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Species 32. (Fig. a, Mas. Cuming, "Fig. h. 

 Mils. Belcher.) 



Stkomisus gr.vnclatus. Slromh. tt'sld suhquadrato-ob- 

 loiigd, spird exserid, aciiMinato-turritd, aiifmctibus 

 Imusverdm striutis,sifjienie concavo-depresm, obtuse an- 

 Unluth, ad mujulimi tumldiuscuUs, et tubercidato-nodo- 

 ■sv.v, uitfractu uUimo Uris nodatk mbirregularUer chigu- 

 tato, colitmelldcaUosd, hbrn snbc.rpanso ctfexuoso, inlus 

 pccidiariter ijriiiiiihiln ,■ nlhuhi, nifd-fiixco marmorald, 

 cuhmdld cnrueold, iiil,-rdiii,i iiiiti/in. nirh roaaced. 

 The granul.\ted Sthombus. Shell somewhat squarely 

 oblong, spire exserted, acuminately turreted, whorls 

 transversely striated, coucavely depressed round the 

 upper part, obtusely angled, rather swollen and tu- 

 bercularly uoduled at the angle, last whorl encii'cled 

 somewhat irregularly with uoduled ridges, columella 

 callous, lip slightly expanded and ilexuous, peculiarly 

 granulated within ; whitish, marbled with reddish- 

 brown, columella carnelion, sometimes but rarely 

 tinged with piuk. 

 Uk.\v, Wood Ind. Test. Supp. pi. i, f. 21. 

 H(dj. St. Helena, and Galapagos Islands (in sandy mud at 

 a depth of from six to eight fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 This species is remarkably characterized by the de- 

 velopment of a broad cluster of granules on the internal 

 surface of the expanded lip. They are but faintly indi- 

 cated in the pink-stained variety represeuted at Fig. 32, b. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Sthombus guttatus. Stmnb. U-std oblo}igo-ovatd, lasi 

 vnldi recurvd, spird acumiiiatd, aiifructibus lavibus, ad 

 marginem suturalem temie nodidatix, delude concerns, ad 

 angidum tuberculato-nodalls, mlnuicUd inidiqiic calto- 

 sd, eiicausto supra spiravi usque ml iip'ieeM ejfiiso, labro 

 sid/ejpanso, incrassalo, superue in lubu Jigilifunni pro- 

 loi/gato; carneo-spadiced, Jloccis ulbis undique guttata, 

 encausto albo, apertura: fauce inte7ise rosea tinctd. 



The spotted Stkombus. Shell oblong-ovate, very much 

 recurved at the base, spire acuminated, whorls 

 smooth, finely uoduled along the sutural margin, 

 then concave, tubereidarly nodided at the angle, co- 

 lumella callous throughout, the enamel flowing ovei 



the spire as far as the apex, lip slightly expanded, 

 thickened, prolonged at the upper part into a digiti- 

 form lobe ; flesh-tinged fawn-colom-, spotted through- 

 out with white flakes, enamel white, interior of the 

 aperture stained with deep red. 

 Fugil guttalus lievis, Martini, Conch. Cab. vol. iii. p. 126. 

 pi. 84. f. 840. 

 Strombus guttatus, Kiener. 

 Strombns Jnris-Diatue pars, Linnifius. 

 Strombus Jm-is-Diaiue, Sovverby. 

 Uab. Island of Burias, Philippines (on the reefs in 

 shallow water) ; Cuming. 

 Martini well distinguished this species from the true 

 S. Auris-Bianee, which is roughly ribbed and ridged. 

 The S. guttatus is conspicuously characterized by its 

 smooth polished surface of a pinkish-fawn colour, sprinkled 

 with irregular flakes of white ; and it is remarkable for its 

 copious deposit of enamel, which flows over the spire even 

 to the apex. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cimiing.) 

 Strombus Australis. Stromh. testa subquadrato-ob- 

 lougd, spird e.rsertu, anfractibus undique transversim 

 uodoso-liralis et striiitix, .su/ierne nodulis parvis margi- 

 natis, deinde nieeiirn-iingnljilix, nudis ad angulum ma- 

 joribus, coluiiiclld cullum, labro incrassato, expanso, 

 dUatato, superne in lobum obtuse digitiformeni prolon- 

 gato, apertura fauce conspicue radiatim corrugato ; 

 albidd, labri limbo inlus aurantio-rufu tincto. 



The Australian Strombus. Shell somewhat squarely 

 oblong, spire exserted, whorls transversely nodosely 

 ridged and striated, edged at the upper part with 

 small nodules, then concavely angled, the nodules at 

 the angle being larger, columella callous, lip thick- 

 ened, expanded, dilated, prolonged at the upper part 

 into an obtusely finger-shaped lobe, interior of the 

 aperture conspicuously radiately wrinkled ; whitish, 

 edge of the lip stained with orange-red. 



SowERBY, Thesaurus Conch, p. 36. pi. 9. f. 90, 97. 



Hab. Australia. 



This species, which is distinctly characterized as well 



in form as in the strong radiating wrinkled sculptiu-e of 



the apertm-e, is doubtless richly marked in fine condition. 



January, 1851. 



