CIRCE.— Plate IX. 



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Species 41. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe fastigiata. Ciir. testa sutjtriyono-iivatd, postici 

 siibatlemiato-jjrocluctd.fiilvii vet rufescenle-albd, jtir/ri- 

 cante-castaiteo conspicue angidatim maculald, concen- 

 trici corrtigato-striatd, striis riidiiiis, briyidaridns. 



The pointed Ciece. Sliell somewhat triangularly 

 ovate, posteriorly slightly attenuately produced, ful- 

 vous or reddish- wliite, conspicuously angularly 

 blotched with dark-chestnut, concentrically wrinkle- 

 striated, strise rude, irregular. 



Cytherea fastirjiata, Sowerby, Thes. Conch, vol. i. p. 643. 

 pi. 135. f. 158, 159. 

 Circe fastigiata, Deshayes. 



llab. Sydney, New Holland. 



Strongly resembling 0. castrensis in painting, but con- 

 stantly distinct in ibrm and uuilbrni size. 



Species 43. (Kg. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe picta. Circ. testa trigono-ovatd, postici attenuato- 

 produdd, alba, liueis iiigricaute-castaneis angulatim 

 reiiculatd, concentrice flo-striatd, strlis ad lutera in- 

 terdmn corrugatis. 



The painted Cikce. Shell triangularly ovate, pos- 

 teriorly attenuately produced, white, angularly reti- 



culated with dark-chestnut lines, coucentrically thread- 

 striated, striae sometimes wrinkled at the sides. 



Cgtliena pida, Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. vi. p. 5()',). 

 Circe picta. Gray. 



Hah. Indian Ocean. 



Elegantly reticulated with an angular textile of dark- 

 chestuut, more or less open in its distribution. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



CliiCE HIEROGLYPHICA. Circ. testd trigoiio-ovatd, com- 

 pi-essd, postice attenuato-productd, albd, rnaculis nigri- 

 cante-castaneis triangularibus aspersd, medio lavigatd, 

 ad tatera corriiguto-striatd. 



The HIEROGLYPHIC Ciect;. Shell triangularly ovate, 

 compressed, posteriorly atteniiately produced, white, 

 sprinkled with triangular blotches of dark-chestnut, 

 smooth in the middle, wTinkle-striated at the sides. 



Meretrix hierogtypliica, Conrad, Jouni. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, vol. vii. p. 353. pi. 19. f. 33. 

 Ci/therea hieroglypMca, Sowerby. 



Hub. ? 



This is closely allied to C. fastigiata, but it is charac- 

 terized by a much more delicate growth, while the painting 

 is peculiar. 



