ANCILLARIA. 



Plate IV. 



Species 'J. (Fig. a, Mus. Taylor; Fig. b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria Monteouzieri. Anc. testa subcylindraceo- 

 oblongd, versus apicem valde calhsd, paUide rosaceo- 

 spadiced, callositate subsaturatiore, apice parco, acuto, 

 columdld arcuatd, purum contorld. 



Montrouzier's Ancillaria. Shell somewhat cylin- 

 drically-oblong, very callous towards the ape,x, pale 

 pinkish-fawn colovu', callosity slightly darker, apex 

 small, sharp, columella arched, but little twisied. 



SowERBlE, Journ. Conch, vol. 8. p. 207. pi. .8. f. 3. 



Hah. Loyalty Island, New Caledonia. // 



A solid, cylindrically-oblong species, distinguished by a 

 peculiarly delicate rose-tinted lawn colour, the callosity 

 being very little darker in tone than the body-whorls. 



Species 10. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria mucronata. Anc. testa subcijlindraceo- 

 ohtun(jd, crassd, versus apicem valde callosd, apice 

 parvo, mucronato, rosaceo-spadiced, callositate fused, 

 columelld urcuato-contortd. 



The pointed Ancillaria. Shell somewhat cvlindri- 



cally oblong, thick, very callous towards the apex, 

 apex small, pointed, rose-tinted fawn-colour, callosity 

 fuscous, columella arcuately twisted. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 63. pi. 211. f. 11, 12. 



Hab. Tasmania. 



Very like the preceding species, but of larger growth 

 and more opaque colovn- ; the columella is also more 

 twisted. 



Species 11. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria pyramidalis. Anc. testa ovatd, tenuiculd, 

 ventricosd, purpurascente-spadiced, callositate fused, 

 spird pijramidali-acuniinatd, undi'iue callosd, columelld 

 arcuato-contorld. 



The pyramidal Ancillaria. Shell ovate, rather thin, 

 ventricose, purplish-fawn colour, callosity fuscous, 

 spire pyramidally acuminated, callous throughout, 

 columella arcuately twisted. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



The shells of this type of the genus are for the most 

 part of very solid substance, but this is rather light and 

 ventricose, with its callous spire peculiarly pyramidally 

 acuminated. 



November, 1S6-1-. 



