M A li G I N E L L A . 



Pl.vie XV. 



Species (j5. (Fig. a, Mus. Tii^-lur; Fig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Mauginklla maculosa. Murr/. lesld oblnsi ooatd, so- 

 tidiiisculd, albidd, gultls rubidis auiice saturatis jiecu- 

 liarilar iwbiilutd eel tessellald, spird immersd, coliimdld 

 lumidd, opacu-ulbd. 



The spotted Makginella. Sliell obtusely ovate, 

 ratlier solid, wiiitisli, peculiarly clouded or tessellated 

 with ruddy spots, which are darker towards the 

 front, spire immersed, columella swollen, opake- 

 white. 



Mari/indla guttata, Swaiuson (not ot'Lamurckl, Zool. lUus. 

 vol. ii. pi. 1. f. 2. 

 Mnrginella maculosa, Kieuev. 



Hub. Island of St. Vincent's, West Indies. 



The spots in this very characteristic species are mostly 

 intensilied in colour towards the niargin of the shell. 



Species 66. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Margin ELL-\. pulchella. Marg. t>fstd oblumju-uvald, 

 albidd, llnvh carnela iiebulaiis lonf/Uadinaliter unduld, 

 spird immersn, aiifractibus supurne co/uitrictia, col/i- 

 lui'/ld qnadriplicatd. 



The pretty Marginella. Shell oblong-ovate, whitish, 

 longitudinally waved with clouded Hesh-tiuted lines, 

 spire immersed, wdiorls constricted round the upper 

 part, columella four-plaited. 



KlENER, Icon. Coq. viv. p. 37. pi. 9. f. -11. 



Hab. Sydney, New South Wales. 



Of a delicate, porcelain-like character. 



Species 67. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella piirvgia. Mary, ti-dd vhlusi ucald, Jia- 

 vesciiiile, aniiid.is riijia iiik'rriij)tk ncbiihild at fasciatu, 

 spird iii/.iiicrsd, iiujruclibns snpKnti ijibbosiiisculix, co- 

 lumelld luiiiidd. 



The EMiiiioiDERED Makginella. Shell obtusely ovate, 

 yellowish, clouded and banded with red interrupted 

 rings, spire immersed, whorls rather gibbous round 

 the upper part, coluinella swollen. 



SowEliBY, Thes. Conch. Marg. p. 394. pi. 78 f. 218, 3111. 

 Hab. Gulf of California. 



Allied to M. maculosa of the West Indies, but the 

 painting only presents ringed outlines of the spots. 



Species 68. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Makginella De Bubghi.^. Mary, testa cijlindraceo- 

 oblonyd, teiiuicidd, peltiicido-albd, maculis piinctisqitc 

 aurantio-rufis alternatim seriatim ciiictd, spird iin- 

 mersd, columelld conspicue quadripUcatd. 



De Burgh's Marginella. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 rather thin, transparent white, alternately encircled 

 with rows of orange-red spots and dots, spire im- 

 mersed, columella conspicuously four-plaited. 



Adams, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Swan Eiver. 



A very distinct species, of a bright, porcelain-like 



character, painted alternately with rows of ornnge-red 



spots and dots. 



Species 69. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella muralis. ilary. testa elo)ir/ato-orutd, al- 

 bidd, nitente, maculis quadratis puuctisque rufescentibas 

 nebutato-fasciatd, spird immersd, atifractibus superiie 

 constrictis, columelld triplicatd. 



The wall Marginella. Shell elongately-ovate, whitish, 

 shining, cloudedly banded with square red spots and 

 dots, spire immersed, whorls constricted at the upper 

 part, columella three-plaited. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S41-, p. 76. 



Hab. West Indies. 



Named muralis from a fancied resemblance of the rows 

 of spots to the courses of bricks in a wall. 



Species 70. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella sagittata. Mar/j. lestd oblusi; ucatd, 

 albidd, macules ri'/is saijittatis copiose ciiirtd, spird 



January, 1865. 



