385 



44. Mahginella quinqueplicata (pl.lxxvii. f. 145,146.), Lam, 

 anira. s. vert. vii. 



M. p}Tiformi, ventricos^, pallide griseS,, antice ared triangulari 

 varice marginata ; spira brevissima ; apertura magna, postice an- 

 gulata ; columella plicis quinque validis, duabus anticis proximis ; 

 prope medium anfractus ultimi varice transverse plus minusve 

 valido, labio extemo ad suturam angulatim elevato, tum rotundato, 

 deinde crasso, rectiusculo, antice emarginato, extus valide canali- 

 fero. 



Pyriform, ventricose, of a slaty colour, with a broad triangular 

 varix at the anterior part of the last whorl ; the spire short ; the 

 aperture posteriorly angulated, anteriorly widened ; there are five 

 thick folds on the columella, and a transverse callosity on the 

 body whorl above the folds. The outer lip is broad, angular, with 

 a groove behind the reflected margin. 



A common shell ; Mr. Cuming has it from Malacca. 



45. Marginella elegans (pi. Ixxvii. f. 147, 148, 149.), Gmel, 

 p. 3448. Voluta cancellata, Schrieber. Voluta undulata, Chem. et 

 Voluta strigata, Dilhcpi, inclusis. 



M. sub-conica, ventricosa, pallide grisea, lineis nigrescentibus, 

 fasciis albis interruptis, fasciatim cincta, vel hneis interruptis undu- 

 latis sparsim ornata, antice varice acuto marginato ; apertura lata, 

 columella antice callosa phcis quinque aurantiis quarum duabus 

 anticis proximis ; labio externo Isevi, paululiun incurvo, ad extremi- 

 tates subexpanso, plerumque aurantio, extiis valide reilexo. 



The variety, fig. 148, is the Voluta undulata of Chemn. ; it is 

 rather more ventricose than the variety, fig. 147, which is M. 

 elegans of Gmel. 



From the East Indies. 



46. Marginella tuebinata (pi. Ixxv. f, 70, 71.), nobis. 



M. turbinata, angulata, paUide fulva ; spira breviuscula, anfrac- 

 tibus angulatis, ad angulum crenatis; columella quadripHcata ; 

 labio externo Isevi, postice angulato, in medio incurvo, antice emar- 

 ginato, pone ad basin varicis columellari juncto. 



At the base of this and several succeechng species there is a 

 raised band or varix running from the columella round the 

 back of the shell into the reflected edge of the outer hp. Tliis 

 difl^ers from other species of the same group, in being turbinated 

 in form and crenulated at the angle of the whorls. 



Mr. Gaskoin's Collection ; locality uidcnown. 



