ANCILLARIA. 



Tlate VIII. 



Species 24. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancill.\ria oBLOXG.i. Aiic. testd suifusiformi-oblongd, 

 purpurasceiite-^padicea, callositate laded rufo-jlam- 

 matd ad sului-as fasciald, spird acuminatd, columelld 

 tenuiculd, arcuatd, parum contortd. 



The oblong Ancillaki.!. Shell somewbat fusiformly 

 oblong, pur])lisli-fawn, banded at the sutures with a 

 red-flamed cream-coloured callosity, spire acuminated, 

 columella rather slender, arched, but little twisted. 



SowEBBY, Species Conch, p. 7. f- 38, 39. 



Hab. Australia. 



The sutural callosity of this pretty species is of an 

 opake cream-colour, striped longitudinally throughout with 

 red-brown flames. 



Species 25. (Fig. n, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancill.\kia lineata. Aitc. testd acuminalo-ovatd, ebiir- 

 ned, nitentt, aurantio-fusco exililer lineald, callosiiate 

 siiturali opaco-albd, aurantio-fasco subobsciire Jiamma- 

 td, spird elevald, columelld arcitato-contortd. 



The lineated Ancillaria. Shell acumiuately ovate, 

 ivory-white, shining, delicately lineated with orange- 

 brown, sutural callosity opake-white, rather obscurely 

 flamed with orange-brown, spire raised, columella 

 arcuately twisted. 



KlENER, Icon. coq. viv. p. IG. pi. 3. f. 2. 



Hab. Australia. 



Of quite a difl"erent form from the preceding species, 

 with the columella more arcuately twisted. 



Species 26. (Fig. a, b, ilus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria scaphella. Anc. testd ovatd, navlformi, 

 teiiiii, bijlald, albkld, fuscescente sparsim tinctd, spird 

 miiiiiHd, parthn iimaersd, columelld sitbrecld ; aperlurd 

 pat aid. 



The little boat Ancillaria. Shell ovate, boat-shaped, 

 thin, inflated, whitish, sparingly tinged with brown, 

 spire very small, partially immersed, columella nearly 

 straight ; aperture wide open. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 58. pi. 212. pi. 37, 3S. 

 Bab. ? 



A light boat-shaped shell, with a very small, partially 

 immersed spire. 



Species 27. (Fig. a, Vm.%. Cuming; Fig. b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Ancillaria ampla. Ahc. testd cijUndraceo-oblougd, sub- 

 ancjustd, albd, rufo circa spiram interdiim strigatd, 

 spird parvd, suturis obliqui; constrictis, atifractibus sitb- 

 inflatis, columelld parum conlorld ; aperlurd hiatuld. 



The ample Ancillaria. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 rather narrow, white, sometimes streaked with red 

 about the spire, spire small, sutures obliquely con- 

 stricted, whorls rather inflated, columella but little 

 twisted ; aperture open. 



Voluta ampla, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3-t67. 

 Bulla ampla. Wood. 

 Ancillaria Candida, Lamarck. 

 Ancillaria ampla, Sowerby. 

 Ancillaria cylindrica, Sowerby. 



Hab. Eed Sea. 



The spire of this species is not unfrequently streaked, 

 or rather smeared, in an unusual manner with blood-red. 



Species 28. (Fig. a, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria obesa. Anc. testd ovatd, subobesd, sordidi 

 albidd, purpnrascente-rufo fasciald et Jlammald, spird 

 conicd, anfractibus superne tumidiusculis, inferne bisul- 

 calis, columelld conspicue arcuatd. 



The stout Ancillaria. Shell ovate, rather stout, 

 dull white, banded and flamed with purplish-red, spire 

 conical, whorls rather swollen round the upper part, 

 double-grooved at the lower, columella conspicu- 

 ously arched. 



Sowerby, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 65. pi. 213. f. 44, 45. 



Hab. New Zealand. 



Peculiar in form, and of a dull livid purplish-red. 



November, IS 64. 



