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out, bod^'-whorl attenuated below; lip flexuous, smooth, not 

 much thickened externally, not thickened within ; columella 

 obliquely four-plaited. Length, 8 mill. 



Dredged off Florida (Poiutales). 

 Of same general type as M. paxillas, but proportionall}^ much 

 narrower, with the spire exserted. 



M. ANNULATA, Reeve. PL 10, fig. 100. 



Rather solid, yellowish white, brown-margined below the 

 sutures; body-whorl gibbousl}- angled above; lip thickened, 

 flexuous, columella four-plaited. Length, 8 mill. 



Hahitat unknown. 

 M. TRIPLTCATA, Gaskoin. PI. 10, figs. 1, 2. 



Tumid pear-shaped, fleshy white, shining ; spire small ; lip 

 thickly margined ; columella tinplicate. l^ength, 7 mill. 



Philippines. 



A very characteristic, cowry-shaped species. 



Sectidii Volutelia, Swiii f<ni. 

 BuUiform, ovate-oblong; spire depressed; pillar with four 

 oblique plaits at the fore-part, lip smooth within. 



M. BULLATA, Born. PI. 10, figs, o, 4. 



Pale buff, sometimes very indistinctly banded with a darker 



tint ; reddish brown within the aperture. 



Length, 2-5-3*5 inches. 



Bdhia, Brazil. 



This is the largest species of the genus and a veritable giant 



among Marginellas. A pale lemon-colored variety has been 



called M. Cuvieri, Desh. (fig. 4). 



M. ANGUSTATA, Sowb. PI. 10, fig. 5. 



White, covered by interrupted chocolate or chestnut revolving 



lines, some of them approximating into bands. 



Length, -7-1 "^5 inches. 



Indian Ocean ; Australia. 



M. BLANDA, Hinds. PI. 10, fig. 6. 



Orange-brown, outside and inside; obsoletely fasciated. 



Length, -75 inch. 



Ga.pe Blanco, W. Africa, 12-15 fathoms. 



