

 alba vel fused; anfrai-tihiis octo, lente cresceiitlhns, 

 iindulatim riigaiis, ultiino infra contracto, acictu 

 carinaio, iiitu.i carinam umbilicato ; aperiurd siih- 

 rolundd, rimd parrd, lahio cctenw dupUcato, infra 

 ad rimam acute rosiratd. 



The noKDKKED Cataulu.?. Shell nairowlj- pyramidal, 

 wliite or brown ; whorls eight, slowly increased, 

 with wavy wrinkles, the last contracted below, 

 acutely keeled, widely umbilicated within the 

 keel ; aperture rather rounded, notch small, 

 outer lip Jii[ilicated, sharply beaked below at 

 the notch. 



Pfkifker. Mi)n. Heliceorum. 



Eah. Ceylon. 



Sp: 



(!Mus. Sowerby.) 



Cataulus Austenianus. Cat. tesid late pyramidatd, 

 breviusculd, ventricoad ; fuseo-i-ubeseenle ; anfrac- 

 tibus octo, coiivc.xis ; ultimo carina crassd et um- 

 bilico magno terminante ; aperiurd magna, rotuiidd, 

 margine aurantio, incrassato, lata, convexo ; rimd 

 magnd, rotnndd. 



Austen's Cataulds. Shell broadly pyramidal, rather 

 short, ventricose ; reddish brown ; whorls eight, 

 convex, last ending with a thick keel and large 

 umbilicus ; aperture large, round, margin orange, 

 thickened, convex, broad ; notch large, rounded. 



Benson. Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2. 



Eab. Ceylon. 



Species 60. (Mus. Hanlcy). 



Catatjlds pteamidatus. Cat. testa late pyramidatd, 

 veniricosd, fusco-rubescente, tenuiter striata; an- 

 fractilus septem, ultimo convexo, carina crassd et 



iinibilii-o lutj terminante ; aperiurd rotunid. war- 

 gine albn, lata, plantilaio,rimd ohliqud, maa-imd. 

 The pyramidal Cat.\ulus. Shell broadly pyi-amidal, 

 ventricose, reddish brown, finely striated ; whorls 

 seven, the last convex, ending in a thick keel and 

 broad umbilicus ; aperture rounded, margin 

 white, broad, llatfcned, notch oblicpie, very 



Peeifeeh. Pr 

 llah. Ceylon. 



Zool. 



\K,-1. 



Species (;l. (Mus. Hanley.) 



Cataulus n^MASTOMUS. Cat. testa late, pyramidatd, 

 oblique striata, fulvd ; apice acuminato ; avfrac- 

 tibus octo, convexis, ultimo carinato, supra cari- 

 nam contracto; aperiurd maxima, rotunda: 

 margine laiissimo, convexo, vivide rubro, ad sntii- 

 ram elevato, infra rotnnde rostrato, rimd matjnd, 

 rotunda. 



The HED-MouTHEn Cataulus. Shell liroadly jiyra- 

 midal, obliquely striated, fulvous ; apex acumi- 

 nated ; whorls eight, convex, the last keeled, 

 contracted above the keel ; aperture very large, 

 rounded ; margin very broad, convex, bright red, 

 raised at the suture, roundly beaked below, 

 notch large, round. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. Soc. I8.i,2. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



More elegantly fusiform and acuminated than the 



two preceding. 



Species G2. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Cataulus Templemani. Cat. testa subfusifonni, an- 

 gusld, fusco-rubescente; anfractibus octo, medianis 

 subceutricnsts, idtimo infra contraeto, unibilirn 

 angu.<tiii!iCulo; aperturd subovatd, margine riride 

 aurantio, angusto, infra in rostrum, ohtutiissimnm 

 produito : rimd pared. 



