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Found in a sandy muddy bottom at a depth of about twelve fathoms. 

 It may easily be distinguished from the lašt by its proportions as well 

 as by the form of the spire. — G. B. S. 



Cancellaria buccinoides. Canc. testd oblongd, corrugatd ; spird 

 mediom, acuminatd ; anfractibus 7, subventricosis, longitudina- 

 liter granoso-costatis, et spiraliter sulcatis, {nonnunquam ex eetate 

 varicosis) ; aperturd ovato-oblongd, obUqud, ad basin emarginatd, 

 brevissime canaliferd ; peritremaie obtusiusculo , prope basin subsi- 

 niiato ; labio externo inths Icevi, nonnunguam leviter denticulato ; 

 columelld biplicatd, plicis parvis : long. \,S^, lat. -^ poli. 

 7/a6. ad oras Americse Meridionalis et Centralis, (Real Liejos, 

 Iquiqui, Callao, and Puerto Portrero.) 



This species has very much of the appearance of a Bucc'inum, from 

 which genus it is only distinguished by the two folds on the columel- 

 la ; it varies in colour, some specimens being of a very pale, others 

 of a darker fawn colour ; some again are of a dark brown colour all 

 over, while others are of a dark brovvn with a light band perceptible 

 witbin the aperture. 



Found in from seven to fifteen fathoms with a sandy muddy bottom. 

 —G. B. S. 



Cancellaria indentata. Canc. testd oblongd, clathratd, fuscd j 

 spird mcdiocri, acuminatd; anfractibus 6, decussatim costatis, cos- 

 tis noduliferis ; aperturd ovato-oblongd, obligud, ad basin subca- 

 naliferd ; peritremate indentato ; columelld triplicatd, plicd inferi- 

 ore minimd; umbilico parvo, margine distinctd: long. 1-rV) lat. -jV 

 poli. 

 Hab. ad Panamam. 



Nearlylike the lašt in shape,but not having a distinct canal ; — its 

 having three folds on the columella, and an umbiliciis with a strongly 

 raised border, also distinguish it. — G. B. S. 



Cancellaria HiEMASTOMA. Canc. testd ovato-pyramidali, albicante, 

 fusco-fasciatd, ore avrantiaco ; spird pyramidali ; anfractibus 6, 

 rotundatis, svperne obtuse angulosis, spiraliter striatis, longitudi- 

 naliter costatis, costis paucis, obtusis, prope suturam elevatis; aper- 

 turd subrotundd, in canalem brevem desinente ; peritremate acuti- 

 usculo, crenulato ; labio externo intiis sulcato, interno corrugato; 

 columelld triplicatd ; umbilico mediocri, margine elevatd : long. 

 l-r V. Ictt. -\ poli. 

 Hab. ad insulas Gallapagos. 



A very beautiful species ; nearly \vhite, with a broad dark-brown 

 band surrounding the upper part of the volutions : its brilliant 

 orange-coloured mouth is also reitiarkable. 



Taken in from ten to sixteen fathoms with a sandy bottom. — G.B.S. 



Cancellaria chrysostoma. Canc. testd globoso-pyramidali, albi- 

 cante, fusco-fasciatd, ore aurantiaco; spird brevi, acuminatiusculd ; 

 anfractibus 6, rotundatis, spiraliter sulcatis, longitudinaliter cos- 

 tatis, costis plurimis, obtusis, prope suturam elevatis; aperturd sub- 

 rotundatd, supernė subacuminatd, infrd in canalem brevem reflexam, 

 desinente ; peritremate crenato; labio externo hitus sulcato, interno 



