CANCELLARIA. 



Species 82. ("Fig. Thesaurus Conch.) 



Cancellaria lactea. Can. testa oblongo-ovatd, tenui, 

 pelluddd, imperforatdy spird subobtitsd, anfraetibus 

 mperne decUvi-convexis, leevigatis ; lactea ; aperturd 

 ovatd, fauce liratd, columelld valide triplicatd. 



The cream-coloured Cancellaria. Shell oblong- 

 ovate, thin, transparent, imperforated, spire rather 

 obtuse, whorls slantingly convex round the upper 

 part, smooth; cream-coloured; aperture ovate, in- 

 terior ridged, columella strongly three-plaited. 



Deshayes, Encyclopcdie Methodique, p. 180. Sovverby, 

 Thesaurus Conch, vol. ii. p. 4+8. pi. 9C. f. 105. 



llab. ? 



This species is unknown to me. The accompanying 



tigure is from Mr. Sowerby's 'Thesaurus Conchyliorum.' 



Species 83. (Fig. JIoU. Voy. Sulphur.) 



Cancellaria elata. Can. testa ovatd, elongald, acumi- 

 nata, anfraetibus costatis, superne angulatia, lineis 

 elevatis decussatis, suturd profunda; aperturd ovali, 

 peritremate superne disjuncto, labro intiis sulcata, co- 

 lumelld triplicatd, plied inferiore maxima, umbilico 

 parvo, suboceulto, canali inflexo. 



The raised Cancellaria. Shell ovate, elongated, acu- 

 minated, whorls ribbed, angulated at the upper part, 

 decussated with raised lines, suture deep ; aperture 

 oval, peritreme disjoined at the upper part, lip 

 grooved within, columella three-plaited, lower plait 

 the largest, umbdicus small, somewhat concealed, 

 canal inflected. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, p. 43. pi. 13. f. 3, 4. 



Hub. Panama (at the depth of thirty fathoms) ; Hinds. 

 This species is also unknown to me. The description 



and figure are Mr. Hinds' in the Mollusca of the Voyage 



of the Sulphur. 



I'ig. 15 c, (/, e. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The specimens here represented are varieties, which it 

 seems desirable to figure, of C. Biiccinoides, described at 

 Plate IV. 



Species 84. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



!ancellaria bulbulus. Can. testa oblongo-pyriformi, 



subventricosd, solidd, imperforatd, bad anguste atte- 



nuala, spird parvd, valide decussatim plicatd, suturd 



rude impressd, anfractu tdlimo snpenie declivi, lavi- 



gato ; fidvd; aperturd angusie ohhtiiiu, columelld tri- 

 plicatd, plied supremd validlsnimd. 



The little bdlb Cancellaria. Shell oblong-pyri- 

 form, subventricose, solid, imperforated, narrowly 

 attenuated at the base, spire small, strongly decus- 

 sately plicated, suture rudely impressed, last whorl 

 slanting round the upper part, smooth; fulvous; 

 aperture naiTowly oblong, columella three-plaited, 

 uppermost plait very strong. 



SowERBT, Pro. Zool. See. 1833, p. 55. 



Eab. Real Llejos, Central America. 



Very closely allied to C. pgrura, from which it differs iti 



being of a more attenuately obloug form. 



Species 85. (Fig. Thesaurus Conch.) 



Cancellaria viridula. Can. testd oblongd, longitudina- 

 liter obscure eostatd, spiraliter costatd, spird acumi- 

 nata, anfraetibus rotundatis, mturd validd ; aperturd 

 brevi, lavi, colwnelld obsolete plicatd ; colore nullo, 

 epidermide pallide mrescente. 



The greenish Cancellaria. Shell oblong, longitu- 

 dinally obscurely ribbed, spirally ribbed, spire acu- 

 minated, whorls rounded, suture strong ; aperture 

 short, smooth, columella obsoletely plaited ; colour 

 none, with a pale green epidermis. 



Admete xiridula, Gould. Sowerby, Thesaurus Conch, vol. 

 ii. p. 449. pi. 96. f. 103. 



Hub. ? 



Unknown to me. Description and figure copied from 



Mr. Sowerby's ' Thesaurus Conchyliorum.' 



Species 86. (Fig. Gould Invert. Mass.) 



Cancellaria Couthouyi. Can. testd ovato-conicd, alljd, 

 lineis rudibus spiralibus et concentricis deciissatd, co- 

 lumelld tripUeatd. 



Couthouy's Cancellaria. Shell ovately conical; white, 

 reticulated with coarse revolving lines, and lines of 

 growth, columella three-plaited. 



Jay, Catalogue, 1839. 



Cancellaria Buccinoides, Couthouy, Boston Journ. Nat. 

 Hist. vol. ii. p. 105. pi. 3. f. 3. 



Eab. Massachusetts Bay, United States (found in fishes) ; 

 Gould. 

 This little shell Dr. Gould describes in his Report of 



the Invertebrata of Massachusetts, as being somewhat 



abundant, and usually occupied by a hermit crab. 



December, 1856. 



