N A T I C A. 



Species G3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica tinctuhata. Nat. tedd perspeetwe iimb'dicatd, 

 globosd, neriioided, spird breviusculd, anfructibus lieoi- 

 bits, politis, siiperne depresm, deinde subquadrato-ro- 

 tundatis, aperlurd lunari-ovatd, columelld superne cal- 

 losd; Uvescente-albd, pimctis palUde aurantiis wacnli" 

 peramplis obliquis el faseiis angnstis vUtalis pictd. 



The stained Natica. Shell perspectively umbilicated, 

 globose, iieritoid, spire rather short, whorls smooth, 

 polished, rather depressed at the upper part, theu 

 somewhat squarely rounded, aperture hniar-ovate, co- 

 lumella callous at the upper part ; livid-white, painted 

 with pale orange dots, large oblique blotches, and 

 narrow filleted bands. 



Eab. ? 



A beautifully-painted porcelain shell, with a coloured 



umbilicus. 



Species (54. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Florida. Nat. testa imibilicatd, globasd, spird 

 breviusculd, anfractibus lavibus, superne declivib/cs, 

 deinde roluudalis, aperturd lunari-ovatd, effimt, co- 

 lumelld superne leviter callosd, callositate parvd co- 

 lumnari spirali umbilicicm intrante ; albidd, punctis 

 palUde spadiceis confertis undalo-aggregatis undique 

 pictd, umbilico spadiceo. 



The florid Natica. Shell umbilicated, globose, spire 

 rather short, whorls smooth, slanting at the upper 

 part, then rounded, aperture lunar-ovate, effused, 

 columella slightly callous at the upper part, with a 

 small spiral columnar callosity entering the umbili- 

 cus ; whitish, paiiited thi-ougbout with close-set wavc- 

 aggi-egated light fawn dots, umbilicus fawn. 



Hab. ? 



Allied to the preceding, but less globose, and furnished 



with a very characteristic columnar callosity. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 



N'atic.4. violacea. Nut. testa subtecte imibilicatd, coiioi- 

 deo-globosd, crussd, spird breviusculd, obtusd, anfrac- 

 tibus lavibus, politis, supertie decUvibus, deinde rotun- 

 datis, aperturd lunari-ovatd, subobliqud, columelld 

 superne late encaustd, encausto umbilicum fere obte- 

 gerite ; albd, maculis aurantio-fuscis qitadratis seria- 

 tim tessellatd, maculis interdum promiscue interruptis, 

 encausto columellari intense violaceo-roseo. 



The violet Natica. Shell with a nearly-covered um- 

 bilicus, conoid-globose, thick, spire rather short, ob- 

 tuse, whorls smooth, polished, slanting at the upper 

 part, then rounded, aperture lunar-ovate, rather ob- 

 lique, columella broadly enamelled at the upper part, 

 enamel nearly covering the umbilicus ; white, tessel- 

 lated with rows of square orange-brown spots, spots 



sometimes promiscuously interrupted, columellar ena- 

 mel deep violet-rose. 



SoWERBY, Tankerville Catalogue, App. p. xi. 

 Natica rhodosfoma, Philippi. 



Ilab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (in sandy mud at six 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 



This very beautiful species is distinguished from all others 

 of the genua by the delicate violet-rose colouring of the 

 columellar enamel. 



Species fi6. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Broderipiana. Nat. testa late umbilicatd, glo- 

 boid, solidiicsculd, spird exsertd, anfractibus cmwexis, 

 lo/igitudinaliter pUcato-sulcatis, aperturd lunari-ovatd, 

 eff'iisd, columella tenuiculd, callositate depressd colum- 

 nari spirali umbilicum intrante ; pallide aurantio-spa- 

 diced, fa.iciis tribus distantihus castaneis interruptis. 



Broderip's Natica. Shell broadly tmabilicated, globose, 

 rather solid, spire exserted, whorls convex, longitudi- 

 nally pUcately grooved, aperture lunar-ovate, effused, 

 columella rather thin, with a depressed columnar spiral 

 callosity entering the umbilicus ; light orange-fawn, 

 encu-cledwith three interrupteddistant chestnut bands. 



Recluz, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1847, p. 205. 

 Eadem Natica Taslei, Eecluz. 



Wib. Xipixapi, West Colombia (in sandy uuid at sixteen 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 The surface of this species is impressed longitudinally 



with grooves, which at the suture and base pucker it into 



fine ribs. 



Species 67. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica picta. Nat. testa umbilicatd, si/bglobosd, ntri- 

 tuided, spird breviusculd, anfractibus lavigatis, rotun- 

 dat'is, aperturd lunari-ovatd, subproductd, columelld 

 superne callosd, callositate solidd columnari umbilicum 

 fere iwplente ; albidd, linuis aurantio-spadiceis tenuis- 

 siiiw umlatis in fasciis qnatuor plus minus aperte sa- 

 gitiatis undiipue dense pictd. 



The painted Natica. Shell umbilicated, subglobose, 

 ncritoid, spire rather short, whorls smooth, rounded, 

 aperture lunar-ovate, rather produced, columella cal- 

 lous at the upper part, with a solid columnar callosity 

 nearly filling the umbilicus ; whitish, everywhere 

 densely painted with very finely-waved orange-fawn 

 lines, more or less openly arrow-headed in four bands. 



Recluz, Pro. Zool. Soc. 18-13, p. 204. 



Effidem Natica euzona and Natica elegaiis, Recluz. 



Hab. Basey, Isle of Samar, Philippines (on the reefs) ; 

 Cuming. 

 The linear painting of this species varies in being more 



or less opened out in pattern. 



.\pril, 1855. 



