STR0:\1BUS 



Species 46. (Fig. n, h, Mus. Cuming.) 

 iTUOMBUS CAN.^RiHM. Stromb. tesia ahhremah-ovuiu, 

 utihfri/jona, ohmt, poiulerosd, spird paniusculd, aculd, 

 varicotd, mifractlbiis la;viiu-s, gibbosis, apieem verstis 

 sidcntia, tnhuiidld. valde calloui, labro alnto, incrassato; 

 nJhhld a lit fiilri'scente, lineis ficscis irregulariter fiex- 

 iio-vi iiiiiVhitir ih'iiai longitudinalUer pictd, colimielld et 



apt 



The pautkidge-wixg Strombus. Shell shortly ovate, 

 somewhat triangular, stout, heavy, spire rather small, 

 sharp, varicose, whorls smooth, gibbous, grooved 

 towards the apex, columella very callous, lip winged, 

 thickened ; whitish or fulvous, densely lougitudinally 

 painted throughout with irregularly flexuous brown 

 lines, columella and interior of the aperture ivory- 

 white. 

 LiNN.BUs, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) p. 1211. 



Eadem var. Strombus Vankorensis, Quoy. 

 Hab. Ceylon and Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A small species of solid growth, in which there is no in- 

 dication of any sculpture except towards the apex. 



Species 47. (Mus. Saul.) 



Strombus miximus. Stromb. testa omtd, spird acumhia- 

 Id, apicein versus varicosd, aiifractibus Iambus, superni 

 iemdmarginatis, delude angulatis, ad angulicm pUcato- 

 nodatis, columelld valde callosd, callositate ad spiram 

 prodnctd, lahro alato, ad spiram oalloso-produdo ; 

 spadiceo-fmcd, columelld albd, apertune fauce croced. 



The sm.\ll Strombus. Shell ovate, spire acuminated, 

 varicose towards the apex, whorls smooth, finely 

 margined round the upper part, then angled, plicntely 

 uoduled at the angle, columella very callous, callosity 

 produced at the spire, lip winged, callously produced 

 on the spire ; fawn-brown, columella white, interior 

 of the apertvu-e tinged with saffron. 



LiNX-EUS, Mantissa, p. 549. 



Strombus troglodytes, Lamarck. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (on the reefs) ; Cuming. 



This little species is chiefly distinguished by the callo- 

 sities formed on tlie spire at the junction of the lip with 

 the body-whorl, and by the saffron tinge of colouring 

 within the aperture. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Strombus Sibbaldii. Stromb. testa abbrevialo-ovatd, 

 obesd, spira peculiariter acuminato-tnrritd, aplcevii ver- 

 sus varicosd el costatd, aiifractibus gibbosis, transrersiui 

 sulcatis, superni concavo-angulatis, ad aiiguhim pro- 

 fuse nodulalii, columelld callosd et corrugald, basi 

 iruneatd, labro alato, intus radiatim corrugato ; pallide 

 spadieed, vittis lentiginosis cingidatd, rugis columella 

 pardm intense purpureis, apertura faace albd. 



SiBBALu's Stkombus. Shell abbreviately ovate, stout, 

 spire peculiarly abbreviately tui'retcd, varicose and 

 ribbed towards the apex, whorls gibbous, transversely 

 grooved, concavely angled round the upper part, pro- 

 fusely noduled at the angle, columella callous and 

 wrinkled, truncated at the base, lip winged, radialely 

 wrinkled within; light fawn-colour, encircled with 

 freckled ribands, wrinkles of the columella parti.dly 

 coloured with deep purple, interior of the aperture 

 white. 



SowEUBY, Thesaurus Couch, p. 28. f. 10, 11. 



llnb. Ceylon, 



The form of this species is very peculiar, being short 



and gibbous with the spire singularly elevated, whQe the 



columeilar wrinkles are characteristically stained with 



deep purple. 



Species 49. (ilus. Cuming.) 



Strombus marginatus. Stromb. testa oniln-coi.ird. ><ptrd 

 brevi, subdepressd, upice acuta, aifrm-lilris hinhm, 

 basin versus sulcatis, inferne contrartis, supi-nir lumidis, 

 depresso-angulatis, ad angtdum peculiariter marginatis, 

 margine prope apieem subtilissime nodulato, columelld 

 callosd, Inmiiintd, aperliirdangustd, superni canalicula- 

 td, labro inl spiniui pnithicto, intus obscure corrugato; 

 rufo-spadirrd, rittis kiitiijinosis cingulatd, columelld el 

 apertune fauce albis. 



The margined Strombus. Siiell ovatrly conical, spin- 

 short, rather depressed, sharj) at the apex, whorls 

 smooth, grooved towards the base,. contracted at the 

 lower part, swollen and depressly angled above, pe- 

 culiarly margined at the angle, margin very finely 

 noduled near the apex, columella callous, laminated, 

 aperture narrow, channelled at the upper part, lip 

 produced upon the spii 



relv wrinkle 



