M A R G I N E L L A. 



Plate V. 



Species 15. (Fig. a, b, Mus. CumiBg.) 



M.^BGINELL-V Newcombi. Marg. testa ovatn, soUdius- 

 cula, callosd, Jiavesceute-albd, romceo-cimreo tinctd et 

 undatd, punctis nigris undique viltafd, spird suboliiusd, 

 atifractibits superne glbboso-rotundatis, hiferne mbcon- 

 tracth, labro valde iucrassato fusco-nigro sparsissime 

 punetato. 



Xetvcomb's Margin ELLA. Shell ovate, rather solid, 

 callous, jellowish-white, tinged and waved with pink- 

 ash colour, filleted throughout with black dots, spire 

 rather obtuse, whorls gibbously rounded at the upper 

 part, rather contracted at the lower part, lip much 

 thickened, very sparingly dotted with fuscous-black. 



Hab. Lagulhas Bank, Cape of Good Hope. 



This shell, which I find in JIi-. Cuming's collection 

 with the name Newcomhi in manuscript, may be said 

 to dift'er from M. rosea chiefly by its more solid, callous 

 growth ; it is, however, a doubtful species. 



Species 16. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella aukantia. Marg. testd siibangiiste ovatd, 

 vivide carneolo-aurantid, punctis albis sparsim lenti- 

 (/inosd, spird subobtiise conicd, aiifractibus couvexis, 

 labro calloso-incrassato . 

 The orange Marginella. Shell rather naiTowly 

 ovate, bright carnelian-orange, sparingly freckled with 

 white dots, spire rather obtusely conical, whorls con- 

 vex, lip callously thickened. 

 Lamakck, Anim. sans vert. vol. 10. p. 439. 

 Hab. Mouth of the Gambia, West Africa. Cape de Verd 

 Islands. 

 Well distinguished by its peculiar deep carnelian- 

 orange colour, sparsely freckled with white. 



Species 17. (Fig. a, b, c, d, Mus. Taylor.) 



Marginella vittata. Marg. testd suhpyriformi-ovaid, 

 rosed vel caridescente-grised, lineis brevibus irregula- 

 ribus fusco-nigricantibns spiraliter vittatd, vittis sub- 

 distantibus, spird protuimdd, aiifractibus superne de- 

 clivi-angutatis, inferne attenuatis, labro attenuato 

 fusco-nigricante punetato. 

 The filleted Marginella. Shell somewhat pyri- 

 formly-ovate, rose-coloured or bluish-grey, spirally 

 filleted with short, irregular, fuscous-black lines, 

 fillets rather distant, spire prominent, whorls slop- 

 iiigly angled round the upper part, attenuated to- 

 wards the lower, lip thickened, dotted with fuscous- 

 black. 



Hab. ? 



A fine new species, of which Mr. Taylor possesses the 

 two well-marked varieties figm'ed in the accompanying 

 Plate, one a uniform bluish-grey colour, the other a deep 

 rose. Mr. Cuming possesses also a specimen of the rose- 

 coloured variety. 



Species 18. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella irrorata. Marg. testd conico-ovatd, sub- 

 oblongd, pallidi earned, punctis albis undique copiose 

 lentiginosd, spird subacuminatd, anfractibus superne 

 declivi-gibbosis, labro calloso-incrassato. 



The bedewed Marginella. Shell conicaUy ovate 

 rather oblong, pale flesh-colour, copiously freckled 

 throughout with white dots, spire somewhat acumi- 

 nated, whorls slopingly gibbous round the upper 

 part, lip callously thickened. 



Menke, Jay, Cat. p. 93. 



Hab. Senegal, West Africa. 



Closely allied to M. glabella, but more elongated in 



form, and more profusely more regularly dotted. 



Aus^ust, 1SG4-. 



