448 



From the bay of Caraccas. A small oval species with the 

 columellar lip much thickened and the colour arranged in three 

 rows of square brown spots. 



30. Cancellaria purpuriformis (pi. xcv. f. 68, 70), 

 Valenciennes, Kiener, Sp. Cocq. viv. no. 27. 



C. testa ovali, spiraliter striata, vix longitudinaliter costata, 

 spira elongata, obtusa, anfractibus rotundatis : apertura interne 

 striata; labio externo denticulato; columella triplicata, antice 

 rugulata : colore pallide sulphureo. 



Oval, of a pale sulphur colour, with very obscure ribs, and 

 minute spiral strise. 



Locality unknown. 



31. Cancellaria corrugata (pi. xcvi. f. 92, 93), Hinds, 

 Voy. Sulph. Mollusca. p. 42. 



C. "testa bucciniformi fusca; anfractibus quaternis, subven- 

 tricosis, rugis parvis longitudinalibus indutis, lineis impressis 

 decussatis; apertui'a oblonga, fusca; labio intus sulcato; colu- 

 mella plicis duabus albidis instructa; umbihco nullo; canali 

 mediocri." 



Resembling C. Purpuriformis, but with the upper whorls much 

 more prominent. 



From the bay of Guayaquill : seven fathoms, mud. 



32. Cancellaria l^vigata (pi. xcii. f. 16. pi. xcvi. f. 81), 

 Sowerhy, Conch. Illustr. f. 24. 



C. testa ovata, laevigata, crassa, spira obtusa, anfractibus sub- 

 angulatis, costis Isevibus, in ultimo anfractu obsoletis ; apertura 

 interne costata ; labio externo interne denticulato : columella 

 granulata, triplicata. Colore fulvo rufescente, fusco ad angulum 

 anfractuum maculato : variat albo. 



Similar in fonn to the preceding, but smooth, the ribs only 

 visible in the upper whorls. 



From New South Wales. 



33. Cancellaria lactea (pi. xcvi. f. 105), Deshaijes, E. M. 

 p. 180. 



C. testa obovata, Isevigatse simillima sed " tenui, translucida," 

 anfractibus hand angulatis. 



Itis by no means clear that this species being " thin and trans- 

 lucid" is the same as C. Icevigata, which is a very thick shell 



