128 



colour ; spire somewhat acuminated^ volutions 6, rather con- 

 vex, apex rather obtuse ; aperture broad, outer lip slightly 

 thickened within, with a few small distant teeth. 



New Zealand ; all the specimens we have seen are pierced 

 and have formed a necklace. 



47. Col. fasciata >Sow. (pi. xxxviii. f. 106, 107.) Tank. 

 Cat. No. 2014. App. p. xxv. 



Col. testa oblonga, laevi, apice obtuso, basi transverse sul- 

 cata ; anfractibus albido fulvoque variegatis, postice albis ; 

 sutura valida, sulco sub-obsoleto prope suturam ; columella 

 Iseviuscula. 



This species is first described in the Catalogue of the 

 Tankerville Collection. On a ticket in Mr. Budgin's hand 

 writing it was called " The white banded and variegated large 

 Olive-nut, from the East Indies ; V. fasciata.^^ The speci- 

 men is in the British Museum, and Mr. Cuming possesses a 

 single specimen of a variety with a few nearly obsolete tu- 

 bercles toward the posterior part of the last volution. The 

 aperture is large and wdde. 



Shell oblong, smooth, apex obtuse, base transversely sul- 

 cated, volutions varied vath whitish and chestnut, white pos- 

 teriorly ; suture distinct ; a somewhat obsolete groove pos- 

 teriorly near the suture ; columella nearly smooth. 



48. Col. concinna Sow. Genera, (pi. xxxviii. f. 108, 

 109.)|Buccm. isevigatum Lam. 



Col. testa oblonga, albicante, punctulis strigisve fulvis et 

 plerumque vitta spirali mediana albo-nigroque articulata 

 ornata; spira pyramidali, apice acuminato, setate obtuso; 

 anfractibus 5 — 7? ventricosiusculis, ultimo maximo postice 

 sub -angulato, prope suturam alb o strigis fulvis interrupto; 

 apertura magna, lata, labio externo intus denticulato. 



Shell oblong, whitish, with fulvous dots and streaks and 

 generally ornamented with a white and black spotted middle 

 spiral band, spire pyramidal, apex acuminated, (obtuse with 

 age.) Volutions 5 — 7> rather ventricose, the last very large 

 and slightly angular posteriorly, white interrupted by fulvous 

 streaks near the suture j aperture large, broad, outer lip den- 

 ticulated within. 



49. Col. avara. Say. (pi. xxxviii. f. 110.) 



Col. testa ovato-oblonga, fuscescente; spira acuminata, 

 anfractibus 6, convexiusculis, longitudinaliter costatis, inter- 

 ptitiis creberrirae decussatis, ultimo antice transversim striato ; 



