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^hell ovate, smooth, white, reticulated with black, spire 

 rather short, volutions 6 — 7> short, the last large, trans- 

 versely striated in front, outer lip thick, transversely striated 

 externally, tumid and denticulated in the middle within ; aper- 

 ture rather narrow, flexuous, inner lip thin, raised upon the 

 columella in front : canal short, broad. 



Brought from the Island of Guimaras and from Ticao, by 

 H. Cuming. 



39. Col. Vulpecula, nob. (pi. xxxviii, f. 93.) 



Col. testa ovata, crassa, laevi, albida, ferrugineo marmorata ; 

 spira sub-acuminata, anfractibus 6 — 7> ultimo magno, leviter 

 transversim striato, antice striis validioribus ; labio externo 

 crasso, extus transversim striato, intus in mediam tumido, 

 denticulato ; apertura flexuosa, canali lato, brevi. 



Shell ovate, thick, smooth, whitish, marbled with rust 

 coloiir; spire slightly acuminated, volutions 6 — 7^ the last 

 large, slightly transversely striated, the anterior strice more 

 distinct ; outer lip thick, transversely striated externally, tumid 

 and denticulated in the middle within; aperture flexuous, 

 canal broad, short. 



40. Col. fulgurans. Lam. (pi. xxxviii, f. 94, 95, 96.) 



Col. testa ovata, crassa, laevi, nigra, strigis albis vel punc- 

 tulis omata ; spira breviuscula, acuminata, anfractibus 8 — 9, 

 sub-convexis, idtimo magno, prope suturam vahdam rotun- 

 dato, apertura sinuosa, callo interno denticulato labii extern! 

 prominente ; canali brevissimo. 



Shell ovate, thick, smooth, black, with white streaks or 

 dots ; spire rather short, acuminated ; volutions 8 — 9, rather 

 convex, the last large and rounded near the distinct suture ; 

 aperture sinuous, internal denticulated callus of the outer lip 

 prominent ; canal very short. It is sometimes of an orange 

 colour with white spots and streaks. 



Found under stones at low water on the Island of Guimaras, 

 and in many other places in India. 



It will be observed that we have considered Lamarck's 

 Columbella fulgurans and punctata as mere varieties of one 

 species : we have represented both. 



41. Col. flexuosa. (pi. xxxviii, f. 97.) Buccm. flexuo- 

 sum. Lam. Kiener, Buccm, p. 44. 



Col. testa oblonga, crassa, leevi, albicante, lineis flexuosis, 

 longitudinalibus castaneis picta ; spira acuminata, anfractibus 

 7, serie unica tuberculorum instructis; apertura ovato- 



