PSAMMOBIA 



Species 8. (Mus. Cnming.) 

 I'sA.ii.MOBiA Lessoni. Psom. tesld oblongo-transversd, 

 depressiusculd, radiatim irregulariter minute striatd, 

 striis elevatis ohUqids decussatd, Uvido-caruled, ferru- 

 gineo tinctd, nitente, latere antico stibattenuate ro- 

 timdato, postico subtruncato, ab nmbone concavu-angu- 

 lato. 

 Lesson's Psammobia. Shell oblong-transverse, rather 

 depressed, radiately irregularly minutely striated, de- 

 cussated with oblique raised strife, livid-blue, rust- 

 tinged, shining, anterior side somewhat attenuately 

 rounded, posterior slightly truncated, concavely an- 

 gled from the umbo. 

 1)e Blainville, Deshayes, MS., in ilus. Cuming. 

 Hab. Island of Samar, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A compressed sliell, characterized by a concave angular 

 slope ou the posterior side, the entire surface of the sheO 

 being of a bright livid rust-tinged blue, rayed with hair- 

 lines, crossed obliquely with raised striae. 



quilateraU, mliduld, hmididd, antici oblusd, breviore, 

 postice subtruncatd, transversim obsolete striatd; albd, 

 pallidi violaceo muUiradiatd, radiis albo maculatis, 

 'liueoMs longitudinalibus irregularibus notatis, intni 

 albd. 



The comely Psammobia. Shell ovately transverse, 

 nearly equilateral, rather solid, rather swollen, ante- 

 riorly obtuse, shorter, posteriorly slightly truncated, 

 transversely obsoletely striated; white, many-raved 

 wit!) pale violet, rays spotted with white, and marked 

 with irregular longitudinal lines, interior white. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854. p. 318. 



Hab. Amboyna. 



Of smooth, rather swollen aspect, delicately rayed on a 



bluish-white ground, with interrupted violet-red pencilled 



rays. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Psammobia corrug.^ta. Psam.. tesld ovato-transversd, 

 coiivemiiscidd, inaquilaterali ; rubro-violaced, albo ir- 

 regulariter maculatd, et rubro-violaceo saturatiore swb- 

 radiatd, transversim oblique dense striatd, in latere 

 postico late et irregulariter rugosd, rugis cum striis 

 cotttinuis, latere antico breviore, late rolundato, postico 

 parum dilatuto, superne recto. 



The wkinki.ed Psammobia. Shell ovately transverse, 

 rather convex, inequilateral; reddish-violet, irregu- 

 larly spotted with white, and faintly rayed with 

 darker reddish-violet, transversely obliquely densely 

 striated, broadly aud irregularly wiinkled on the pos- 

 terior side, wrinkles continuous with the striee, ante- 

 rior side the shorter, broadly rounded, posterior a 

 little dilated, straight at the upper part. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 324. 



Hab. Island of Zebu, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A delicate reddish-violet mottled shell, with waved striae 



passiug obliquely across the valve to the posterior side, 



where they enlarge into ripple-like wrinkles. 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Psammobia grata. Psam. testa ovato-tranxcei-sd, sub 



December 



Species 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Psammobia occidens. Psam. testd oblongo-transtersd, 

 siibellipticd, dense concentrice striatd, livido-roseo al- 

 boque radiatd et maculatd, latere postico longiore, ob- 

 lique late truncato, subcompresso, antico rotundalo. 



The sun-set Psammobia. Shell oblong-transverse, sub- 

 elliptic, densely concentrically striated, rayed and 

 spotted with vivid rose and white, posterior side the 

 longer, obliquely broadly truncated, rather com- 

 pressed, anterior rounded. 



Sokn occidens, Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. vi. p. 74. pi. 7. 

 f. 61. 



Sanguinolaria occidens, De Blainville. 

 Psammobia occidens, Deshayes. 



Hab. Ceylon. 



This beautifully painted and well-known species differs 



materially in generic character from the type of the genus 



Sanguinolaria, S. rosea, and is referred by M. Deshayes 



to the genus under consideration. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Psammobia Stangeei. Psam. testd omto-traiuversd, so- 

 liduld, subtequilaterali, albidd, pallide violaceo mitl- 

 tiradiatd, lateralibus superne subdeclivibus, delude ro- 

 lundatis, postico breviore, vix truncato. 



Stanger's Psammobia. Shell ovately transverse, rather 



1850. 



