151 



C. viriihila (Sowcvbv's Thesaurus, vol 11, p. 449, pi. 9G, fig. 

 102) than any uthor form. 



Crossea labiata. n.s. C. t. parva, glohoso-turbinata, anguKtc urn- 

 bilkala, solid iiiscula, alba, subopaca, spira clevctta, sutura distlnda ; an- 

 fract. 5, rotundatU, vndique tcuvisx'nve elomjaliter transverHim lirathi, sub- 

 liUisime long. s(rinti<t ; uiiibUU-o callo rofundato marginato ; apertura 

 orata, ant ice et 2>ostice angulata e.t canaliculala ; labro sub-rejlexo, extus 

 Jimbriato varicoso. Long. 4. Lat. 2. 



C. shell small, fjlobosoly turbinate, narrowly umbilicate, 

 soQiewluit solid, white, subopaque, spire elevated, suture dis- 

 tinct ; whorls 5, rounded, everywhere most slenderly, elegantly, 

 lirate transversely, and very minutely striate lengthwise ; um- 

 bilicus margined with a rounded callus ; aperture ovate, an- 

 teriorly and posteriorly angulate and channelled ; outer lip 

 sub-reflexed, and witli a fringe-like varix outside. 



Long Bay, 10 fathoms, sand. The fourth species of a very 

 rare genus. The only other are two dredged fi-om Gott's 

 Island in Japan, by Mr. Arthur Adams, and the third from 

 Port Jackson, near the Sow and Pigs, at from 2 to 4 fathoms. 

 This species is distinguished from the othex's by its reflected 

 and fimbriate lip. The great peculiarity of this genus, says 

 Mr. Adams (who erected it), consists in the canaliculate 

 angular projection at the fore part of the aperture. In this 

 species it is postf^riorly channelled as well. G. miranda Ad. 

 is varicose. C. beUuhis Ad. has the outer lip thin. C. con- 

 cinna Angas is pellucid and has the upper whorls punctate. 



CoLUMBELLA EADIA. 11. s. C. t. parvtt, acuminata, ohlonga, inlus ex- 

 tusquc saturata badia; inconspicu^ albidemaculata, spira, acuta, anfradibiui 

 7, planatis, IcEvibus nitentibus ; apertura breviuscula ; labro inivs dcntato; 

 coiumella obscur6 corrugata. Long. 9. Lat. 3|. 



C. shell small, acuminately oblong, saturated brown without 

 and within, inconspicuously white spotted, spire acute ; whorls 

 7, flattened, smooth, shining ; aperture somewhat short, outer 

 lip toothed within, columella obscurely corrugate. 



Swansea, East Coast, common. A uniformly purple brown 

 shell, faintly variegated when worn. There is an orange red 

 variety from Brown's River and Blackman's Bay, which may 

 ba a different species. 



CoLUMBELLA ROBLiNi. U.S. C. t. parva, acictdari-ovata, sub-nilente, 

 palUde caslanfa, undiqite crebrd albo-futvo maculata ; anfractibus 7, 

 pinnulatvi, apice mamillato, intense fnsco; apertura latiuscula, labro obso- 

 lete dcntato ; columella corrugata. Long. 9. Lat. 4. 



Var. a. Sanguineo-fulvo maculata. 



C. shell small, acicularly ovate, somewhat shining, pale chest- 

 nut, everywhere thickly spotted white and fulvous ; whorls 7, 

 flattened, apex mamillate, of a deep smoky brown ; aperture 

 somewhat broad, obsolutely toothed. Var. a. sanguineously 

 brown spotted. 



