ANCILLARIA. 



Plate XL 



Species 41. (Mus. Cuming.) 



ANC1LL.4KIA NoviE-ZELANDl^. Anc. tcsfd siibanguste 

 acuminata, nitmte alba, ad siituras opaco-callom ; 

 aperturd an/justd, columelld parum contortd. 



The New-Zealand Ancillaria. Shell rather nar- 

 rowly acuminated, shining white, opakely callous at 

 the sutures; aperture narrow, columella but little 

 twisted. 



SowERBY, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. G5. pi. 213. f. 4S, 49. 



Eab. ? 



This little shell, like A. Sinenm, has very much the 

 appearance of a small Mitra, but the spire is not constrict- 

 edly ridged, as in that species. 



Species 42. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria ebcrnea. Anc. testd ovatd, hdescente-alba, 

 nitmte, spird acute conicd, anfractibits siqierne declivi- 

 tumidis, colunieUd condricto-contortd. 



The ivory Ancillaria. Shell ovate, yellowish-white, 

 shining, spire sharply conical, whorls slopingly tu- 

 mid round the upper part, columella constrictedly 

 twisted. 



Deshayes, Sowerby, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 61. pi. 214. 

 f. 84, 85. 



Hab. ? 



The whorls of this little glossy species are peculiarly 

 swollen round the upper part. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria oryza. Arc. testa mbanguste. ovatd, pellu- 

 cido-albd, fnscesceute palUdissime bifasciatd, spird 

 subexsertd, anfraclibus inferne aubiiijtalis, columelld 

 coiistricto-conlortd. 



The rice Ancillaria. Shell rather narrowly ovate, 

 transparent white, very faintly two - banded with 

 brown, spire rather exserted, whorls somewhat in- 

 Hated towards the lower part, columella constrictedly 

 twisted. 



Uab. ? 



A narrowly convoluted shell, rather inflated towards 



the base. 



Species 44. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Ancillaria fasciata. Anc. testd ovatd, snbinjlatd, al- 

 hidd, rufescente-fnsco inferne el ad siitnras nilide fan- 

 ciatd, spird pared, conicd, colmnelld excavato-arcuatd , 

 deinde contortd. 



The banded Ancillaria. Shell ovate, rather inflated, 

 whitish, neatly banded round the lower part and at 

 the sutures with reddish-brown, spire small, conical, 

 columella excavately arched, then twisted. 



Hab. ? 



A very distinct form, encircled round the lower part 

 and at the sutures with a characteristic coloured band. 



Species 45. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ancillaria angustata. Anc. testa anguste cylindraced, 

 pellucido-spadiced, callosilate supra et infra nitente 

 aurantio-fuscd, albo marginatd, spird crasse obtuse 

 callosd, columelld exeavato-arcuatd, vix contortd. 



The narrowed Ancillaria. Shell narrowly cylin- 

 drical, transparent fawn-colour, callosity above and 

 below shining orange-brown, edged with white, spire 

 thickly obtusely callous, columella excavately arched, 

 scarcely twisted. 



Sowerby, Thes. Conch. Anc. p. 63. pi. 311. f. 13. 



Hab. China. 



Distinguished by its narrow cylindrical form, and cu- 

 riously obtuse, callous spire. 



Figure 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This little shell, the type of Mr. Sowerby's A. cylin- 

 drica, proves on examination to be a small A. ampla, the 

 variety with red-stained spire. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Ancillaria exigua. Anc. testd ci/lindraceo-ovatd, lu- 

 tescente-ulbd, valde callosd, nitente, spird conicd; 

 apertnrd parvd, ad basin truncatd, ad anfractum cal- 

 loso liratd, columelld brevi, siibrectd. 



November, 1864. 



