KOSTELLARIA.— Plate I. 



Jj!orr/iaiipes-carlioiiis,Bi-ongniari,Ten. du Viucpiit, p. 75. 



pi. 4. f. 2. 



Rostellaria Seiresiana, Micliaud. 



Eostellaria pes-pelicani, var., Kiener. 



Chenopus pes-carbonis, Dcsliayes. 



Chenopus Serresianus, Philippi. 

 Eai. Zetland (at a depth of from seventy tn a Inindred 



fathoms) ; M'Andrew. 

 Distinguished mainly from R. pes-pelecani by its more 

 slender and delicate p^-owth, and in having an additional 

 claw. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



RosTELLAKiA cURViKosTKis. Eod. lestd fusifomii-tur- 

 ritd, obesd, ponderosd, apird valde acuminatd, cauali 

 irevi, curvaio, anfractibus subplanatis, paucis primis 

 longitudinaliter costatis, cxterk leeviius, epidermide 

 crasdmculd indutd, columella arcuatd, eallosd, labro 

 sex-septemderitatu, swperne ecmspicue canaliculato-pro- 

 ducto ; fulvo-fucescente, columella et apertura fauce 

 alhis. 



The curved-beak Eostellaria. Shell fusiforndy tur- 

 reted, stout, heavy, spire very much acuminated, 

 canal short, curved, whorls rather flattened, a few 

 early whorls longitudinally ribbed, the rest smooth, 

 covered with a rather thick epidermis, columella 

 arched, callous, Up six- to seven-dentate, conspicn- 

 ously canaUeidately produced above ; light fulvous- 

 brown, columella and interior of the aperture white. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert.(Deshayes' edit.) vol. ix. p. 654. 

 Rostellaria brevirostra, Schumacher. 

 Rostellaria fuaus, Sowerby. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



This well-known species, which is foimd in great abun- 

 dance, is well characterized by its stout growth and 

 cm-ved canal. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Eostellaria pes-pelecani. Rost. testdfusiformi, spira 

 acuminato-turritd, anfractibus transversim tenuistri- 

 atis, medio angulatis, ad amjuluni oblique plicato-no- 

 datis, suturis maiyitiatis, anfraciu ultimo tricari- 

 iiato, carinis duabus centralibus prominentibus, obliqm 

 plicato-nodatis, in alam quadridactylam expanso, dac- 

 tylis incrassatis, acuminatis ; albidd, pallidi fulm 

 tinctd. 



The pelican's foot Eostellaria. Shell fu.siform, 

 spire acuminately turreted, whorls transversely finely 

 striated, angled in the middle, obliquely pUcately 

 noduled at the angle, sutures margined, last whorl 

 three-keeled, the two central keels being prominent 

 and obliquely noduled, expanded into a foui'-clawed 

 wing, claws thickened, sharp-pointed ; whitish, tinged 

 with light fulvous colour. 



Sirombus pes-pelecani, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. (12th edit.) 

 p. 1207. 



Rostellaria pes-pelicani, Lamarck. 

 Aporrhais quadrifidus. Da Costa. 

 Tritonium pes-pelicani, Miiller. 

 Chenopus pes-pelecani, Philippi. 

 Aporrhais pes-pelecani, Swainson. 



Hab. Coasts of Europe (from a depth of from ibur to a 

 hundred fathoms) ; Fori)es. 



This species differs mainly from R. pes-carbonis in its 

 more thickened solid growth, and in having one claw less. 



