M A R G I N E L L A. 



Plate XI. 



Species 43. (Fig, a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Mauginella amygdala. Marg. tmld subobtso-ovald, 

 caUusd,fidccsceidt:4acUd, spird pand, parmii Msertd, 

 uiifractibus siipenie yibbosk; labrij calluno-hicraawto , 

 ad apicein varicuto, spadiceo supra et infra marginato. 



The almond Mauginella. Shell rather stoutly ovate, 

 tallous, fulvuus-cream-eolour, spire small, but little 

 cxserted, uhoils gibhous round the up|)er part ; lip 

 callously thickened, variced to the ape.\, edged above 

 and below with fawn-colour. 



IviiiNEK, Icon. coq. viv. pi. 11. f. 1. 



Ildb. Senegal, West Africa. 



A solid enamelled species, having the lip edged above 

 and below with fawn-colour. 



Species -14. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Mauginella cincta. Mary, tt'std coiiico-ovuld, snbde- 

 preasd, tbnrncd, ciiif/ido cal/n>io auraiitiu, sjjird siibt'X- 

 serid, aiifractihns superiie glbbusis; lubro lale iticras- 

 sato, uiidiqne varica/o. 



The girdled Marginella. Shell coiiically ovate, 

 somewhat depressed, ivory-wliite, encircled with a 

 callous belt of orange, spire rather cxserted, whorls 

 gibbous round the upper part; lip broadly thickened, 

 variced throughout. 



IvlENER, Icon. eoq. viv. pi. 8. f. 32. 



JIub. Mexico. 



The bright-orange callous varix which encircles this 

 shell stands out in prominent and delicate contrast with 

 the ivory whiteness of the body whorls. 



Species 45. (Fig. «, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Mauginella pkunum. JLrrg. testa oblongo-ocatd, oli- 

 vaceo-ciuered, spirdccserid, anfraclibus su perne declivi- 

 coin-fxis; labru incrassato,Jlexuoso, siiperuti tnucronato , 

 iiitiis bruiiried. 



The plum Mauginella. Shell oblong-ovate, olive- 

 white, spire cxserted, whorls slopingly convex at the 

 upper part ; lip thickened, flexuous, pointed at the 

 upper part, interior brown. 



I'ulidii priitiKiii, Guieliu, Syst. Nat. p. 34-46. 



Jlarz/iiifUa caridescciis, Liuuarck. 



Mori/iiwtla pruniim, Deshayes. 

 Ilab. Panama (dredged from sandy mud at the depth of 



ten fathoms); Cuming. 



A smooth-tinted shell, hrown-staincd in the Ulterior, the 

 chief peculiarity of which consists in the lip terminating 

 suddenly at the base of the spire in a callous, auguhn' 

 point. 



Species 4G. (Fig. r/, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Mauginella mauginata. Marg. tesld ovatd, solidis- 

 siiud, viulasceide-ciiiered, obsuh'le bifuseiald, spird 

 pared, aiifractibiis modice coiwexis ; labro valde iii- 

 crassalo, iiiidiijiie cullose bimiricuso, varlce spadiced. 



The margined Mauginella. Shell ovate, very solid, 

 violet-ash, obsoletely two-banded, spire small, whorls 

 moderately convex ; lip much thickened, callously 

 doubly varicosed throughout, varix fawn-coloured. 



J'utitta marginuta, Born, Mus. Vindobon. p. 220. pi. 9. 

 f. .5, 6. 

 2Larghiella bicaricosa, Lamarck. 



Hab. Senegal, West Africa. 



ChicHy distingtushcd by the callous encircling varix 

 being duplicated. 



Species 47. (Fig. a, li, ^lus. Cuming.) 



^Iauginella sapotilla. JIarff. tfsld obluiigo-oi-utd, 

 pallidi oVwaceu-ciiiend, spird breviuscidd, aiifractibns 

 iiwdicii couctxis ; labro incrassato, ulbo, spadiceo mar- 

 ginato, inliis brnuned. 



The soapwout Mauginella. Shell oblong-oval, pale 

 olive-ash, spire rather short, w^hoiis moderately con- 

 vex ; lip thickened, w hite, edged w ith fawn, interior 

 bi'own. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 74. 



Hub. Pananui (in sandy mud at depths of from live to 

 thirteen fathoms); Cuming. 



This comes very near to .1/. prumnti. The lip is not, 

 however, angularly pointed at the upper part, while it is 

 edged throughout with i'awn-eolour. 



August, 1SC4. 



