STRO:\IBUS.— Plate IX. 



the 



LiNN.Krs, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1209. 

 Hall. Island of Bohol, Philippines (on sand banks 

 reefs) ; Cuming. 

 This species is remarkably characterized by the intense 

 purple-black colouring of the oolumelhi. 



Species 30. (iMus. Saul.) 

 Stuombus JIauuitianus. Slromb. tessld oMmyo-conicu, 

 solidiuscidtt, spirit mibcxserid, plicalo-costatd, co.s/i-i in 

 at/fractu ultimo evariidis, anfractihm la^iius, supenii 

 rotundatis, coltimelld redd, iavi, labro vix incransaio 

 vol expanso, superni sinuato ; alba, r/iacnlis itUerritptis 

 aiirantio-fusrisfasciaid, colmneUd albd, apL'Hura; fauce 

 rarneolo-rusnmi. 



The JIaukitius Strombvs. Shell oblong-conical, 

 ratiicr solid, spire rather esserted, plicately ribbed, 

 ribs disa])pearing on the last whorl, whorls smooth, 

 rounded at the upper part, columella straight, 

 smooth, lip but little thickened or expanded, sin- 

 nated at the upper part ; white, banded with iu- 

 temipted orange-brown blotches, columella white, 

 interior of the aperture flesh-pink. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert.(Deshayes' edit.) vol. ix. p. 099. 

 Strombus ci/HiidnciiK, iSwainson. 



Hab. Mauritius. 



Constantly distinguished from the preceding species 



by its more cylindricaUy conical form and plicately ribbed 



spire, and by the absence of colour on the columella. 



The colour of the interior is a paler flesh-pink. 



