NATICA.— Plate XXIII. 



obscure quinquefasciatd, encamtd coliimeUari fiilro- 

 casianed. 



The shining Natica. Shell narrowly iimbilicated, co- 

 iiically globose, subventricose, spire sharply couoid, 

 whorls slantingly convex round the upper part, then 

 rounded, aperture lunar-oblong, columella thinly re- 

 flected, arched at the base; bluish-white, obscurely 

 five -banded with fulvous -red blotches, columellar 

 enamel fulvous-chestnut. 



Nerita nitida, Donovan, Brit. Shells, vol. iv. pi. Hi. 

 Natica nitida, Fleming. 

 Natica Alderi, Forbes. 

 Natica Chdllemitti, Payraudeau. 



Hai. Seas of Europe. 



An elegantly formed species, mostly of a livid bluish 



coloui', obscurely painted with bands of fulvous-red 



lilotches, of which the uppermost is the most distinct. 



Species 107. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Natica plicatula. Nat. lestd a/iffuste umbiUcatd, tjlo- 

 bosd, temdculd, sjjird subobiusd, aufractibus rotuudatis, 

 sttbrugosis, rude tenuiplicatis, aperturd liinari-oblongd, 

 columella tenuiter reflexd ; sordide fulim, ferrugiueo- 

 riifo tinctd. 

 The finely plicated Natica. Shell narrowly umbi- 

 licated, globose, rather thin, spire rather obtuse, 

 whorls rounded, rather rough, rudely finely plicated, 

 aperture lunar-oblong, columella thinly reflected ; 

 dirty fulvous, tinged with rust-red. 

 Nuttall, Jay's Catalogue of Shells, p. 68. 



Hah. ? 



A light rough fulvous-red shell, ireegularly finely pli- 

 cated. 



