S T R M B U S . 



Plate XV. 



Species 3"). (.Mlis. Cuming.) 

 Strombus Nov.k-Zelandi.e. Stromb. tedd oblomjo- 

 nvatd, bad recitnm, spird acuiimiato-ttirritd, anfmctibus 

 s/iperiie depresso-coiiawis, deinde acute tubercnlato-no- 

 dii/is, infra nodis trausversm liraiis, colmnelld callosd, 

 liihro expnmo, sidjdUaiato, mperne lobo dif/ififormi 

 tLTiii'miito, aprrtii,-,!' fai'cr inKliijUC rudinfn,!. foiiili'r 

 aimujitlo-sulriih/ : alhnhi, :iji,i,linv-fiiM-u nirii picid, 

 Mr'ujiild (V .iiununruUi. cnlin,ii-ll,l albiihl, „inci,Ui cris- 

 tiiitcd ampld Ihicld, (ipciiiirrf: J'iihck iiik-iisi) aura)itid, 

 /iris albidis. 

 'I'liE Ni;w Zealand Stkojibus. Shell oblong-ovate, 

 recurved at the base, spire acuminately turretcd, 

 ^vllorls depressly concave round the upper part, then 

 sharply tubercularly uoduled, transversely ridged 

 beneath the noiUdes, columella callous, lip expanded, 

 somewhat dilated, terminated at the upper part with 

 a tiugcr-shaped lobe, interior of the aperture strongly 

 radiately grooved and wrinkled ; whitish, variously 

 jiainted, streaked and marbled with fawn-brown, 

 columella whitish, stained with a large chestnut 

 blotch, interior of the ai)erture deep orange, ridges 

 whitish. 

 Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. Hi. pi. l.JG.f. U85-G. 



StroinhM puciJicMx, Swainsun. 

 Ilab. New Zealand. 



This species is remarkaljly distinguished by its richly 

 rayed aperture and by the large chestnut blotch upon the 

 columella. The locality " shores of Peru " given by 

 Kiener and Deshayes is not likely to be correct. 



Mr. Swainson has too frequently overlooked the impor- 

 tant ' Conchylien Cabinet ' of Martini and Chemnitz, by 

 whom he is anticipated in several of his species. 



Species 3(i. (Fig. 30 a, 3(5 b, and 37, JIus. Cuming.) 



Stkombus aukis-Dianj;. Stromb. testa oblonrjo-ovatd, 

 bad rectcnd, spird aciiminato-turritd, anfractibiis ru- 

 gose et creberrime liratis, lii-is pone labrimi radiatis, 

 hie illic nodntis, anfractimm parte superiori marginato, 

 concavo, deinde tubemdato-tiodato, columella valde 

 callosd, labro expanso, superue lobo digitiformi termi- 

 vaio. Umbo incrassato, apertures fauce supertie leviter 

 corruffatd; albidd, fusco articulatd et marmoratd, 

 pone labrmn nigro aut fusco tessellatd, colmnelld alba 

 vel adustd, aperturee fauce vel carneold, vel intense 

 rosed, lobo interdum adusto-nigricante. 



The Diana's ear Strombus. Shell oblong-ovate, re- 

 curved at the base, spii-e acuminately tun'cted, whorls 

 roughly and very closely ridged, ridges rayed behind 

 the lip, here and there noduled, upper part of the 

 ■whorls margined, concave, then tubercularly noduled, 

 columella very callous, lip expanded, terminated at 

 the upper part in a finger-shaped lobe, edge of the 

 lip thickened, interior of the aperture slightly wrin- 

 kled at the upper part ; whitish, articulated and 

 marbled with brown, tessellated with black or brown 

 behind the lip, columella white or chestnut-brown, 

 interior of the aperture caruehou, or very deep pink, 

 lobe sometimes adust-black. 



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



Eadem var. Strombus melauostomus, Swainson. 



Hidj. ^Malayan Peninsula (in sandy mud at the depth of 

 four fathoms) and Philippine Islands (on coral reefs 

 at low water) ; Cuming. 

 I tptite agree with M. Deshayes that the three shells 



here figured are varieties of one and the same species. 



They difl'er in the colouring of the aperture, but there is 



no ditiereuce of form or sculpture. 



