MAEGINELLA.— Plate XIV. 



Species 63. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella Kieneriana. Marg. testa pyriformi- 

 ovatd, sulidd, aui-auliu-spadiced, maculis all/is niyro- 

 umbratls cunsjjinue quadnfasciata, spird minutd, vix 

 exsertd, columelld callosd, midique plicatd. 



Kiener's Marginella. Shell pyriformlj'-ovate, solid, 

 orange-fawn, conspicuously four-banded witli white 

 black-shaded spots, spii-e minute, scarcely exserted, 

 columella callous, plaited throughout. 



Petit, Guerin, Mag. de Zool. 183S, pi. 110. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



An extremely interesting species, having a strong ge- 

 neral resemblance to the dark-clouded variety of Cypraa 

 :k:ac. 



Species 64. (Mus. Cuming.) 



MarGINELL.y JIULTILINEATA. Marg. testd obtuse ovatd, 

 Jlavescente, lineis riijiis cunfertis midique ciurjulaid, 

 spird immersd, ayrfractibus saperne yibhosis, columelld 

 tumidd, opaco-albd. 



The many-lined Marginella. Shell obtusely ovate, 

 yellowish, encircled throughout with close-set red 

 lines, spire immersed, whorls gibbous round the 

 upper part, columella swollen, opake-white. 



SowERBY, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1846, p. 96. 



Hab. Belize, Bay of Hondui'as ; Dyson. 



Of the same typical form as the West India M. inter- 

 rupta, characterized by the neat regularity of its trans- 

 verse red lines. 



