AMPULLAR! A. 



Species 62. (Miis. Cuming.) 



AMPULL.iRiA COMPACTA. Amp. testd subgloboso-ovatd, 

 vix umblUcata, spird breviusculd, anfractihi,& cauvexis, 

 lavibus; fulvescmite-olwaced,fascHs viresce/idbus cin- 

 gtdatd; apertiird oblongo-ovatd, ad marginem mar- 

 moratd. 



The compact Ampullaria. Shell somewhat glo- 

 bosely ovate, scarcely umbilicated, spire rather short, 

 whorls convex, smooth ; fulvous-olive, encircled with 

 greenish bands; aperture oblong-ovate, marbled at 

 the edge. 



liab. Malacca. 



A smooth dark olive species, scarcely umbilicated, with 

 rather a contracted aperture, the interior being purple- 

 brown, with a thickened rim of opake blue-white near the 

 edge. 



convex, wave-striated ; greenish-olive ; aperture ovate, 



columellar lip slightly recurved. 

 Olivier, Voy. dans I'Empire Ottoman, I'Egypte et la 



Perse, vol. ii. p. .39. pi. ;51. f. 1. 

 Hab. Egypt. 



Of a regularly tumid ovate form, characterized with 

 longitudinally waved strife. 



Species 63. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 A>rpiLLARiA NOTABiLis. Amp. testa subquadrato-ovatd, 

 tenui, infiatd, umbilicald, spird brevissimd, aafractibus 

 rolundato-prodmtis, hxvibus, maUeatis ; fulvo-spadi- 

 ced, fasciis angustis, interrnptis, siibobsoletis cingu- 

 latd; aperturd mnpld, fauce conspicue fasclatd. 

 The remarkacleAmpullaria. Shell somewhat squarely 

 ovate, tliin, inflated, umbilicated, spire very short, 

 whoris rotundately produced round the upper part, 

 smooth, malleated ; fulvous-fawn, encircled with faint 

 narrow interrupted bands ; aperture large, with the 

 bands conspicuously marked in the interior. 

 Hub. ? 



A light inflated species, having the upper part of the 

 whorls almost on a plane with the spire. 



Species 64. (Mus. Cumiug.) 

 Ampullaria ovata. Amp. testa ovatd, tumidiusculd, 



subaiigusle umbilicatd, spird exsertd, aitfractibus eon- 



vexis, nndato-striatis ; virescente-olivaced ; aperturd 



ovatd, labro cohanellari subrecitrvo. 

 The ovate Ampullaria. Shell ovate, rather swoUen, 



rather narrowly umbilicated, spire e.\serted, whorls 



Species 65. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampullaria nubila. Amp. testd conico-ovatd, Turhird- 

 formi, solidd, vix umbilicatd, spird acuminato-exsertd, 

 anfractibus rotmdatis, Irsvibus, hie illic varicosis ; lu- 

 tescente, olivaceo-viridi interrupte fasciatd et nebulatd ; 

 aperturd parviusculd, subcirculari, oblique effusd. 

 I The cloudy Ampullaria. Shell conically ovate. Turbo- 

 shaped, solid, scarcely umbilicated, spire acuminatelv 

 exserted, whoris rounded, smooth, here and there va- 

 ricose; yellowish, interruptedly banded and clouded 

 with olive-green; aperture rather small, nearly <Mr- 

 eular, obliquely efl"used. 

 Hab. Biver Salomoens ; Mr. Yates. 



A solid Turbo-like species, unusually acuminately con- 

 voluted, clouded with olive-green upon a dull fulvous- 

 yellow ground. 



Species 66. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria trochulus. Amp. testd globosd, subum- 

 pliter umbilicatd, spird breviusculd, acute acuminatd, 

 anfractibus superne declivibus, delude convexis ,- fulvo- 

 olivaced, fasciis anguslis virescentibus immerosis ciii- 

 gulatd; aperturd obloiigd, subangustd, fauce conspieui 

 fasciatd. 



The top Ampullaria. Shell globose, rather largely 

 umbilicated, spire rather short, sharply acuminated, 

 whoris slanting round the upper part, then convex ; 

 fulvous-olive, encircled with numerous narrow green 

 bands; aperture oblong, rather narrow, bands con- 

 spicuous in the interior. 



Hab. ? 



A globose many -banded shell, with a characteristic 

 sharply acuminated spire. 



October, 1856. 



