481 



44. OvuLUM PHiLiPPiNARUM (pi. c. f. 57, 58), Sowerhij, 

 junr., Pro. Zool. Soc. 1848. 



O. testa elongata, gradatim rostrata, laevigata, fulva ; subtus 

 albida ; apertura augustata ad canales truncata ; labio externo 

 Isevi, alba, rectiusculo, antice angulatim coiitracto, labio interno 

 Isevi, intus antice sub-emarginato. 



The contraction towards the extremities is more gradual, and 

 the outer lip is straighter than in 0. birostre, and the canals are 

 truncated at the extremities. The colour is pale fawn, darker in 

 the aperture, and nearly white at the lips. 



Several specimens were brought by Mr. Cuming from the 

 Isl. of Capul, Philippines. 



45. OvuLUM 'gracile (pi. c. f. 51, 52, 53), 8owerhy,junr., 

 Moll. Samarang, pi. vi. f. a, b, c. 



O. testa elongata, fusiformi, minutissime striata, ad extremitates 

 attenuata, recurva ; labio externo la^vi, sub-angulatim arcuato ; 

 labio interno Isevi, in medio sub-ventricoso, ad extremitates attenu- 

 ato, acuminato ; colore paUide fulvo, dorso prope marginem 

 longitudinaliter rubro-fasciato. 



Fusiform, striated, more gradually ventricose in the centre, and 

 less attenuated at the canals than either 0. longirostratum or 

 0. recurvum. At the back, near the margin, is an irregular 

 longitudinal band of dull red, interrupted in the centre. 



Brought from the east coast of Borneo in the Samarang. 



46. OvuLUM RECURVUM (pl. c. f. 54, 55, 56), Bowerhy,junr., 

 Moll. Samarang, pl. vi. f. 3 a, b, c. 



0. testa elongata, in medio ventricosa, sub-angulata; laevigata, ad 

 extremitates attenuata, recurva ; apertura in medio lineari, antice 

 aperta; labio externo crasso, antice angulatim arcuato, ad extre- 

 mitates truncato ; labio interno in medio ventricoso, ad extremi-* 

 tates attenuato, recur vo. 



The canals are not so long and attenuated as in 0. longi- 

 rostratum, the aperture, excepting at the anterior opening, is 

 linear, the outer lip is tliick. The colour is of the palest fawn. 



Brought in the Samarang from the China seas, 



47. OvuLUM LONGIROSTRATUM (pl. c. f. 59, 60), Sowerbi/, 

 Sp. Conch. No. 1. p. 9. 



