MA R G I N E L L A . 



Plate XVI. 



Species 72. (Fig. 72, Mus. Taylor; and 73 o, b, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Makginella catenata. Marg. testa obtuse ovata, fia- 

 vescente-albd, rnfo-fusco transversim catenata, et longi- 

 tud'maVUer lineatd, spird immersd, columelld valide 

 quadriplicatd. 



The chained JIaroinella. SIr'11 obtusely ovate, yel- 

 lowish-white, transversely chained and longitudinally 

 lineated with red-brown, spire immersed, columella 

 strongly four-plaited. 



Vohila catenata, Montagu, Test. Brit. vol. i. p. 230. pi. 6. 

 f. 2. 



f'olvaria catenata, Blainville. 

 Marg'mella catenata, Brown. 



Bab. West Indies. 



This very beautifully-marked AYest ludia species has 

 been for many years included erroneously in the British 

 Fauna. 



Species 7'i. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Maroixella austealis. Marg. testa subtrigono-ovatd, 

 soUdbisculd, livido-Jlavescente, nitente, spird conicd, 

 anfractibns supenie obtuse angulatis, lubro incrassaio, 

 albido, cohimelld caUoso-qundriplicatd. 



The southern Marginflla. Shell somewhat trian- 

 gularly ovate, rather solid, livid yellowish, shining, 

 spire conical, whorls obtusely angled round the upper 

 part, lip thickened, whitish, columella callously four- 

 plaited. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. 75. 

 Marginella orgza. Pease. 



Ilab. North-west coast of Australia (in coral sand at low 

 water) ; Dring. 



A glittering solid shell of simple character. 



Species 75. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella oryza. Mlarg. testa obtuse ovatd, albidd 

 vel Jlavescenle-aurantid, fascia fidvo-rufd lata medio 

 coHspicue cingulatd, spird minutd, nnj'ractibus superne 

 ffibbosis, columelld triplicatd. 



The rice-gkaix Marginella. Shell obtuselv ovate. 



whitish or yellowish-orange, conspicuously encircled 



round the middle with a broad fulvous-red band, 



spire minute, whorls gibbous rountl the upper part, 



columella three-plaited. 

 Volvaria oryza, Lamarck (not M. oryza, Pease), Aniin. 



sans vert. vol. x. p. 460. 



Le Slipon, Adanson. 



Marginella oryza, Deshayes. 



Marginella miliaria, Sowerby (not Valuta miliaria, 

 Linnreus). 

 Hab. Senegal. 



Remarkably characterized by its conspicuous broad ful- 

 vous-brown band. 



Species 76. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella diaphana. Marg. testa obtuse conicd, ful- 

 vescente-aurantid, nitente, tenni, diaphana, spird parum 

 exsertd, anfractibns superne tmnidis, labro iiicrussato, 

 uurantio-rufo, cohimelld quadriplicatd. 



The diaphanous Marginella. Shell obtusely coni- 

 cal, t'ulvous-orange, glittering, thin, transparent, spire 

 but little exserted, whorls swollen round the upper 

 part, lip thickened, orange-red, columella four- 

 plaited. 



KlENER, Icon. Coq. viv. p. 3S. pi. 12. f. 3. 

 Marginella peltucida, Pfeiffer. 



Ilab. Cuba. 



A semitransparent glittering horny shell, partaking very 

 much of the general form of a Melampus. 



Species 77. (Fig. a, b, ^lus. Cuming.) 



JIarginella zonata. Marg. tesld cylindraceo-elongafd, 

 medio subcoarctatd, tenui, albidd, fnlvo-aurantio lati- 

 fasciatd vel bilineatd, spird vix e.v-iertd, labro fexuoso, 

 columelld qnadriplicatd . 



The zoned Marginella. Shell cylindrically elon- 

 gated, somewhat contracted in the middle, thin, 

 wiiitish, broadly banded or bilineated with fulvous- 

 orange, spire scarcely exserted, lip Hexuous, cokiraella 

 four-plaited, 



KiENER, Icon. Coq. viv. p. 41. pi. 13. f. 4. 



Hah. West Indies. 



.Tanuarv. 1S65. 



