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C. testa, sub-turbinatfi, sub-ovali, Ifcvi; spira acuminata, anfrac- 

 tibus superioribus decussatim costatis ; ultimo prope suturani et 

 anticc spiraliter striato; apertura p}Tiformi; plicis columoUte 

 tribus, prima acuta ; labio extenio acuto, ad canalcm pauluKim 

 emarginato ; colore fulvo. 



Found at Real Llejos in Central America in company witli 

 C. solida, which it much resembles ; but the apex is longer and the 

 ribs continued to the last whorl. The lower part of the body 

 whorl is spirally striated. 



7. Cancellaria ovata (pi. xcii. f. 2.), Sowerhy, Pro. Zool. 

 See. 1842, f. 53. 



C. testa ovali, laevigata, spiraliter sulcata ; spira brevi, acu- 

 minata, anfractibus decussatim costatis, sutura distiucta ; aufractu 

 ultimo antice sub-umbilicato : apertura angustata ; columella plicis 

 tribus, quarum prima prominente, duplicata ; labio externo, mar- 

 gine dentato, antice fluctuate, ad canalem emarginato, intus valide 

 sulcato : colore fusco, apertura alba. 



Found at St. Elena, East Columbia, in eight to ten fathoms of 

 water with a sandy bottom. It is oval, with a rather short can- 

 cellated spire ; the body whorl is grooved, and beliind the colu- 

 mella, slightly umbilicated, the upper fold of the columella is 

 duplicate and prominent ; the mouth is interiorly ribbed and the 

 outer lip denticulated at the edge. The colour is dark chesnut 

 with pale bands in both directions ; the aperture white. 



8. Cancellakia obesa (pi. xciii. f. 37.), Sowerhi/, Pro. 

 Zool. Soc. 1832, f. 52. 



C. testa crassa ovata, ventricosa, laevi ; spira brevi, acuminata, 

 anfractibus decussatim costatis, sutura distiucta ; anfractu ultimo 

 spiraliter obsolete sulcato; apertura subangusta, interne valide 

 costata, prope marginem costis valide elevatis; columella plicis 

 duabus, postica crassa, duplicata ; labio externo prope suturam et 

 ad canalem emarginato. Colore, pallide fasciatim fulvo. 



Found at Puerto and in the gulf of Dulce, Central America, in 

 fifteen fathoms of water. It is a ventricose, heavy shell, with a 

 short spire which is decussated, but in the body whorl the spiral 

 grooves are nearly obsolete. The mouth is internally ribbed and 

 the upper fold of the columella is thick and duplicated. It is 

 like C. ovata, but much more ventricose. 



