L A M P A N I A 



Plate II. 



Species fi. (Fig. n, h, Mus. Cuming.) 



L.\MPAKIA SEPTEM-STRIATUM. Lam. tesld parvS, obtiisd, 

 ii'igru, sen riiien'i'i, sen a/lin-fa-iriald, xpiraliter lineis 

 e/evatis Virata. longitHdiiiiiliter /ilicntd ; aperliird par- 

 vd, subtrigoiid, Inbro inlus cri'imlo, culiimcUd hmi-i, 

 ra/iali parvo. 



The sEVEN-sTKiATLD Lamfania. Shell small, obtuse, 

 liliick, or ash-coloured, or white-banded, ridged with 

 elevated spiral lines, longitudinally plicated; aperture 

 small, rather triangular, outer li]) crenated within, 

 columella short, canal small. 



Say, Amer. Conch, pi. Vd. f. i. (Cerithiuui). 

 Cerithiuui pelovltaniim, Cantraine. 

 Cerithiiini nii/rescei/s, Menke. 

 Cerithiiini )iigriiiiii)i, I'hilippi. 

 Cerilhiiim albo-viltatinn, (.'. V>. Adams. 



ilah. North America. 



A small, very variable shell, which, having no definite 

 characters, has been placed in various geuera of Ceritliiada, 

 but which, on the whole, appears best placed in Latiqiania. 



Species 7. (Fig. «, ''■', Mus. Cuming.) 



LajipaNIA INCISA. Lani. iedd obhnigd, tiiri'ifd, spira- 

 rUcr inciso-.sidcntd, yhiiira, ii'ujro-maculutd ; niifruc- 

 libu-'i subveiilricoais, ijyadal'iiii cretscenlibiis, priipe sii- 

 tiirnni ungnlulhii subelcvatis ; apertiird iiiagiid, labiu 

 iiiterno postkv iinipliciito, aiiticehi canaleiii chsliiictiini 

 ti-niimanti, hibri) hiijiiriilu. 



'I'liK INCISED Lampania. Shell oblong, turreted, spi- 

 rally girt with incised grooves, glaucous, spotted with 

 black; whcrls subventricose ; aperture large, inner 

 lip single-plaited behind, terminating in a distinct 

 canal, outer lip fluted. 



SowEivBY, Thes. Conch. Cerithium, sp. S3, f. 152. 

 Hob. Australia and the Philippines. 



This pretty species is scarcely characteristic of the 

 tieniis, having a distinct canal. 



Species 8. (Fig. ", b, Mus. Cuming.) 

 LaJIPANIA CURTA. Lam . ifxlil bm'i, fiiibcciitrirond. !ipir<i- 

 lUi'V inci-'io-siili-al.d, r/taiicd, viijro-iiKiciilatd ; aiij'rac- 



libiis subceidricosis, gradaiim cresceutibtis, propr sii- 

 turam subangulaiis ; aperlnrd waijnd, aidice in canalem 

 dMiiictiim terminatde, labiu iidcrtio postice unipUcalo, 

 labro laqmuto. 



I'he shout Lampania. Shell short, subventricose, >pi- 

 rally girt with incised grnnves, glaucous, spotted with 

 black ; whorls s\il)ventricose, gradually increasing, 

 slightly angular; ;iperture large, terminating in a 

 distinct canal in front, inner lip single-plaited at the 

 Itack, outer lip finteil. 



SowERBY, Thes. Couch. Cerithium, sp. Si. f. 153, 154. 



Ilab. •? 



Much shorter than //. iiici.ia. 



Species 9. (Fig. a, b.) 



Lampania sculptum. Lam,, iedd pa rvd, brevi, ventricosd, 

 xpiraliter sidcatd, inter sidw graiiiferd, pallida, fasco- 

 niyresceide variegatd ; anfractibw rotuitdis, idtimn 

 nwyiio ; aperturd semirotandd, ad termhinm raiialiferd, 

 labro iutus creniilato. 

 The sculptured Lampania. Shell small, short, veu- 

 tricose, spirally grooved, gnuinlated between the 

 grooves, pale, variegated with blackish-brown ; whorls 

 round, the last large; aperture half-round, with a 

 canal at the end, outer lip c:enulated within. 

 I Sowerby. Thes. Coneli. Cerithiuui, sp. 80. f. 144. 115. 



Ilab. ? 



A rather darkly-marked, small, short shell, evidently 

 1 belonging to the same section with L. iiicisa and L. curia. 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Lampania Gallapaginis. Lam. te-^ld brevi, sulidd, nigra, 

 sulcis spiraliba.s et costiH lungiladmalibua moniliferis 

 minidi granaltttd ; anfraclibii.i octo, gradaiim crencen- 

 tibii-s; apertard siibucali, canali brevissimo. 



The Gallapagos Lampania. Shell short, solid, black, 

 minutely granulated by spiral grooves and longitudi- 

 nal beaded ribs; whorls eight, gradually enlarging; 

 aperture rather oval, canal very short. 



A. Adams, Souerljy's Thesaurus, Cerithium, sp. 85. f. 

 155, 156. 



Hab. Gallapagos. 



Mav, 1866. 



