travaux inedits. 103 



21. Persicula sagittata. 



Martj. sayittaUi. lliiids, Proc. zool. soc, 1844, p. 70. 



« Mar. testa, retuso-ovalâ, pallida, lineis rufis saglt- 

 tatis transversis, alteris longitudinalibus conflueiitibus, 

 oniatà; apice puiicticulalo ; labru subintlexo, intùs la^vi; 

 columella vix quadriplicatâ. Axis 5 lin. » 



Mavf/. sagillata. Sow. Th. conc.,pl. 78, 223. 

 — — Reeve, Icon., pi. 15, f. 70. 



Hab. Brésil. 



22. Persicula pulcherrima. 



Marg. 'pulcherrima. Gask. Proc, zool. soc. 1849, p. 21. 



« Marj»-. lesta oviformi, fulvescente, faciis albis quin- 

 qiie, angustis, transversis, maculis linearibus nigris, in 

 centros lasciarum conspicuis: intertitiis fascia prima ad 

 secundam fasciam, tertiàque ad quartam, lineis plurimis 

 tenuissimis fulvescentibus longitidinalibus notatis ; aper- 

 turà albà, latiuscula; columella quin(]ue-plicata; labio 

 tenui; apice distincto. Long. 20/100 of an inch; wide, 

 14/100 of an inch. 



Mcmj. sagillata. Sow. Th. cone. pi. 76, f. 224? 



Hab. Antilles. 



23 Persicula catenata. 



Volula catenata. Montagu Test. Brit., p. 230, lab. 0, 

 f. 2. 



V. With an oblong-oval, strong, sub-pelluced, white, 

 and extremely glossy shell, with four bands of opaque, 

 white oblong spots, connected by small rufous spots or 

 streaks, in a very elegant manner; apex indented, invo- 

 luted; aperture the whole lenglh of the shell, linear, 

 outer lip trick, but not marginated, with two strong, and 

 two faint folds. Length a quater of an inch ; breadth at 

 Ihe top on eighth. We observed several of this new and ele- 

 gant species in M". Swainson's cabinet of brilisb sliclls. 



