M A R G I N E L L A. 



Plate II. 



Species 3. (Fig-, a, h, JIus. Cuminu'.) 



M.\1!GI>;ell.^ Burchakbi. Marrj. testa vcntricoso-ovatd, 

 puUide Uv'ulo-cinerascente , inimaculiild, spird pcirvd, 

 iDifraciibiis superne tumidiuscuUs, labro calloso-reflexu, 

 columella quinque-pUcatd, pUcis angiistis, prominen- 

 iihus, constrictis. 



Burchard's ^Iarginella. Sliell ventrifosely ovate, 

 pale livid ash, unspotted, spire small, whorls rather 

 ■swollen round the upper part, lip callously reflected, 

 columella tive-plaited, plaits narrow, prominent, con- 

 stricted. 



DrxKER, Zeitschr. fiir !Malac. 1852, p. CI. 



Hall. East Africa. Nicobar Islands. C.ylon. 



An almost colourless species, passing into 21. nndnhita. 



Species 4. (Fig. a, b, c, d, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella elegans. Mafy. lestd subpyriformi-ovaid 

 vel oblongd, sulidiiisculd, ciiiered, piiiiclis Uneisqiie 

 brevibiis griseis cojnose fasciatd, labro et colitmelld 

 vivide 7-iifo-n!ira?itiis, spird brevi, obfiisd, iuterdum 

 parlim occulta, unfractibiis si/pcrue iu/uidls, labro valde 

 culloso, coliiwidld quiuque- vel sex-plicatd 



The elegant Marginella. Shell somewhat pyri- 

 Ibrnily ovate or oblong, rather solid, ash-coloured, 

 copiously banded with grey dots and short lines, lip 

 and columella bright reddish-orange, spire short, 

 obtuse, sometimes partially concealed, whorls swollen 

 round the upper part, lip very callous, columella five- 

 or six-plaited. 



Valuta elegans, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 34-4S. 



Margbiella elegans, Kieuer. 

 liab. East Indies. Nicobar Islands. Straits of JIalacca : 



Dr. Trail. 



This very beautdul species is to be recognized bv its 

 solid growth and spirally banded colouring, as distin- 

 guished from the longitudinally waved colouring of 21. 

 liiidulala. 



Species 5. (Fig. 5 a, 5 i, 6 ff, fi b. Mus. Taylor.) 



Marginella xjndulata. 2Larg. testa ventricoso-ovald, 

 creni.le.'icente-cbicred, gr'iseo teinie longiludiualiter un- 

 diilatd, labro et columelld r/'/o-auranfio tinctis, spird 

 pared, subimmersd , atifractibns medio tumidiuscuUs, 

 labro callo.to-re/lexo, columelld qiiinqueplicatd, plicis 

 constrictis. 



The waved ^Iarginella. Shell ventrieosely ovate, 

 bluish-ash, thinly longitudinally waved w itii grey, lip 

 and columella tinged with orange-red, spire small, a 

 little immersed, whorls rather swollen in the middle, 

 lip callously reflected, columella ti\ e-plaited. plaits 

 constricted. 



Voluia glabella undiilatii, t'henmil/.. Couch. Cab. vol. Id. 

 p. 166. pi. 150. f. 1423, 1424. 

 2Iargi)iella undulata, Deshayes. 

 Voluta sirigala, Dilhvyn. 

 2Iarginella strir/rita. Kiciiei'. 



Nab. East Africa. 



Distinguished fi'oui the preceding species by its longi- 

 tudinally-waved pattern of colouring, and lighter, more 

 ventricose growth. 



Anmist. ISGI. 



