M ARGINELL A. 



Plate XXVI. 



Species 145. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Marginella semen. Marg. testa subpyriformi-ovatd, 

 sordide alba, spird minuld, fere immersd, anfractibiis 

 superne tiimido-rotiiudatis, labro iucrassaio, columelld 

 callosd, miuule quadripUcatd. 



The seed Marginella. Shell somewhat pyriformly 

 ovate, dull wliite, spire minute, almost immersed, 

 whorls tumidly rounded at the upper part, lip thick- 

 ened, columella callous, minutely four-plaited. 



Ilab. ? 



A rather swollen species, with the spire but little ap- 

 parent. 



Species 146. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella Jewettii. Mary, testa obtuse conied, pel- 

 lucido-albd, spird partim immersd, anfractibus superne 

 tumido-rolimdatis, labro riiodice liicrassato, columelld 

 tumidd mill/lie quadripUcatd. 



Jewett's Marginella. Shell obtusely conical, trans- 

 parent-white, spire partly immersed, whorls tumidly 

 rounded at the upper part, lip moderately thickened, 

 columella tumid, minutely four-plaited. 



Carpenter, MS. in Mus. Cuming. 



Hab. Santa Barbara, New California ; Col. Jewett. 



Somewhat like the preceding species, but rather more 



oblong, with the columellar plaits more defined. 



Species 147. (Mus. Taylor.) 

 Marginella ros. Marg. testa obtuse conied, subpvri- 

 formi, spird partim immersd, vitreo-albd, labro modice 

 incrassato, columelld calloso -tumidd minutissime pli- 

 catd. 

 The dew Marginella. Shell obtusely conical, some- 

 what pear-shaped, spire partly immersed, glassy-white, 

 lip moderately thickened, columella callously swollen, 

 very minutely plaited. 

 Hab. — -? 



A transparent, glassy shell, of a rather stout pear- 

 shaped form. 



Species 148. (Pig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella engaustica. Marg. testd subpi/riformi, 

 aolidd, niteute-albd, spird im.mersd, anfractibus superne 

 tumido-gibbosis, labro crasse reflexo, iiitus minute den- 

 ticulato, columelld calloso-tuiiddd, multipUcatd. 



The enamelled Marginella. Shell somewhat pear- 

 shaped, solid, shining-wliite, spire immersed, whorls 



tumidly gibbous round the upper part, lip thickly 

 reflected, minutely denticulated within, columella cal- 

 lously swollen, many-plaited. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



A solid pear-shaped shell, rather rudely gibbous round 

 the upper part. 



Species 149. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Marginella rufula. Marg. testd ovato-turbinatd, pel- 

 lucidd, vitred, rufuld, fusco-rufo pallide trifasciatd, 

 spird conico-exsertd, labro parum incrassato, superne 

 emarginato, columelld quadripUcatd. 



The rufous Marginella. Shell ovately turbinated, 

 transparent, glassy, reddish, faintly three-banded with 

 brown-red, spire conically exserted, lip but little 

 thickened, notched at the upper part, columella four- 

 plaited. 



Gaskoin, !MS. in Mus. Taylor. 



Hab. Green Point, Cape of Good Hope ; Benson. 



A very characteristic rb/«fe-shaped species, of a ru- 

 fous, glassy substance, delicately pencilled with brown-red 

 bands. 



Species 150. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella infans. Marg. testd ovald, subconicd, pel- 

 lucido-albd, palUdissime fusco-biUneatd, spird obtusd, 

 labro modice incrassato, flexuoso, columelld quadri- 

 pUcatd. 



The small Marginella. Shell ovate, slightly conical, 

 transparent-white, encircled with two faint-brown 

 lines, spire obtuse, lip moderately thickened, flexu- 

 ous, columella^four- plaited. 



Hab. Singapore. 



Mostly encircled with two faint-brown lines. 



Species 151. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Marginella epigrus. Marg. testd subpyriformi-ovatd, 

 vitreo-albd, spird parvd, labro vix incrassato, columella 

 calloso-tumidd, quadripUcatd 



The pin Marginella. Shell somewhat pyriforraly 

 ovate, glassy-white, spire small, lip scarcely thickened, 

 columella callously swollen, four-plaited. 



Hab. ilogadore, Marocco ; !M'.\ndrew. 



A solid, pear-shaped shell, but delicately transpa- 

 rent. 



Jaimary, 1865 



