ST110]\IBUS.— Plate I. 



one, .S'. Nova-Zelaudics, from New Zealand ; and four, 

 S.fusiformis, deformis, Audralis, and Campbelli, as being 

 ])eculiar to Australia. 



Species 1. (Mns. Brit.) 



Strombus Goliath. Stromb. testa subquadrato-ovatd, 

 perampld, crassd, ponderosd, spird brevi, aiifractibus 

 fi-mtsversh/i biseriatim sidcatis, superne plicato-tuber- 

 v.idutk, tubercutis rotuitdatk, obtusis, columelld callosd, 

 basi ittcurvd, labro in alum rotundatam supra spiram 

 (ntissiine expamo ; alhidd, rufo-fmco apicem versus 

 maculatd, columella et aperturre fance luteo et rufes- 

 cente palUde tbictis. 



Thk Goliath Stbombus. Shell sonicwliat squan'ly 



ovate, very large, thick, ponderous, spire short, 

 whorls transversely grooved in double rows, plicately 

 tuberoled round the upper part, tubercles rounded, 

 obtuse, columella callous, incurved at the base, lip 

 very broadly expanded above the spire into a rounded 

 wing ; whitish, spotted towards the apex with red- 

 brown, columella and interior of the aperture faintly 

 tinged with pink and yellow. 

 Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. xi. p. 147. pi. 195 A. 



Hab. :- 



This is a very distinct species from S. gigas, although 

 it partakes in a manner of the character of some of its 

 varieties. The bold lofty expansion of the lip is very 

 characteristic, and it has none of the bright pink colouring 

 of S. (jiijaa. 



