475 



emarginato ; labro interno postice tumorem rotundatiim, elevatum, 

 ferente, ad canalem sub-uuiplicato, intus sub-cxcavato. 



Of a rather oval foruij smooth, crimson ; the outer Up dcnticu- 

 hited ; the callosity ou the upper part of the body whorl smooth, 

 oblique, rounded ; the inner lip slightly excavated near the 

 anterior. 



Locality unknown. 



25. OvTJLUM SEMiNULUM (pi. c. f. 41, 42), Sowerbi/, Sp. Couch. 

 No. 1. p. 1. 



O. testa ovali sub-elongata, Isevi, purpurea vel rosea, obtusa ; 

 canahbus brevibus ; labio externo la^vi ; labio interno tumido, 

 antice paululiim excavate. 



A violet or rose-coloui-ed small shell, of the cylindrical clays, 

 very shghtly angular in the middle, very obtuse at each extremity : 

 the outer lip is smooth, and the callosity of the body whorl very 

 slightly raised. 



From the Friendly Islands. 



26. OvuLUM OBTUSUM (pi. c. f. 22 to 24), 8oioerhy, Sp. 

 Conch. No 1. p. 1. 



O. testa solida sub-angulata, utrinque obtusa pallidissima 

 cinerea, vel fulva Isevd, canalibus breviusculis, integris ; apertura 

 antice sub-aperta ; labio externo crasso, leevi ; labio interne, 

 tumido, postice sub-spiraliter uniplicato, ad canalem sub-tortuo, 

 antice emarginato, paululiim depresso, ad canalem sub-tortuo. 



A small smooth solid species, rather angular in the centre, and 

 obtuse at the extremities ; of a pale ash colour ; the aperture rather 

 widened near the anterior extremity ; the outer lip tliick, smooth ; 

 the tumidity at the posterior part of the body whorl, slightly 

 raised, sub-spiral ; the inner hp slightly emarginated and depressed 

 near the anterior canal. 



The coloured variety was brought in the Samarang from 

 the China sea. 



27. OvuLUM SECALE (pi. c. f. 25 to 27), Sowerhy, Sp. 

 Conch. No. 1. p. 1. 



O. testa oblonga, ovali in medio obsoletissime angulato, laevi, 

 alba, vel fusca rubro marginata, vel pallidissime violacea; canali- 

 bus sub-productis, paululiim emarginatis ; labio externo crasso, 

 Isevi, antice sub-angulato ; labio interno (setate) hunido, postice 



