RANELLA. 



Species 20. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella cruentata. Kan. testd ovatd, vix depressd; 



spini breviiiseuld : anfractibns trnnsvcrsim granulatis 

 et costatis, prope suturam corrugaiis, in medio angu- 

 ttitis, ail unguium granuloso-tuberculatis, anfractu ul- 

 timo tuberculorum seriebus duabus armato ; albidd, 

 fuscescente varid ; columella albd, maculis plurimis 

 cruentis quadra/is vivide tinc/d : aperturd subrotundd, 

 utrinque leviter canaliculatd ; labro incrassato, denti- 

 culate, radiatim sulcato. 

 The blood-spotted Ranella. Shell ovate, scarcely 

 depressed ; spire rather short ; whorls transversely 

 granulated and ribbed, wrinkled near the suture, 

 angulated in the middle, granulously tuhercled on 

 the angle, last whorl armed with two rows of tu- 

 bercles ; whitish, variegated with light brown ; co- 

 lumella white, vividly stained with several square 

 blood-red spots ; aperture nearly round, slightly 

 canaliculated at both, ends ; lip thickened, denticu- 

 lated, radiately grooved. 

 Sowerby, Jun., Conch. Illus., Ranella, fig. 5 and 5*. 

 Hab. Island of Ticao (found on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



The blood-red columellar spots constitute a very pecu- 

 liar feature in this shell ; a similar character is however 

 represented by lines in the Ranella 



Species 21. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ranella rugosa. Run. testd ovatd; spird abbreviato- 



pijramiJali ; anfriietibus /iris subdistautibus, peculiari- 

 ter rugoso- granulatis, cinctis, in medio angulatis, gib- 

 bosis, ad unguium iudistinet, tubereulatis, tuberculis 

 retusis, bipartitis : albidd, fuscescente varid, granu- 

 les, albis; columella subrugosd, depressione concavd ; 

 aperturd utrinque eunaiiciilula ; labro dentato et sul- 

 cato. 

 The wrinkled Ranella. Shell cvate ; spire shortly 

 pyramidal ; whorls encircled with rather distant 

 fine ridges granulated in a peculiarly wrinkled 

 manner, angulated in the middle, gibbous, indi- 

 stinctly tubercle d upon the angle, tubercles blunt, 

 bipartite ; whitish, variegated with light brown, 

 granules white ; columella slightly wrinkled, with 

 a hollow depression ; aperture canaliculated at both 

 ends ; lip toothed and grooved. 



Sowerby, .run.. Conch. Illus., Ranella, fig. 7. 

 Hab. Bay of Manila ; Cuming. 



Mr. Cuming possesses three specimens of this very rare 

 and interesting species in different stages of growth, each 

 exhibitiiigthevime peculiar style of granulation, one from 

 " Old Humphrey's" collection, the others found by him- 

 self on the sands at the entrance to the bay of Manila. 



Specie- 22. (Mus. Saul.) 



Ranella elegans. Ran. testa elongato-ovatd, varicibus 

 tuberculato-mu rival is ; (infract ibus transversim exiliter 

 granuloso-striatis, prope suturam longitudinaliter cor- 

 rugatis, infra seriatim tuberculato-muricutis ; pallid? 

 filed, fasciis fusris subdistantibus angustis vivide 

 pietci ; columella mul/irugosd, nitidd; aperturd ob- 

 longo-ovatd, utrinque canaliculatd, canali subascen- 

 dente : labro dentato, aurantio-lutescente pattide 

 tincto. 



The elegant Ranella. Shell elongately ovate, with 

 the varices armed with prickly tubercles ; whorls 

 faintly granulously striated across, longitudinally 

 wrinkled near the suture, prickly tubercled be- 

 neath ; yellowish bay, vividly painted with rather 

 distant narrow brown bands ; columella covered 

 with fine close-set wrinkles, shining; aperture ob- 

 long-ovate, canaliculated at both ends, canal turned 

 upwards ; lip toothed, tinged with orange-yellow. 



Beck, Sowerby, Jun., Conch. Illus., Ranella, f. 17. 



Hab. Island of Nicobar. 



M. Kiener having figured a specimen of the Ranella 



crumena for the Ranella elegans, I beg especial attention 



to the very characteristic example of the species here 



figured from the collection of Miss Saul. 



Species 23. (Fig. a, Mus. Saul ; Fig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ranella bufonia. Ran. testd ovatd, crassd, pond/ -rosii . 

 varicibus canalifris ; anfradibus iim/iijui granulatis 

 et punctatis, prope suturam forliter corrui/utis, in 

 medio angulatis, ad angulum rude tuberculato-nodosls ■ 

 albidd, puncturis fuscis ,- columella subexcavatd, cor- 

 rugatd, albd; aperturd ro/iiudiito-ovatd. snpiru'i in 

 canalem elevatum desinente, fiuee albd; labro forliter 

 dentivulato. 



July 1844. 



