ANCILLARIA 



Plate II. 



Species 3. (Fig. a, h, c, Mus. Taylor.) 



Ancillakia mamillata. Anc. tedd subacummato-fusi- 

 formi, solidiusculd, rnfescente-spadicea, supra et infra 

 saturatiore, initriJmn. siibrosaced, anfrnctlbus siiperio- 

 ribiis plus minus cmiferlim spiraliter sulcatis, apice 

 sapissime calloso. 



Thk mamillated An'cillaria. Shell rather aeuini- 

 nately fusiform, rather solid, reddish-fawn, darker 

 above and below, sometimes pinkish, upper whorls 

 more or less closely spirally grooved, apex generally 

 callous. 



Hinds, Moll. Voy. Sulphur, pi. 11. f. 7, 8. 



Hab. Straits of Malacca (at the depth of seventeen fa- 

 thoms) ; Belcher. 



In this species the animal deposits an unus\ial quan- 

 tity of callous enamel on the upper whorls, reaching often 

 to the apex. 



Species 4. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming; Fig. b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Ancillakia cingulata. Anc. testa subelomjato-fusiformi, 

 tenui, modice ventricosd, pallide purpurascente-ciuna- 

 momed, ad suturas opaco-albd, ad basin vivide ustulato- 

 brunneo fasciald, columella arcuato-contortd, opaco- 

 albd. 



The girdled Ancillakia. Shell rather elongately 

 fusiform, thin, moderately ventricose, pale purple 

 cinnamon-colour, opaque-white at the sutures, banded 

 with bright burnt-brown at the base, columella arcn- 

 ately twisted, opaque-white. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 62. pi. 313. f. 54. 



Hab. Cape York and Torres Straits, North Australia. 



This beautiful species is girdled at the base with a con- 

 spicuous burnt-brown band, of which the lower half is 

 enamelled of a rich sienna colour. 



Species 5. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria rubiginosa. Ane. testa subamjusie fusi- 

 formi, solidd, cinnamomeo-fuscd, ad suturas callosd, 

 spird acumiuatd, callosd. 



The ruddv Ancillaria. Shell somewhat narrowly fu- 

 siform, solid, cinnamon-brown, callous at the sutures, 

 spire acuminated, callous. 



Swainsox, Zool. lUus. vol. ii. pi. 4. 



Hab. China ; Madagascar. 



A fine, callous species of solid growth, characterized by 

 a uniform colour of livid cinnamon-brown. 



November, 1S64. 



