GALATEA. 



Specks 4. (Figs, a, b, c, '/. Mus. Soweiby.) 

 Galatea Berxarui. Gal. testa irigond, ponderom,ple- 

 iiih/qiie ohloiiijd, inaqtiilateraU, irregulari, coiicenlrice 

 iiil/nii/atd, iiodidis ft rifffis maffiiis undaid, noniiunquam 

 raJiatu, Mus aliio, jmrpureo et rosea varivgato ; la- 

 tere postko eloiigatiiisciilo, hianyulato, ante angulos 

 deprvsso, angulo postico recto, antico noduloso, area 

 postangidari subprodiictn ; margirte cardinali lata ; 

 iimbonUtus supra marijinem vix producto. 

 Bernard's Galatea. Shell trigonal, heavy, geuerally 

 oblong, inequilateral, irregular, concentrically rather j 

 rugose, undulated with nodules and large wrinkles, 

 sometimes rayed, white within, variegated with pur- ! 

 pie and pink; posterior side rather elongated, biangu- 

 lar, depressed in tVont of the angles, posterior angle 

 straight, anterior nodulose, postangular area rather 



produced ; cardinal margin wide ; umbocs scarcely 



produced beyond the margin. 

 DuNKER, Journal de Conchyliologie, p. 33S. pi. ii. f. o. 



t. V. 1857. 

 Uab. Guinea, near Cape Lopez. 



This irregularly-formed shell varies not only in the de- 

 gree of rugosity, but also in its proportions and colour?. 

 I have not seen a specimen so rosy as the one copieci 

 from the late Chevalier Bernard's work, figs. 4 c, 4 il. 

 The prevailing tints of the touches of colour near tiie 

 margins about the muscular impressions in most varieties 

 is purple. The extremely elevated form, figured in Plate 

 v.. Fig. 4 e, from a specimen now before me, is rare ; and 

 the very produced and railiated shell also in my hand is, 

 as far as I know, iuiii|ue. 



September, 18G8. 



