576 



versus spiram angustata, vertice profunde umbilicata, pallide rufa, 

 fusco alboque variegata^ aut virescente-olivacea. 



Shell ovately oblong, opake, inferiorly and superiorly trans- 

 versely striated, narrowed towards the spire, apex deeply umbili- 

 cated, variegated with white and fuscous or greenish olive. 



Gulf of Mexico ; West Indies. Mus. Cunmig. 



45. Bulla australis (pi. cxxii. f. 64-66), Quoi/ et Gaim., 

 Voy. de I'Astr. pi. 26. f. 38, 39. 



B. testa elongato-cylindracea, varie picta ; apice tenuissime 

 perforato ; labro recto. 



Shell elongately cylindrical, variously painted ; apex very finely 

 perforated ; outer lip straight. 



Tahiti ; on the reefs. Cuming. 



46. Bulla Adansonii (pi. cxxiii. f. 69), Philippi, Zeitschr. 

 fiir Malak. 1847. p. 121. " Gosson,'' Adanson. Bulla striata, 



Atict. ex parte. 



B. testa ovato-oblonga, soKda, albida, griseo et nigro varia, iu- 

 feriiis striata ; vertice perforato ; apertura inferiiis dilatata, supe- 

 rivis angustata; labro medio depresso, rectilineo, alt. 11, tab. 6-j. 



Shell ovately oblong, solid, whitish varied with grey and black, 

 inferiorly striated ; apex perforated ; aperture inferiorly dilated, 

 superiorly narrowed ; outer lip depressed and rectilineal* in the 

 middle. 



Senegambia. 



47. Bulla media (pi. cxxiii. f. 70), Philippi, Zeitsclu-. fiir 

 Malak. 1847. p. 121. B. striata, Auct. ex parte. 



B. testa ovata, solida, albida, rufo et fusco varia, modb inferiiis 

 transversim striata ; vertice umbilicato ; apertura inferiiis dilatata, 

 superiiis subangustata ; labro medio depresso, rectilineo. 



Shell ovate, solid, whitish varied with red-brown and red, only 

 transversely striated inferiorly ; apex umbilicated ; aperture infe- 

 riorly dilated, superiorly somewhat narrowed ; outer lip depressed 

 and rectilinear in the middle. 



West Indies. 



48. Bulla Quoyii (pi. cxxiii. f. 71), Gw^,MS. Brit. Mus. 



B. testa ovata, ventricosa, subla^vigata, vertice profunde umbi- 

 licata, fusco alboque variegata ; labro acuto, arcuato. 



