NATICA. 



Plate XXIII. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Natic.v porcellanea. Nat. tesid aiujiidi pfofmule um- 

 lUicata, oblique glolosd, solida, qnrd brevi, obtiud, 

 anfractibus mperne coricavo-indentaiis, delude convcxin. 



aperturd lunan-oi-atil 

 caUosUate parvd ruliin 



coh,,„elld 



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/«/,} c,i//o.«, 



i,.,h'il'icnui.;iitrn,ilc 



nicdJU, 



■ pari 



lescente-lacti'd, epidvrni 'uh- 

 dtiid. 

 The porcelain Natica. Shell iiaiTowly deeply umbi- 

 licated, obliquely globose, solid, spire short, obtuse, 

 whorls coiicavely indented round the upper part, then 

 convex, aperture lunar-ovate, columella broadly cal- 

 lous at the upper part, with a small columnar callo- 

 sity entering the umbilicus ; bluish milk-white, par- 

 tially covered with a yellowish-horny epidermis. 

 D'Okbiony, MS. in JIus. Cuming. 

 Hab. BaUia. 



A solid milk-white shell, partially covered with a yel- 

 lowish epidermis, distinguished chiefly by a gently in- 

 dented opake concavity round the upper portion of the 

 whorls. 



nnfracUbws rotmdatis, lisvibus, nitentihts, aperturd 

 j tidiuri-ovatd, colnmelld calloso-r^exd ; albidd, livido- 



j ceendfscente plus mimis tiuctd, fulvo-nifo nndiqne mi- 



j niite reticidatd et ad bami fasciatd, encaustd coln- 



1 meUari fidvo-cristdiicd. 



j The variable Natica. Shell scarcely umbilicated, 

 j rather obliquely globose, rather solid, spii-e moderate, 

 rather sharp at the apes, whorls rounded, smooth, 

 shining, aperture luuar-ovate, columella callously re- 

 flected ; whitish, more or less stained with livid-blue, 

 covered with a fine network of fulvous-red and banded 

 at the base, columellar enamel fulvous-chestnut. 

 IvECLfz, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 

 JIab. ? 



This species belongs to the same type as N. ivtricnia, 

 and is probaljly from the J\Iediterranean. 



Species 103. (]\Ius. Cuming.) 



Natica eufilabris. Nat. testd obtecte umbUicatd, sitb- 

 fflobo-sd, teuiiicidd, spird mediocri, sube.vsertd, anfrac- 

 tihns rotundatis, l/rvibits, aperturd ovafd, columettd 

 superne callosd, callositate lata reflexd unibilicuvt te- 

 gente ; livido-plumbed, obsolete fasciatd, tiitente, en- 

 caustd columellari et callositate vivide castaneis. 



The red-lipped Natica. Shell with a covered umbi- 

 licus, subglobose, rather thin, spire moderate, a little 

 exserted, whorls rounded, smooth, aperture ovate, 

 columella caUous at the upper part, with a broad re- 

 flected callosity covering the umbilicus ; Uvid lead- 

 colour, obsoletely banded, shining, columellar enamel 

 and callosity bright chestnut. 



Hab. Bahia. 



A rather light shining livid lead-coloured species, with 



the columellar enamel and callosity deep bright chestnut. 



Species 104. (JIus. Cuming.) 

 Natica variabilis. Nat. testd vix tcmbilicatd, siibob- 

 lique gJobosd, soUdiusculd, spird mediocri, apice acuta. 



Species 105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Gajibi.e. Nat. testd anguste mnhilicatd, oblique 

 globosd, crassiu.Kuld, spird conico-depressd, apice acuta, 

 niifractibns suj)erne oblique plicato-siilcatis, delude 

 lacihus, rotundafis, aperturd lunari-ovatd, columelld 

 callositate lata rejlexd, praclpue ad partem superiormi; 

 alhd, liiterdum dilute carneo-linctd. 



The Gambia Natica. Shell narrowly umbilicated, 

 obliquely globose, rather thick, spire conically de- 

 pressed, sharp at the apex, whorls obliquely plicately 

 grooved round the upper part, then smooth, rounded, 

 aperture lunar-ovate, columella with a broad reflected 

 callosity, particularly at the upper part ; white, some- 

 times faintly flesh -tinged. 



liECLUZ, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 207. 



Hab. IMouth of the River Gambia, West Africa (found ou 

 the sands) ; Mr. Beale, of Jersey. 



A solid shining flesh-wliite shell, well characterized by 

 an oblique row of plicated grooves below the sutui-es. 



Species IOC). (Mus. Cumuig.) 

 Natica nitida. Nat. testd anguste umbiUcatd, conico- 



glohosd, subveiitrlcosd, spird acute conoided, anfracti- 

 bus .Huperne decUvi-convexis, delude rotundatls, aper- 

 turd Imiari-oblongd, columelld teuuiter reflexd, ad basin 

 arcuatd; carulesceHle-albd,maculisfulvo-rufescentibus 



June, 1855. 



