NERITA. 



Plate XII. 



Species 54. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Nerita erdbescens. Ner. testa glohoso-ti(rblnatd,crassd, 

 spird prominuld, aiifractibiis eonvexis, spiraliter lira- 

 tis et striatis, labi-o derde acuto laterali, columelld le- 

 viter corriigatd et dentatd; pallide riifd, aut carneo- 

 albd, punctk rufescentibus aspersd etfa-wiatd. 



The blushing Nerite. Shell globosely turbinated, 

 thick, spire prominent, whorls convex, spirally ridged 

 and striated, lip with a sharp lateral tooth, columella 

 faintly wrinkled and toothed ; ])ale red, or flesh- 

 white, sprinkled and banded with reddisli dots. 



Hab.—-> 



A solid shell, stained with pale bright red or sprinkled 



with pinkish dots, having somewhat the appearance of a 



LUtoriiia. 



Fig. 55. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 The shell here figured proves to be an immature speci- 

 men of N. bi-secia, described at Plate VIII. Sp. 39, but it 

 is important to note that the ribs are more prominently 

 developed and more distinctly bisected. 



Species 5G. (Fig. a, b, c, d, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Nerita versicolor. Ner. testd ovato-globom, crassd, 

 ■ipird subexsertd, anfractibits superne declivi-depressis, 

 deinde cotivexk, spiraliter costatis, interstitiis inter- 

 dum sitperficiariis, interdum excavatis, colunielld tu- 

 midd et corrugatd, fortiter dentatd; albidd, macdk 

 nigrk et rosek plus mimis fasciatd et tessellatd, hiter- 

 diim oinnino interrnpte grkm-nigrd. 

 The vaki-coloured Nerite. Shell ovately globose, 



thick, spire rather exserted, whorls slantingly de- 

 pressed round the upper part, then convex, spirally 

 ribbed, interstices sometimes superficial, sometime.-; 

 excavated, columella swollen and wrinkled, strongly 

 toothed ; whitish, more or less banded and tessel- 

 lated with black and pink spots, ^sometimes alto- 

 gether interrupted grey-black. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vii. p. 006. 



Hub. West Indies. 



This species varies in being more banded with piiik 

 spots than in the specimens here represented. 



Species 57. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Nerita Bernharui. JSier. testd seiuiglobosd, subdepres-id, 

 spird obtuse planatd, anfractibus couvexk, subcuin- 

 pressk, versus aperturam expansk, spiraliter dense 

 lirntis, liris obscure cremdatis, labro efftiso, forlitrr 

 crenato et dentato, columelld plano-excavoM, grunu- 

 latd, vix denticnlatd ; nigra, virescente aut pimclix 

 httescentibus variegatd. 

 Bernhard's Nerite. Shell semiglobose, rather de- 

 pressed, spire obtusely flattened, whorls convex, sub- 

 compressed, expanded towards the aperture, spirally 

 closely ridged, ridges obscurely crenulated, lip i-l- 

 fused, strongly crenated and toothed, columella flatly 

 excavated, granulated, scarcely toothed ; black, varie- 

 gated with pale green, or yellowish dots. 

 Recluz, Petit, Journ. Conch, vol. i. p. 385. 

 Hai. Peru. 



A small depressly globose shell, with expanded aper- 

 ture and granulated columella, strongly toothed williiii 

 the lip. 



August, 1855. 



