RICINULA. 



Plate "VI. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 [CINUL.A. PARVA. Blciii. testa mhpyramidali-ovatd, liris 



nodidosk lougitudiualibus et transversk decimatd, aper- 



turd parvd; albidd, nodulorum seriebim altermtim 



aurantio-nijis et uigris. 

 IE SMALL RiciNULA. SheU somewhat pyramidaUy 



ovate, crossed with nodulous longitudinal and trans- 



yerse ridges, aperture smaU ; whitish, rows of nodules 



alternately orange-red and black. 

 d. Island of Luzon, Philippines (under stones at low 



water); Cuming. 

 The smallest of the group hitherto observed. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 



[ICINULA DEFOEMIS. Ricin. tesld ovatd, bad attemmld, 



spird peeuliariter abbreviaid, loHgltudinaUter pUcatd, 



tramverdm nodoso-Uratd, labro incrassaio ; liris trans- 



versis interstitikque altermtim rufescente-luteu et 



fnsch. 

 [HE DEFORMED KiciNULA. Shell ovatc, attenuated at 



the base, spire peciOiarly shortened ; longitudmally 



pUcated, transversely uodosely ridged, lip thickened ; 



transverse ridges and interstices alternately reddish 



yeUow and brown. 



Eai. ? 



Peculiarly characterized by the depressed obesity of the 

 spire. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



KiciNULA EXiMiA. Rici». testd fMiformi, spird ocumimtd ; 

 anfructibus rotnndatk, concentrice temdcostatk. Urn 

 mbtilibus eleganter cancellatis ; lutescente-albd, tins 

 inter castas seriatim fuscesceulib us. 



The delicate Eicindla. Shell fiisiform, spii-e acumi- 

 nated, whorls rounded, concentricaUy finely ribbed, 

 elegantly canceUated wdth deUcate ridges ; yellowish 

 white, ridges brown in zones between the ribs. 



Eab. Island of^'corrigidor, Bay of Manila (among coarse 

 sand at the depth of six fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 A species of very elaborate sculpture. 



Species 46. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 ElciNULA rosea. Ricin. testa ovatd, bad prodnctd, spird 

 pecuUariter abbreviaid; nnfractibus longitudimliter 

 nodoso-costatis, labro incrassaio, aperturd parvd ; ro- 

 saced, fiisco zonatd. 

 The rose Kicinula. Shell ovate, produced at the base, 

 spii-e peculiarly shortened; whorls longitudinally 

 nodosely ribbed, Up thickened, apertm-e smaU ; rose- 

 coloiu-, zoned with brown. 

 Eah. Island of Masbate (in sandy mud at the depth of 

 five fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Somewhat akin in fonn to the R. deformi^. 



Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 



RiciNXiLA armillata. RidH. testd pgramidali-ovatd, 

 spird acute acnminatd ; arifradibus carind tmied no- 

 dosd superne cingulatis, infra nodoso-costatis, inter- 

 stitiis Icevibus ; albidd, nodis zonatim nigris et albis, 

 carina nodis Intescentibus. 



The beaded Eicinula. Shell pjTamidaUy ovate, spire 

 sharply acuminated, whorls encircled round the upper 

 part with a single nodolous keel, nodosely ribbed be- 

 neath, interstices smooth; whitish, nodules alter- 

 nately black and white in zones, nodules of the keel 



yellowish. ^ , , , 



fi-a5.' Island of Ticao, Philippines (imder stones at low 



water) ; Cuming. 

 A prettily beaded shell with rather a sombre arrange- 

 ment of colours. 



Species 48. (Mus. Cuming. 



Eicinula bicatenata. Ricin. testd siMrigono-fmiformi, 

 lomjiiudinaliter costatd, transversim tenuissime liratd, 

 lids duabns centralibus prominentioribus muricato- 

 sqnamatis; fused, Uris prom.inentihus centralibus albls. 



The double-chained Eicinula. SheU somewhat trian- 

 gidarly fusiform, longitudinaUy ribbed, transversely 

 very finely ridged, the two central ridges more promi- 

 nent, prickly scaled ; brown, the two central ridges 

 white. 



Eab. ? 



Somewhat of a triangularly fusiform shape. 



October, 1856. 



