398 



91. Marginella nivosa (pL Ixxvi. f. 109^ 110), Hinds, 

 Zool. Proc. 



M. "ovata, cinereo-fusca ; maculis lacteis laceratis super lineas 

 longitudinales dispositis ; spira retiisti ; labro sub-recto, incrassato, 

 albo, ad spiram adscendente, iutus infra medium leviter denti- 

 culate ; columella quadriplicata." 



Something like M. lotigivaricosa, but of a darker colour, having 

 wliite spots or interrupted bands, and having the spire much more 

 produced and conical. 



Mr. Cuming's Collection ; locality unknown. 



92. Marginella carnea (pi. kx\a. f. 103, 103, 114.), 

 Siorer, Boston Journal of Science. 



M". oblongo-ovali, leevi, palHdissime fulva, fasciis latis, tribus,, 

 carneis vel aurantiacis cincta, spira brevi ; anfractu ultimo prope 

 margiiiem postice caHoso, prope medium sub-angulato ; apertura 

 angustata, elongata; postice canahculata, columella callosa, ex- 

 pansa, quadriplicate!; labio externo crasso, lato, antice paululiim 

 emarginato, intus Isevi, extus varicoso, fusco-fasciato. 



Eesembling M. longivaricosa but having an angle in the last 

 wliorl, and the colour arranged in three broad bands. The spire 

 is also more produced. 



From West Indies ; a very strangely coloured variety from 

 Honduras Bay. Yaiiety, fig. 103, in Mr. Gaskoin's Collection. 



93. Marginella pruinosa (pi. Ixxvi. f. 3.), Hinds. ZooL 

 Proc. 1844. 



M. " ovatd, coarctata, albida, obsolete trifasciata ; maculis parvis 

 lacteis conspersa ; spira conico-retusa, sub-callosa ; labro incras- 

 sato, paululiim incurvato, intus leviter denticulato ; apertura an- 

 gusta ; columella quadriplicata. 



Differing from M. longivaricosa in having a more produced 

 spire and a depression in the centre of the last whorl. It is a pale 

 shell, with spots of wliite in rows. 



Mr. Cuming's Collection ; from the "West Indies. 



94. Marginella oblonga (pi. kxvi. f. 106, 107.), Swains. 

 Zool. Illus. 



M. carnecB similima, sed magis elongata. 

 Having the character of the M. carnea; excepting that it is 

 much longer. 



