RANELLA. 



Ill 



liris subtiliter nodulosis. subangustis, numerosis, con- 

 fcrtis, interstitiis elevato-striatis ; pallide lutescente- 

 spadiced, liris castaneo-fuscis ; columella rugosd, 

 canali brevi ; apertitni ampld , fauce alba ; labro intus 

 crenulato. 

 The flag Ranella. Shell fusiformly ovate, with the 

 varices flattened, transversely carved with depressed 

 ridges, ridges finely nodiiled, rather narrow, nume- 

 rous, close-set, the interstices carved with raised 

 striae ; pale yellowish bay, ridges chestnut-brown ; 

 columella wrinkled, canal short ; aperture large, 

 interior white ; lip crenulated within. 

 Sowerby, Jun., Conch. Illus., Ranella, f. 3. 



Triton Ranelliformis, King, Zool. Journ. vol. v. p. 347 . 



Hab. Island of Chiloe, and Conception, coast of Chili, 



South America (found in rocky places at the depth 



of from three to six fathoms) ; Cuming. 



This shell has been very properly separated from the 



preceding species by Capt. King, whose specific name 



becomes nullified by the change of genera. It differs 



from it in being of a lighter and more fusiform structure, 



in the chestnut bands being narrower and more raised, 



the columella being wrinkled, and in the outer lip being 



devoid of any Monoceros-like dentition. 



Species 14. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella ponderosa. Ran.testdacuminato-ovatd, crassd, 



ponderosd, varicibus vald'e prominentibus ; anfractibus 

 superne leviter angulatis. granulorum seriebus cingu- 

 latis, alternis gramdis grandibus, bipartitis ; rubido- 

 fuscd, lutescente ; columella granu/atd et rugosd ,■ ca- 

 nali brevi, subrecurvo ; labro plano-incrassato, gra- 

 nulato, superne sinuato. 

 The heavy Ranella. Shell acuminately ovate, thick, 

 heavy, with the varices very prominent ; whorls 

 slightly angulated at the upper part, encircled with 

 rows of granules, alternate rows with the granules 

 larger, bipartite ; yellow-tinged reddish brown ; 

 columella granulated and wrinkled ; canal short, a 



little recurved ; lip flatly thickened, granulated, si- 



nuated at the upper part. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. ? 



The sculpture of this shell approaches very nearly to 

 that of the Ranella ccelata ; it only requires however a 

 slight examination of the specimens before me in dif- 

 ferent stages of growth, to see that they are specifically 

 distinct. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella margaritula. Ran. testd ovatd, utrinque ut- 

 tcnaatd, varicibus angustis; anfractibus in medio an- 

 gulatis, ad unguium depresso-tuberculatis, transver- 

 sim subtilissime granuloso-striatis, striis confertis. 

 alternis minoribus ; rubido-fuscd ; columelld rugosd. 

 depressione concavd notatd ; aperturd ovatd, utrdque 

 extremitate canaliculatd, fauce violaced ; labro rugoso. 

 The little pearled Ranella. Shell ovate, attenuated 

 at each end, with the varices narrow ; whorls an- 

 gulated in the middle, depressly tubercled on the 

 angle, transversely very finely granulously striated, 

 striae close-set, alternate smaller ; dark reddish 

 brown ; columella wrinkled, marked with a pecu- 

 liar hollow depression ; aperture ovate, canalicu- 

 lated at each extremity, interior faintly tinged with 

 violet ; lip wrinkled. 

 Deshayes, Voy. de Bellanger dans l'lnde, Zool. pi. 3. 

 f. 13 to 15. 



Ranella neg/ecta, Sowerby, Jun. 

 This species was not neglected, as Mr. Sowerby sup- 

 posed, having been described and figured by M. Des- 

 hayes in the Zoology to Belanger's ' Voyage in India' ; the 

 omission is, however, not to be wondered at, when it is 

 considered that the work above noted is one of very 

 limited access in this country. M. Deshayes notices this 

 species as approximating to the Ranella bufonia ; this is, 

 perhaps, a mistake : the Ranella cruniena is the species to 

 which it so closely approaches, both in form and in 

 detail of sculpture, though very inferior in size. 



