484 BULLA. 



Shell about half an inch long, and the breadth about two-thirds 

 of the length ; thin, delicate, white, with two flesh-coloured 

 broad transverse zones, which are bordered by blackish lines ; 

 the zones and the white interstices are nearly equally broad ; 

 the pillar is somewhat twisted, and the spire slightly ele- 

 vated. 



velum. 27. Shell sub-globular, yellowish, with 

 bordered white zones ; spire umbilicated. 



Bulla Velum. Gmelin, p. S433. 



Bulla Amplustre. Born Mm. p. 204. t. 9. f. 1. 



Bulla Vexillum Nigritarum. Chemnitz, x. p. 1 14. t. 146. 



f. 1348 and 1349. 

 Bulla zonata. Solander's MSS. Portland Catalogue, 



p. 164. lot 3561. 

 Bulla, No. 5 and No. 6. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 188. 

 Bulla fasciata. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 380. 

 Argenmlle, t. 17. f. 1. Enc. Method t. 359. f. 1, « and b. 

 Inhabits Tranquebar. Chemnitz. 



Shell about eighteen lines long, and fifteen broad ; brittle, yel- 

 lowish, marked at both extremities and in the middle with 

 a white, rather narrow, transverse band bordered with brown. 

 The spire is retuse, and umbilicated, which is sufficient at 

 once to distinguish this species from B. Amplustre. 



scabra. 28. Shell ovate, slightly keeled on the 

 back, and rough with decussated striae ; 

 spire slightly elevated, obtuse. 



Bulla scabra. Chemnitz, x. p. 118. t. 146. f. 1352 and 

 1353. Gmelin, p. 3434. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Java. Chemnitz. 

 Shell half an inch long, and rather more than half as broad; 



white, with rose-coloured longitudinal lines, and decussated 



striae ; pillar sinuous and reflected. 



ficus. 29. Shell pear-shaped, with a produced 

 beak ; thin, brittle, and rough with cancella- 

 ted striae. 



Bulla Ficus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1184. Martini, iii. p. 22. 

 t. 66. f. 734, 735. Born Mus. p. 204. Schroeter Einl. 

 i. p. 177, and Inn Ban Conch, p. 18. t. 2. f. 5. Gmelin, 

 p. 3426. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 87. 



