NATICA. 



Plate XXII. 



Species 97. (Fig. n, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Natic.\ intricata. Na(. tenia subampUter excavate um- 

 bilicatd, subobUque ylobosd, solidd, spird mediocri, au- 

 fractibun superni concavo-ckpressis, deinde rotuudatis, 

 IfBvibus, aperturd Itmari-ovatd, columella superne cal- 

 lom-reflexd ; fuhescente-albd, flammu tentdbus nifes- 

 cente-fusch, fasciisqne vittatis angustis. 

 The entangled Natica. Shell rather largely exca- 

 vately umbilicated, rather obliquely globose, solid, 

 spire moderate, whorls concavely depressed round 

 the upper part, then rounded, smooth, aperture lunar- 

 ovate, columella callously reflected at the upper part ; 

 fulvous-white, painted with fine reddish-brown flames 

 and narrow filleted bands. 

 Kerita intricata, Donovan, British Shells, vol. v. pi. \f\l. 



Natica Vulenciennesii, Payraudeau. 

 Hab. Mediterranean. 



Though originally described as a British shell, this spe- 

 cies is not indigenous to our coast. It is an inhabitant 

 of the Mediterranean, belonging to the same type as N. 

 Marochiemis. 



Pig. 98. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The shell here figured proves to be the young of N. 

 Simla, represented at Plate XVII. Fig. 76. 



Species 99. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Vavaosi. Nat. profundi perspective umbiUcatd, 

 oblique ovatd, soUdissimd, spird obttcsd, stcbproducld, 

 anfractibus superiw concavo-declivibus, deinde convexis, 

 aperturd parvd, hmari-ovatd, colmnelld callositate la- 

 tissimd reflexd ad partem superiorem, umbilicum par- 

 tim tegente ; nitente eburned. 



The Vavao Natica. Shell deeply perspectively umbi- 

 licated, obliquely ovate, very solid, spire obtuse, 

 rather produced, whorls concavely slanting at the 

 upper part, then convex, aperture small, lunar-ovate, 

 columella with a very broad reflected callosity at the 

 upper part, partially covering the umbilicus ; shining 

 ivory-white. 



Le Guillou, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Island of Vavao, South Pacific. 



Distinguished from N. candidisuma of the same author, 

 from the same locality, by its more obliquely oblong form. 



and more produced apex, and very broad recurved shelf 

 of enamel bridged across the umbUicus. 



Species 100. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Natica fulgueans. Nat. testd nmhilicatd, oblique glo- 

 bosd, subtus concavd, solidiusculd, spird mediocri, an- 

 fractibus rotuudatis. Iambus vel temie striatis, aper- 

 turd lunari-ovatd,columelld tenuiculd, callositate parvd 

 columnari umbilicum intrante ; albd, flammis fulgn- 

 raniibus spadiceo-nigris irregulariter confluentihus 

 pictd. 



The LienTNiNG-MAEKED Natica. Shell umbilicated, 

 obliquely globose, concave beneath, rather solid, 

 spire moderate, whorls rounded, smooth or finely 

 striated, aperture lunar-ovate, columella rather thin, 

 with a small columnar callosity entering the umbi- 

 licus ; white, marked with fawn - black lightning 

 flames, irregularly flowing together. 



Eecluz, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. '206. 



llab. Senegal. 



A solid species, very characteristic in its bold irregular 



style of painting. 



Species 101. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica melanostomoides. Nat. testd imperforatd, 

 tenui, auriformi, hiflatd, spird parvd, ohtusd, anfrac- 

 tibus convexo - decUvibu^, striatis, ultimo permulto 

 maxima, compresso, aperturd perampld, basi efi'usd, 

 colmnelld tenue reflexd; peUucido-albd, maculisfuko- 

 castaneis interruptis triseriatim zonatd, epidermide 

 stramined partim indutd, encaustd columeUuri cas- 

 taned. 



The melanostojioid Natica. Shell imperforated, 

 thin, ear-shaped, inflated, spire small, obtuse, whorls 

 convexly slanting, striated, the last very much the 

 largest, compressed, aperture very large, effused at 

 the base, columella thinly reflected; transparent 

 white, encircled with three rows of interrupted ful- 

 vous-chestnut spots, partially covered with a straw- 

 coloured epidermis, columellar enamel chestnut. 



QuoY and Gaimard, Voy. de I'Astrolabe, vol. ii. p. 329. 

 pi. 66. f. 4 to 8. 



Hah. New Guinea and New Ireland ; Quoy. 



This species is the extremest auriform type of the Si- 



garetoid group of Natica, having nearly the form of a 



Succinea. 



June, 1855. 



