838 



An orbicular, transversely-grooved specieS; with rounded whorls^ 

 and with the aperture greenish internally. 



Mosarabique; under stones, low water. Bev. W. V. Ilennah. 

 (Mus. Cuming.) 



18. Stomatella Japonica (pi. ckxiv. f. 14), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculari, imperforata, convexa, fusca, transversim 

 costulata, costulis confertis nodulosis, interstitiis tenuissime longi- 

 tudinaliter striatis; spira prominula; anfractibus costatis, rotun- 

 datis ; apertura subcirculari, iutus margaritacea. 



The aperture in this species is subcircular, and the whorls are 

 rounded and transversely ribbed; the colour is brown, and the 

 ribs are nodulous and close-set. 



Japan. (Mus. Cuming.) 



18 a. Stomatella splendidula, A. Adams. 



S. testa hahotoidea, orbiculato-depressa, imperforata ; spirse an- 

 fractibus tribus, bicarinatis, anfractu ultimo transversim lirato, 

 liris inffiqualibus, asperulatis, interstitiis longitudinaliter striatis; 

 superne pallida, ad suturas rubro-fusco radiata, inferne rufescenti, 

 fusco-pmictata ; infima facie flammulis rubris, radiantibus, ornata ; 

 apertura iutiis alba, opaca, virido spiraliter lineata, margine mar- 

 garitacea. 



In this species the coluraellar margin is reflexed and pearly, 

 but the interior of the aperture, with the exception of the internal 

 margin of the outer lip, is opaque white, with green spiral hues. 



Hah. ? (Mus. Cuming.) 



19. Stomatella Baconi (pi. clxxiv. f. 25, 26), A. Adams, 



S. testa ovali-orbiculata, subturbinata ; s])ira producta, apice 

 acuto, anfractibus superne concavis ; sordide alba, rufo-fusco va- 

 riegatu; transversim spiraliter sulcata, interstitiis longitudinaliter 

 striatis ; apertura intiis sulcata ; labio subincrassato, albo, reflexo, 

 concentrice striato. 



In form this species somewhat resembles 8. papyracea, but it 

 is smaller, of a more solid texture, and with the colouring and 

 sculpture of an entirely different character. 



Swan Eiver. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



20. Stomatella pallida (pi. clxxv. f. 44), A. Adams (Sto- 

 matia). Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa, suborbiculari ; spira acuminata, alba, radiis palHdis, Ion- 



