394 



alteris loiigitudiiialibus conflucntibus, oniata ; apice pnncticulato ; 

 labro sub-rcflexo, intus hcvi ; columella vix quadriplicata." 



Bah. Brazils. Cab. Cuming. 



The markings are arrow-headed, arrayed in transverse rows, 

 which arc connected by bands of undulating fine lines. 



79. Marginella piiuygia (pi. Ixxviii. f. 218, 219.). noUs. 

 M. parva, ovali, postice sub-quadrata, pallidc fulva, maculis 



guttuliformibus in seriebus angulatis dispositis ornata ; spirfi pla- 

 nata circulari, margine punctata; apertura alba, autice emargi- 

 nata; columella antice tumida, plicis qninque, quarmn duabus 

 auticis magnis ; labio externo postice spiram superante ; extiis vix 

 incrassato. 



This beautifully marked small species differs from M. guttata 

 of Swainson, in shape ; the spire is flattened but not liidden 

 entirely. 



In Professor Bell's Collection. 



80. Marginella guttata (pi. Ixxviii. f. 208, 209, 210.), 

 Swainso7i. Zoological Illustrations. M. maculosa, Kicner. 



M. ovali, sub-ventricosa, pallidissime fulva, maculis guttuliformi- 

 l)us fasciatim ornata ; spira celata ; apertura alba, angusta antice 

 valide emarginata ; columella antice varicosa, plicis duabus posticis 

 parvis, unica lata valida, altera magna terminaH; labio externo 

 intiis Isevi, extus vix incrassato. 



Oval, sub-ventricose, mottled with tear-shaped spots arranged in 

 bands. The spire hidden ; the aperture lengthened ; the colu- 

 mella with two small posterior folds, then one broad and Hat, 

 swelled into a varix, and the last large and oblique. The outer lip 

 is anteriorly emarginated, smooth within and scarcely thickened 

 without. 



In Mr. Cuming's Collection ; from St. Vincents. 



81. Marginella muealis (pi. Ixxviii. f. 217.), lUruh, 

 Zool. Proc. 1844. p. 75. 



" M. testa elongate ovata, fere subcylindracea, lactea, nitida ; 

 maculis pallide ruSs quadratis transversis ornata, interdum albo- 

 marginatis, majoribus per series tres dispositis ; labro vix incras- 

 sato, sub-inflexo, intiis sulcato ; columella phcis tribus inferioribus 

 distinctis, obliquis, alteris superioribus obsoletis transversis." 



The markings are disposed in rows of square patches ; the three 

 largest rows being in the centre and near each extremity. 



In Mr. Cuming's Collection. The locality is unknown. 



