471 



postice tumorem obliquum ferente, ad canalem tenui, tortuoso, 

 autice sub-tortuoso intiis sub-excavato, ad canalem acumiiiato. 



Oval, or rather pear-shaped, veutricose, thm, white ; the aperture 

 not very narrow, the canals sHghtly produced, tumidity of the 

 body whorl oblique. 



From the Adriatic Sea. 



13. OvuLUM CARNEUM (pi. ci. f. 74 to 77), Lamarck, Anim. 

 s. vert. vii. p. 368. 



O. testa ovaH, ventricosa, rubro flavescente; dorso prope ex- 

 tremitates minutissime striate ; canahbus brevibus, integris ; 

 apertura angusta ; labio externo intus crenulato, ad extremitates 

 angustato ; labio iuterno laevi, expanso, postice tumido, ad canalem 

 angustato recedente, antice angusto, intiis excavato, ad canalem 

 poene unipHcato. 



Resembling 0. ad/riaticum, but more soKd, rather more angular ; 

 of a beautiful red colour, softened into flesh-tint, slightly striatetl 

 near the extremities. 



Prom the Mediterranean. The white variety was brought by 

 Mr. Cuming from Ticao, Philippiues. 



14. OvuLUM NUBECULATUM (pi. ci. f. 80, 81), Sowerbi/,junr. 

 Moll. Samarang, pi. vi. f. 12. a, h, c. 



O. testa ventricosa, sub-pyriformi, palHde rubro vel fulvo uu- 

 beculato ; dorso obscure costellato ; canalibus brevibus, vix emar- 

 ginatis; apertm-a angusta, labio externo intiis crenulato, prope 

 medium sub-complanato ; labio interno tumorem elevatum eras- 

 sum ferente, ad canalem breve et recedente, antice tumido, intiis 

 excavato, ad canalem sub-uniplicato. 



More pyriform (that is, with the most ventricose part higher) 

 than 0. carnetbm, the posterior canal is shorter, and the posterior 

 tumidity more elevated. The colour consists of pale or strong 

 fulvous red, arranged in tlu-ee cloudy bauds. 



Taken near the Island of Basilan. 



16. OvuLUM PUNCTATUM (pi. ci. f. 90 to 92), JDuclos. Gueriu. 

 Mag. Zool. 1828. 



0. testa ventricosa, sub-pyriformi, pallide rosea ; dorso punctis 

 vel maculis sex rubris ornato, ad marginem rubro pallide lineato ; 

 apertura angustata, labio externo crasso, Isevi, intiis crenulato, 

 postice labium internum superante, sub-producto ; labio interno 

 Isevi, postice tumorem elevatum, sub-angulatum, crenulatum 



