CIRCE. 



Plate VIII, 



Species 29. (Fig. o, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe Sowekbyi. Circ. testa tr'ujono-rotundata vd 

 ovatd, turgida, fidvescente-albd, castmieo-rnfo teiin!' 

 acute undatd, concentrice conferthn strinto-lirntd, Urii 

 obtusis. 



Sowerby's Circe. Sliell triangularly rounded or ovate, 

 swollen, fulvous white, finely sliarply waved with 

 chestnut-red, concentrically closely striately ridged, 

 ridges obtuse. 



Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Brit. Mus. p. 95. 



Cytherea Hebraa, Sowerliy (not of Lamarck). 



Hab. Philippine Islands. 



This pretty species runs very closely into C. tigrina. 

 If a variety, it is a very characteristic one. 



Species 30. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe maemorata. Circ. testa ovatd, subcompressd, 

 Hvido-cartdescente, olivaceo-riifo reticulato-marmoratd, 

 luHuld et ared ligamenti plumbeis, umbouibus piirpu- 

 rascente radiatis, concentrice obtuse strialo-liratd, pos- 

 tice et circa nmbones profuse teniie divaricatint pli- 

 catd. 



The marbled Circe. Shell ovate, rather compressed, 

 livid bluish, reticulately marbled with olive-red, 

 lunule and ligauientary area lead-colour, umboes 

 rayed with faint purple, concentrically obtusely 

 striately ridged, posteriorly and around the umboes 

 profusely finely divaricately plicated. 



Ilab. ? 



Apparently a new species, fully characterized, as may 

 be seen by the foregoing description, both in respect of 

 sculpture and coloiu". 



Fig. 31. (Mus. Cumiiig.) 



The shell here figured proves to be an interesting va- 

 riety of C. ellipiica, described at Plate X. Species 4S. 



Species 32. (Fig. a, b, c, ilus. Cuming.) 



Circe tigrina. Circ. testa siibtrigono-ovatd, postice ai- 

 tennato-prodiictd, versus umiones turgidd, albidd, cas- 

 taneo-rufo aid nigricante-brutmeo profuse reticidato- 

 marmoratd, medio Ireviusculd, ad latera concentrice 

 striato-liratd, /iris obtn.iis, irregidariter corrngatin. 



The tiger Circe. Shell somewhat triangularly ovate, 

 attenuately produced on the posterior side, swollen 

 towards the umboes, whitish, profusely reticulately 

 mottled with chestnut-red or dark-brown, rather 

 smooth iu the middle, concentrically striately ridged 

 at the sides, ridges obtuse, irregularly wrinkled. 



Cgtlierea tigrina, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vi. 

 p. 310. 

 Circe tigrina, Deshayes. 



Hab. Molucca and Philippine Islands. 



Strikingly characterized by its reticulately mottled paint- 

 ing. The shell, which lias invariably a tendency to become 

 attenuated on the posterior side, is comparatively smooth 

 in the middle, the sides being obtusely irregularly wrinkle- 

 striated. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe trimaculata. Circ. testd oblique cordatd, po-itice 

 curvald, alba, castaneo-brunneo profuse tinctd el ra- 

 diald, lunula el ared ligamenti iidensii brumteis, undiqne 

 concentrice lirato-striald, striis obtusis, irregulariter 

 corrngatis. 



I'liK three-spotted Circe. Shell obliquely heart- 

 shaped, curved posteriorly, white, profusely stained 

 and rayed with ehestimt-brown, lunule and ligamen- 

 tary area dark-browii, concentrically ridge-striated 

 throughout, striae obtuse, irregularly wrinkled. 



Cylherea trimaculata, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vi. 

 p. 313. 

 (.'irce triiuaculata, Deshayes. 



Hab. Pliilippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Of a more curved heart-shaped form than the precedinsc 

 species, sculptured throughout. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 CiRCE Hebr.ea. Circ. tesld ovatd, turgidd, postice sub- 



Oetober, 1S63. 



