﻿ROTE L L A. 



Plate II. 



(Fig. 3, c, JIus. Brit..) 

 RiiTKLi.A riEPRESSA. Yar. See Plate I. 



Species t>. (Fig. a, h, c, d, Mus. Brit. & Sowerbj.) 



RoTELLA ELEGANS. Bot. tesfd supernh, aUd, eonicd; 

 anfractihus ohlique plarutiis, varie fasciis macu- 

 lisque pictis, subbls j^^tiniihriiUf: ; rallo crasso, 

 mhixqualiter convexo. 



TuK ELEGANT RoTELLA. Shell high, conical above ; 

 whorls obliquely flattened, variously painted 

 with bands and spots, rather flat beneath ; callus 

 thick, rather equally couves. 



Beck. Kiener Icon. Coq. Viv. PL II. f. 5. 



Uiih. Philippines. 



]\Iost varieties of this species show a black spiral 

 line on the edges of the whorls, and the whorls are 

 slightly flattened. In liM.lhi vestiarin the black line 

 does not occur, and the whorls are fewer and a little 

 conves. 



S[)ecies 7. (Mus. Brit.) 



RoTELLA suTnuALis. li'it. feslii. dyresso-conicd, Uneis 

 strii/isqiif yHs.-/.s- firir,j,itil, apiraliter stileis nit- 

 merosis sriili,t<! ,■ itiifriniihns superns plaiiaiis, ad 

 snturam in costatii elcvutis ; suiurd profunda; 

 callo lato, ruhro. 



The sdtured Rotella. Shell depressed conical, 

 variegated with brown lines and stripes, spirally 

 sculptured with numerous grooves ; whorls flat- 

 tened above, raised in a rib at the suture ; suture 

 deep ; callus broad, red. 



Lamarck. Chenu Conch. Cub. PI. ]'.», f lStj-7. 

 llah. Indian Seas. 



More closely sculptured than linliJla couf'itu, and 

 with the whorls more raised at the suture. 



Species 8. (ilus. Brit.) 



Rotella JAVANICA. Bot. testa alia, eonicd, ad sutur 

 nioniliferd ; anfractihus superm sahcomplau'i 

 supra, angjduni Uneis spiralihus ornatis, snh 

 angulnm intemiptim fasdatd, ; i-( 

 crasso, griseo-fusco. 



The Java Rotella. Shell high, conical, beaded at 

 the suture ; whorls rather flattened above, orna- 

 mented with spiral lines above the angle, and 

 an interrupted band below the angle ; ventral 

 callus thick, greyish-brown. 



Lamarck. Anim. S. Vert. 



Hah. Java. 



■and, 



Species 9. (Mus. Brit.) 



Rotella sagittata. Bot. testa sididepressd, svpenit- 

 eonicd, maculii sagittatis nigris in series spirales 

 di.ipositis urnaid, siibtiis vixconvexd ; rallo parvo, 

 albo, eireumscripto. 

 The arrow-headed Rotella. Shell sub-depressed, 

 conical above, ornamented with arrow-head 

 black spots placed in spiral rows, hardly convex 

 below ; callus small, white, circumscribed. 

 Hinds. Voy. Sulphur. 



Hab. ? 



This pretty little shell differs from E. elegant 

 chiefly in the arrow-headed markings and the cir- 

 cumscribed callus. 



