AMPIJLLARIA 



I'l.AI 



Spcnics !I7. v.Mils. Cuinii.j;-.) 



Ami'UI.i.aiua teres. Amp. h'tld snhtjlubusu, mbamyUier 

 umlnUcala, spird brevi, anfractibm superiie mibplann- 

 latis, ikinde cmivexis, lavibus ; olivaced, fasc'ds qna- 

 tuor vd qiibique nifeHcimtibiia chigiilald ; apvrlurd 

 ovatd, labro columellari suhrcjlexo imrautio lincto. 



Tub tapeking Ampullakia. Shell subglobosn, rather 

 largely uml)ilicated, spire short, whorls somewhat 

 flattened at the upper part, then convex, smooth ; 

 olive, encircled with four or five reddish bands ; aper- 

 ture ovate, cohuueUar lip slightly reflected, orange- 

 tinted. 



PllIUPl'i, Zeitschrit'l fiir Malac. 18)9. p. 19. Kiisti-r, 

 Monog. p. «8. pi. 10. f. -l.. 



Ifah. ? 



This is the nearest allied species to A. effma, which it 



much resembles, but is uniformly of smaller size, with the 



columellar lip less broadly expanded. 



Species 98. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ampdllaria simplex. Amp. testa ovatd, vix umbilicatd, 

 spird brevi, anfraetibus convesis, lavibus, ultimo sub- 

 expanso ; olivaced, fasciis a»(justh lineisque nunierosis 

 ttif/ricaute-rufis cingidatd; aperturd ovatd, labro co- 

 lumellari tenue rejlexo. 

 The simple Ampullaeia. Shell ovate, scarcely iimbili- 

 cated, spire short, whorls convex, smooth, the last 

 rather expanded; olive, encircled with numerous 

 blackish-red lines and narrow bands ; aperture ovate, 

 columellar lip thinly reflected. 



Mab. ? 



A thin, somewhat expanded shell, scarcely umbilicated 

 against the thinly reflected columellar lip, encircled with 

 numerous blackish-red pencil lines and narrow bands. 



Species 99. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



.^MPL■LLABIA cerastjm. Amp. testd sttbglobosd, ■minute 

 umbilicatd, .npird parviusculd, acutd, anfractibm con- 

 texis, longitudiiialiter pUcato-striatis ; olivaceo-ciue- 

 red, pallidissime faseiatd ; aperturd rotnndato-ovatd, 

 labro rejlexo, vivide miniato. 



The cuebry Ampullaria. Shell subglobose, minutely 

 umbilicated, spire rather small, shaqi, wiiorls con- 

 vex, longitudinally plicately striated ; ash-olive, very 

 faintly banded ; aperture rotundately ovate, lip re- 

 flected, bright scarlet. 



Hanley, Conch. Miscellany. 



lEab. Mexico. 



100. ( iMi;-. (', //, Mus. Ci 



Ampullaria vatula. .Imp. testa mburOindari, imper- 

 forald, tenui, spird brevissinid, obtusd, anfraetibus su- 

 perrie declivi-planulatis, deinde convexis, ultimo latis- 

 dm£. expanso ; virescente-olivaced, liiieis nigris irregu- 

 laribus cingulatd ; aperturd ampld, expausd. 



The open-mouthed Ampullaria. Shell suborbicular, 

 imperforated, thin, spire very short, obtuse, whorLs 

 slantingly flattened round tiie upper part, then con- 

 vex, the last very widely exi)anded ; grcimish-olivc, 

 encircled with irrcoiilar black lines; aperture large, 

 expanded. 



Ilab. ■ V 



A thin open-mouthed species, belonging to the same 



peculiar type of the genus as the large A. Neritoiden. 



Species 101. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 .Ampullaria intropicta. Amp. testd oblique globosu. 

 subdepressd, anguste umbilicatd, spird brevi, obtusd. 

 plus minus erosd, anfraetibus angustis, superrie pla- 

 natis, longitudinaliter striatis ; rufescente-aurantid, 

 fasciis angustis olivaceis cingulatd ; aperturd fere cir- 

 culari, expansd, fauce viri.de coloratd, labro columellari 

 temce rejlexo. 

 The inner painted Ampullaria. Shell obliquely glo- 

 bose, rather depressed, narrowly umbilicated, spire 

 short, obtuse, more or less eroded, whorls narrow, 

 flattened at the upper part, longitudinally striated ; 

 reddish-orange, encu-cled with narrow oUve bands ; 

 aperture nearly circular, expanded, vividly colounul 

 within, columellar lip thinly reflected. 



Hub. ? 



A very distinct and beautiful species, of an obliquely 

 expanded depressed form, of a warm orange-colour, en- 

 circled with narrow olive bands, the colouring being par- 

 ticularly warm and bright in the interior of the shell. 



Of an obscure 

 lierry-eoloured I 



colour, with a striking, bright 



Species 102. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ampullaria olea. Amp. testd subglobosd, vix uMbilicatd, 

 spird breviusculd, anfraetibus rotundatis, longitudina- 

 liter striatis ; nitenle-olivaced, fasciis duabus angustii 

 nigricante-riifis distantibus cingulatd; aperturd pyri- 

 formi-ovatd. 



The olive Ampullaria. Shell subglobose, scarcely 

 umbilicated, spire rather short, whorls rounded, lon- 

 gitudinally striated ; shining olive, encircled with two 

 distant narrow blackish-red bands; aperture pyri- 

 formly ovale. 



Hab. r 



Of a peculiar compact subglobose form, with a shining 



olive surface, encircled with two distant linear bands. 



