NATICA. 



Species 124. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Natica glabella. Nat. testa angnste -prof audi umbili- 

 catd, subfmiformi-oblongd, solid iuscidu, spird brevius- 

 culd, exsertd, anfractibus decUvi-co/wexls, lavigalu, 

 politd, aperturd semilunari, parvd, colimelld sujtenie 

 callositate lata, reflexd; pelhtcido-albd, cameo tiiictd, 

 callositale earned. 

 The smooth Natica. Shell narrowly deeply umbili- 

 cated, subfusiformly oblong, rather solid, spire rather 

 short, cxserted, whorls slantingly convex, smooth, 

 polished, aperture semilunar, small, columella with a 

 broad reflected callosity at the upper part ; trans- 

 parent white, flesh-tinged, callosity flesh-coloured. 



Hab. ? 



An elegantly convoluted transpareut white polished 

 shell, of rather solid structure, tinged with a violet flesh- 

 colour, which is bright on the callosity. 



Species 125. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Montagui. Nat. testa prof nnde umbiUcutu, <jlo- 

 hosd, spird mediocri, anfractibus rotundatis, leevigniis, 

 aperturd Imiari-ovatu, colioiielld siiperne leviter cal- 

 losd, callositate coliimiiari fere obsoletd umbHiciiiu in- 

 tra ntf ; rufeseeute-albd. 



Montagu's Natica. Shell deeply umbilicatcd, globose, 

 spire middling, whorls rounded, smooth, aperture 

 lunar-ovate, columella a little thickened at the upper 

 part, with a nearly obsolete columnar callosity en- 

 tering the umbilicus ; rufous-white. 



FoKBES, Malacologia Monensis, p. 3:2. 

 Nerita rnfa, Montagu (not of Born). 

 Natica rutilu, ilncgillivray. 



Hab. Britain. 



A rufous-white species, inhabiting the British seas 



throughout, but chiefly in the north. 



Species 126. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Natica proxima. Nat. testd nmbilicatd, globosd, spird 

 brevi, anfractibus rotundatis, IfP.vibus, nitidis, aperturd 

 lunari-ocatd, colmuelld subincrassatd, callositate co- 



lumnari untbilicum intrnnfe ; alhidd, jmnctis lU/nutis 

 rufescente-fuscis indutd, fasciis tribus vit/ntis inter- 

 ruptd. 

 The allied Natica. Shell umbilicatcd, globose, spire 

 short, whorls rounded, smooth, shining, aperture 

 lunar-ovate, columella rather thickened, with a co- 

 lumnar callosity entering the umbilicus ; whitish, 

 covered with minute red-brown dots, interrupted 

 with three filleted bands. 

 C. B. Adams, Contributions to Conehology, p. 111. 

 llab. Jamaica. 



This belongs to the same type of form and colouring as 

 N. canrena, the filleted bands varying in width and dis- 

 tinctness in different species. 



Fig. 137. (ilus. Cuming.) 

 This specimen, named in Mr. Cuming's collection by 

 ]M. Eecluz A*. Francisca, a]3pears to be a variety of the 

 British A", nitida. 



Species 12S. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Natica Buriasexsis. Nat. testa profundi umbiliculd, 

 subf/lobosd, solidiiisculd, spird parvd, subexsertd, an- 

 fractibus siiperue decUvibus, inferne convexls, Icevibus, 

 polilis, aperturd lunari-ovatd, parviusculd, columulld 

 superne callositate late reflexd; ccErulescente-albd, 

 liueis nifis undatis lomjitudinaliter pictd, callo.<sitate 

 intense rufd. 



The Burias Natica. Shell deeply umbilicnted, sub- 

 globose, rather solid, spire small, a little exserted, 

 whorls slanting round the upper part, convex at the 

 lower, smooth, polished, aperture lunar-ovate, rather 

 small, columella with a broadly reflected callosity at 

 the upper part ; bluish-white, painted longitudinally 

 with fine waved red lines, callosity deep red. 



Eecluz, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S43, p. 212. 



Hub. Island of Burias, Philippines ; Cuming. 



A solid porcelain-like species, neatly painted throughout 



with longitudinally waved red lines, the callosity lieing of 



a deep red colour. 



June, ISc 



