CANCELLARIA. 



Plate 



Species 34. (Fip,-. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Cancellaria L/i:vigata. Can. tesld ovatd, imperforatd, 

 spird breviusculd, exserld, anfractibtis superm anr/nste 

 obtuse angidatis, ad angulum obsolete plicato-nodula- 

 Ik, deinde l/svigatk ; albd, carneo-fascescenie obscure 

 tinctd et ad angulum maculatd; aperturd ovatd, fauce 

 dense liratd, plicis tribus, prominentibus. 



The smooth Cancellaeia. Shell ovate, imperforated, 

 spire rather short, exserted, whorls narrowly obtusely 

 angled at the upper part, obsoletely plicately noduled 

 at the angle, then smooth ; white, obscurely tinged 

 with flesh-brown and blotched at the angle ; aperture 

 ovate, closely ridged within, plaits three, prominent. 



SowERBY, Conch. lUus. f. 24. 



Jlab. Xew South Wales. 



A smooth species, partaking, like C. spirata, of the 



typical form of the little Ehurna arisfra/is. 



VIII. 



minated in the angle, (hen convex, striated and tu- 

 bercled; white; aperture rather large, triangularly 

 ovate, colnmellar lip bi-oadly reflected, plaits two, 

 moderate, oblique. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 51. 



Ilab. Iquicjui, Peru (dredged from a sandy bottom, at the 

 depth of seven fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Of a peculiar chalk-white aspect allied to C. hidbulus. 



Species 35. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Cancellaria Sinensis. Can. tesld subfusiformi-ovatd, 

 imperforatd, spird exserld, sulioblusd, anfradibv^ su- 

 pernc convexo-decUvibus, liris subtilibus granosis un- 

 dique decussatd ; albidd, rufo-fusco tinctd el fasciatd ; 

 aperturd ovatd, fauce valide liratd, columelld arcuatd, 

 plicis dualus, mediocribus. 

 The Chinese Cancellaria. Shell somewhat fusiformly 

 ovate, imperforated, spire exserted, somewhat obtuse, 

 whorls convexly slanting at the upper part, every- 

 wliere decussated with fiue granose ridges ; whitish, 

 stained and banded with red-brown ; aperture ovate, 

 interior strongly ridged, columella arclied, plaits two, 

 moderate. 

 Hab. China. 



A simply convoluted fusiformly oblong shell, with the 

 surface closely decussated tliroughout with fine granose 

 linear ridg-es. 



Species 36. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Cancellaria tuberculosa. Can. lestd subgtobosd, pro- 

 fuuJe wnbilicald, spird brevi, subimmersd, anfractibus 

 SHperne concavo-angulatis, in angulmn serrato-lamina- 

 tis, deinde convexis, striatis et tuberculatis ; Candida ; 

 aperturd subampld, trigono-ovatd, labro columellari 

 late rejtexo, plicis duabns, mediocribus, obliquis. 

 The tubercled Cancellaria. Shell subglobose, deeply 

 umbilicated, spire short, somewhat immersed, whorls 

 coDcavely angled round the upper part, serrately la- 



Species 37. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Cancellaria obtusa. Can. tesld globoid, minute nmbi- 

 licald, spird brevissimd, obtusa, sulurd subimpressd, 

 anfractibus rolundalis, longitudinaliter subobsolete pli- 

 cutis, spiraliter regulariter sulcatis ; luteo-spadiced ; 

 aperturd ovatd, subampld, columelld arcuatd, plicis 

 duabus, parvis. 



The obtuse Cancellaria. Shell globose, minutely 

 umbilicated, spire very short, obtuse, suture sUghtly 

 impressed, whorls rounded, longitudinally somewhat 

 obsoletely plicated, spirally regularly gi-ooved ; yel- 

 lowish-fawn ; aperture ovate, rather large, columella 

 arched, plaits two, small. 



Deshayes, Enc. Meth. Fers, vol. ii. p. 187. Cuv. Efegne 

 Anim. nov. edit. Moll. pi. 53. f. 6. 



IM. ? 



This shell, formerly in the collection of M. Deshayes, 



and the only example of the species known, is remarkably 



distinguished by its very obtuse growth. 



Species 38. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Cancellaria pulchka. Can. lestd oi-ato-globosd, vix 

 umbilicatd, spird acute conoided, anfractibus convexis, 

 superne subangulatis, costis obliquis longitudinalibus 

 lirisque spiralibus spinosis midique clathratis ; albidd, 

 caslaneo-fusco fasciatd et lineatd ,- aperturd parvivs- 

 culd, fauce valide liratd, plicis tribus, mediocribus. 

 The beautiful Cancellaria. Shell ovately globose, 

 scarcely umbilicated, spire sharply conoid, whorls 

 convex, slightly angled at the upper part, latticed 

 throughout with oblique longitudinal ribs and spii-al 

 ridges ; whitish, banded and lineated with chestnut- 

 brown ; aperture rather small, strongly ridged witliin, 

 plaits three, moderate. 

 SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 50. 

 Hab. St. Elena, West Columbia (from a sandy bottom, 

 at a depth of from eight to ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Closely allied to C. similis, but conspicuously distin- 

 guished by the spiny processes upon the ribs. 



November, 1856. 



