OVULUM. 



Plate IV. 



Species 15. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



OvULUM TRITICEHM. Ov. testd subohlonffo-ovatcl, pnrpii- 

 i-ascente-carnea, dorso medio g'Mosiiisculo, extremita- 

 fll/iis rostratis, sitbprodnctis, labro vnricoso, flavesceiite, 

 columella, superiii calloso-Uralu, ivferne subcontortd, 

 plica obsoletd. 



The whe.\t Ovulum. Shell rather oblong-ovate, purple 

 flesh-colour, back rather gibbous in the middle, extre- 

 mities beaked and rather produced, lip varicose, yel- 

 lowish, columella callously ridged at the upper part, 

 slightly twisted at the lowei% plait obsolete. 



Lamakck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 470. 

 Bulla lepida, Dillwyn. 



Hab. ? 



Lamarck gives " cotes d'Afri(|ue " as the habitat of this 

 species, but I have not been able to verify it. 



Species 16. (Fig. n, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



OvuLUM FKUTICTJM. Ov. testa snbpijriforym-ovatd, ro- 

 saceo-carneo latifasciatd, IcBviijatd, labro crasso, vari- 

 cose, exlremilatibus rotundaio-emarginatis, columella 

 snperne et iiiferne calloso-Uratd, valde nuiplicatd. 



The corn Ovulum. Shell somewhat pyriformly ovate, 

 broadly banded with pinkish flesh-colour, smooth, lip 

 thick, varicose, extremities rotundately eraarginated, 

 cohunella callously ridged above and below, strongly 

 one-plaited. 



Adams, ^IS. in Mus. Taylor. 



Hob. Malacca. 



A delicately-coloured shell of rather solid growth, 

 neatly synnuetrical in form. 



Species 17. (Fig. a, b, Mus, Cuming.) 



Ovulum carneum. Ov. testd angimteovatd,solidinsculu, 

 r iifescente-carned, dorso medio licvigato, supra et infra 

 transeersivi inciso-striato, extreniitatibus attenuato- 

 canaliculatis, labro opaco-incrassato, coliimelld snperne 

 calloso-Uratd, inferne plano-excavatd, plica fere obso- 

 letd. 



The flesh-coloured Ovulum. Shell narrowly ovate, 

 rather solid, reddish flesh-colour, back smooth in the 

 middle, transversely groove-striated above and be- 

 low, extremities attenuately channelled, lip opakely 



thickened, columella callously ribbed at the upper 

 part, flatly excavated at the lower, plait almost obso- 

 lete. 



Bnlla carnea, Poiret, Voy. en Barbaric, vol. ii. p. 21. 

 Oijula carnea, Lamarck. 

 Calpnrnits carnens, Adams. 



Hab. Mediterranean. Kino-0-Sima, Japan ; Adams. 



The extremities of this very characteristic species are 

 sometimes stained in the interior with bright reddish- 

 orange. 



Species 18. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ovulum rhodia. Ov. testd elonyato-ovatd, rnfescente, 

 extreniita^e snperiori canalicnlato-productd, inferiori 

 late Irun.cato-emarginatd, nohmielld snperne calloso- 

 Uratd, inferne plauo-excnvatd, plica fere nbsoletd. 



The ruddy Ovulum. Shell elongately ovate, reddish, 

 upper extremity canaliculately produced, the lower 

 broadly truncately emarginated, columeba callously 

 ridged at the u])per part, slightly excavated at the 

 lower, plait almost obsolete. 



Ampldperas rhodia, Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 18.54, p. 130. 

 pi. 38. f. 8. 



Hab. Japan; Adams. 



A prettily-coloured species, closely allied to the Medi- 

 terranean 0. carneum. 



Species 19. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Ovulum pyrulinum. Ob. testd ovato-pyriformi, ad ex- 

 Iremitates constrictd et rostratd, livido-albd, dorso 

 medio gibbosiuscnlo, extremitatibus canalicidato-emar- 

 ginatis, columelld superne calloso-Uratd, inferne atte- 

 nuatd, modice plicatd. 



The little pear-like Ovulum. Shell ovately pyri- 

 form, constricted and beaked at the extremities, livid- 

 white, back rather gibbous in the middle, extremities 

 canaliculately emarginated, columella callously ridged 

 at the upper part, attenuated at the lower, mode- 

 rately plicated. 



A inphiperas pgrnlina, Adnms, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 131. 



Hab. New Caledonia. 



An elegantly formed shell, of rather solid growth, beaked 

 and canaliculately emarginated at the extremities. 



March, 1865. 



