SOLARIUM.— I'l.ATE I. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 



!>oi..viui\i (^MiNcii. Sol. tesld modiee coiioiden, licldo- 

 l>Uescent« fiilvo-casfanfo faiciata, in anfractii nllinio 

 ohliqm qiiadrato-afrigatd. atifractibus oblique plicatis 

 ef cri-iinhfis, siilcis spirnli/»is deciissalis, basi rufo 

 cnlitei- articulafd, vmbilico parviiisciilo. creiiuli^ ri'fo- 

 fuaeo iiiai'ffiHafi/i. 



CiMixo's 8oL.\KU]M. Shell moderately conoid, livid 

 yellowish, banded with fnlvons chestnut, on the last 

 whoil obliquely somewhat squai-ely stre^iked, whorls 

 obliquely plicated and crenulated, decussated with 

 spiral p,rooves. base lisrhtly articulated with red, um- 

 bilicus rather small, creuules edged with reddish 

 brown. 



ll.vNi.Kv, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1S(52, p. 20+. 



Hab. -r 



This species, dcscrilie<l by Mr. Hauley from a single 



pitvasccnte-spadiced, aiifmdibm superni el in/erue bi- 

 riiii/ii/dfi.f, riiigidii riifo-cadaiieo subrcmoQ arliculalis, 

 xpirrr aiifrarlibns coinplciu: obliqiii plicalis H rreiia/is, 

 baii pallida, nia^ulis pnitck, dislantibiis, subliicouspi- 

 cuts, nmbilico vnlidi creiiidalo, crenulis alhis. 



'I'liK I'MNTHU SoLAitiUM. Shell rather dcpressly couold, 

 Ijiirple-fiuvn, whorls two-beltod above and below, 

 bells rather distaiidy articulated with reddisli-ehesi- ' 

 mil, mIkuIs (if (he spire conspicuously oblicpiely pli- 

 cated and ereualcd, base pale, spots lew in number, 

 distant, inconspicuons, umbilicus strongly ereuulalcd, 

 ercnules white. 



riiiiipi'i. Zeitschr. fiir Malak. 184S, p. 171: Ku-I. 

 Couch. Cab. Sol. p. 1,"). pi. 3. f. 2. 

 Snlarinvi fragile ?, Hinds. 



Ihib. North coast of New (iuiuea (in scncu fathoms, 

 sandl ; Hinds. 



This comes near to iS. piirpHra/ntii, but whereas thr 

 nppei' and lower ])arts of the wlunls in that species arc 

 coloured with blotches inclined to form longitudinal streaks, 

 here they take the form of nnusmdiy distant transvei-sc 

 arlienlatioMs. and the corresponding ditfcrenee is especially 

 obvious on the base of the shell. Mr. Hinds's mime, 5. 

 fragile, lias priority, but it represents only a young and 

 douiitful state of the species, and the precise habitat is 

 equally doubtl'ul. 



spcrimeu in Mr. ('inning's collection, T suspect to l)c an 

 iuiiiKilurc variclx oi' S. /'///ir/iiium/m-. 



Species 4. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Soi.MMiM ^rAXlMuM. Sol. Ic'sld viodice conoided,fnlvo- 

 spadircd, aiifracliJins spiralUer lineari-sidcaiis, ad 

 spiram oblique plicato-striiUis, superne pUcaio-creiialiis, 

 cadaneo-nifu maculatis, ad periplieriam bicingulatis 

 el macnlatis, nmbilico amplo, margiiie crciinltilo pariaii 

 rnlorato. 



Till: VF.iiV i.AKc.K Sm.AitlUM. Slicll moderately conoid, 

 fiilvDus-fawu, w^iorls spirally linearly grooved, ob- 

 liqiiily plicately striated at the spire, plicately crc- 

 natcd and sjiotled with ehcstiuit-red at the upper 

 part, two-belted and spotted at the periphery, um- 

 bilicus large, crenulated margin but little coloured. 



I'lili.ipri. Zcilschr. fiir Malak. 184S, p. 170; Kust. 

 Conch. Cab. Sol. p. tS. pi. 1. f. 2, 3. 

 Solarium Tai/lori, Hanley. 



Ilab. .lava. Ccykni. 



Compared with its nearest ally, S. trochleare, it will be 

 found that this species differs amongst other characters in 

 being spirally encircled with linear grooves, in being more 

 co])iously obli(piely plicately striated, and in not having 

 any coloured belt below the spotted puckered margin next 

 the suture. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Soi.AiuuM PI linUATUM. Sol. testa conoiJed, anfracdbiis 

 suUiimidi.i, ad spiram oblique plicatis, siipenie siilcis 

 duabus cineti.^, macnlis riifo-fuscis siibgemiiiis or»atis, 

 medio pallide ciiiered, ad periplieriam carinatd, ariicii- 

 Me maciilafd, ad ba^iii rufo radiatim strigatd, um- 

 bilico Sttbpatnlo, crennlis fuscesce)tt'dtus maryinato. 



TiiF. ptRPLE-STAlNliD SoLAKiUM. Shell couoid, wliorls 

 r,ither swollen, obliquely plicated at the spire, en- 

 circled round the upper part with two grooves, orna- 

 mented with doubled red-brown spots, pale-asli in 

 the niidille, keeled, and articulately blotched at the 

 periphery, radiately streaked wnth red-brown at the 

 base, umbilicus rather open, margined with pale- 

 fuscous ercnules. 



