202 COMINELLA. 



included as a subgenus Tenisou-Woods' new genus Josepha, 

 although its principal character, the plait on the columella, 

 appears to ally it to Phos. also. 



C. PORCATA, Gmelin. PI. 80, figs. 892, 390, 399, 404. 

 Yellowish brown ; aperture white, tinged with brown- 

 Length, 2 inches, 



M'w Zealand ; Cape of Good Hope. 



C. ligata, Lam. (fig. 393), is a sjMionym. 



C. Anglicana, Lam. (fig. 394), is called a variety by Kobelt, 

 but is scarcely entitled to be so considered. 



Yar. TiGRiNA, Kiener. Fig. 39('.. 



Sutural and shoulder ridges usually broken up into granules; 

 surface usually spotted or flamed with darker brown. 



Length, r25-l*5 inches. 



0. pubescens, Kiister (fig. 395), is the same ; as are also C. 

 7'()biisla (fig. 399) and G. bise7-iaHs, Kiister (fig. 404). 



C. LiMBOSA, Lam. PI. 80, figs. 39V, 398, 400, 403. 



Spire shorter, sliell consequently more glol)ose than C.porcala. 

 Yellowish to chestnut-brown, the revolving ribs whitish, macu- 

 lated with chestnut-brown ; sometimes unicolored with revolving 

 ribs or simjily fine stria\ Length. l-2ri-l-75 inches. 



Cape of (rood Hope. 



I fear that this will prove to be a Avell-marked variety. onl^- of 

 C. porcata. Ty])ically the color is uniform dark Itrown ; without 

 ribs (fig. 400). 



A'ar. LAGENARTA, Lam. Figs. 400, 403. 



Shell with revolving ribs, which are usually white, spotted with 

 chestnut. It is related to C. limbosa in much the same manner 

 that tigrina is to porcata. 



Kiener's G. lagenaria (fig. 94a), which Kobelt refers to dubia, 

 Krauss, as a species of Gominella following /agfe/iarm, represents 

 a species of Furpxira, (P. .^cobina, (^uoy.. Vol. II, 170, t. 52, 

 f 127). 



C. PAPYRACEA, Brug. PI. 80, figs. 401, 402. 



Tliin, with close revolving strije ; suture somewhat channelled, 

 concave shoulder of whorls obsolete or barely pcrctiptible. Light 



