﻿MARGARITA.— Plate III. 



The veky lirc.e Makgarita. Shell large, troclnis- 

 sliaped, fulvous ; spire conical, whorls six ; last 

 very lai'ge, five-keeled above, striated below ; 

 umbilicus broad, margin keeled ; aperture 

 obliquely four sided, columella arched, cuneate 

 below, crenulated. 



SUWEKBY. 



H„h. r 



Tlio writer has not seen the specimen since first 

 Hn'iiring it in the Conchological Illustrations, but is 

 ■ it' diiinion that it must be distinct from M. sfriutn. 



(Mus. Brit.) 



Makgarita aspecta. Mar. testa conicd, acmninata, 

 ftdvo-ruhescenti, spiraliter imiJti-carinatd, inter 

 cariiimt ciuifrufn'cc luunitr lii-ald, rnriiiis monili- 

 feris; (n,J);<ri;hi,s „,nji,h,/is ,• imihilico Into. 



The i>resentai;le !Maegai;ita. Shell conical, acumi- 

 nated, reddish fulvous, spirally, many-keeled, 

 concentrically minutely ridged between the keels; 

 keels beaded ; w^horls angular ; umbilicus broad. 



A. Adams. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 4o. 



Unh. Australia. 



A very bcautil'ully sculptured, ti-ochus-shaped 

 shell. 



Species 26. (Mus. Brit.) 



Margarita teiangulosa. Mar. testa crassd, suhroseo- 

 alhidd, fusco variegatd ; anfractibus suhdepressis, 

 anrjulatis, ultimo prope suturam et medio aiigu- 

 lato ; umhilico lato, niargine carinato ; aperturd, 

 superne et medio angulato. 



The triangular Margarita. Shell thick, pinkish- 

 white, variegated with brown ; whorls somewhat 

 dejiressed, angular, last angular near the suture, 

 and in the middle ; umbilicus broad, margin 

 keeled ; aperture angular above and in the 

 middle. 



A. Ada.ms. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 40. 



Hah. Siam. 



Species 27. (Fig. a, h, Mus. ? copied.) 



JIaRGARITA SOLARIIFOEMIS. .\['ir. trKtd jHifCii, ihpressd, 

 fulvd, angulatd; aujriu-tihus h-iiii.<. nil i mi) de- 

 presso, medio mnjuliiln ; nuiliilti-n amjvlato, 

 margine carinato ; aperturd lata, columelld albd, 

 rectiitsculd. 



The soLARinii-SHAPED LIargarita. Shell small, de- 

 pressed, angular ; whorls three, last depressed, 

 angular in the middle ; umbilicus angular, mar- 

 gin keeled ; columella white, rather straight. 



SowERBT. Mai. and Conch. Mag. p. 26. Con. 111. f. 8. 



Hab. ? 



It has very much the ajipearance of a miniature 



solarium. 



