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and but very faintly angulate.l on the posterior side. Interior rich 

 purple. 



7 Glauconome cerea. Glauc. testd oblongo-ovatd, pallide stra- 

 mined, subtilisslmc striatd, lateribus rotundaUs, postico subangu- 

 lato-attenuato. 

 Conch. Icon. pi. 1. f. 8. 

 Hab. Mouth of the Ganges. 

 A very delicate pale straw-coloured shell, with a smooth silken 



epidermis. 



" Description of new species of Shells, by Mr. Hinds/' 



Six species of Triton. from the coUection of Sir Edvvard Bei- 



cher, C. B. 



Triton, Montfort. 



1 Triton vESTiTus. Tr. testd ovatd, solidd, fuscd ; anfractibus 

 'rotundatis, transversim striatis, lineis longitudinalibus decussanti- 



buspr^cipue spirge nodulosis, ultimo albo fasciato ; aperturd don. 

 nati ovali; labro incrassato, intUs dentibus geminis albis undiąu} 

 purpurascentibus; columelld purpurascente vel mgrd phcis albis 

 varicosd;fauce albd; epidermide valde lamellosd. pilis mgris nu- 

 merosis indutd. Axis 27 lin. ^ ^t j i- „«„cf «f 



Hab. Realejo, gulf of Nicoya. and bay of Honda, west coast of 



America. 



2 Triton bracteatus. Tr. testd ovatd, elongatd, hngitrorsum 

 ■ costatd. transversim striatd, maculis parvis nigris senatim dispo- 



sitis ornatd; spird aperturam superante; aperturd parva. albd, 

 denticulatd; canalibreviusculo. Axis 8 lin. 

 ifaTMarąuesas ; New Ireland ; Straits of Malacca : on the shore* 

 and in seventeen fathoms, mud. 



3 Triton truncatūs. Tr. testd solidd, fulvd fusco nebulosd. 

 truncatd, hngitrorsum costatd, striis decussantibus ; costzs rotun- 

 ZTs conferL, anfractu ultimo pallide fasciato ; aperturd albd. 

 denticulatd ; canali breviusculo. Axis 6 lin. 



Hab. New Ireland ; among the coarse sand of the shore. 



4 Tkiton ANTiauATUs. Tr. testd elongatd, turritd.subc^Undraced 

 lineis decussantibus textUi. costis prope suturam evamdis ; spird 

 ZZuZdupllveltripU superante; apiceerosoj «^;;;^-P«-į 

 subquadratd,pallidd; labio interno anticl valde producto. Axis 



10 lin. 

 Hab. New Ireland ; with the preceding. 



5 Tkiton fictilis. Tr. testd ovatd, soliduld. cinered ; anfractibus 

 sen^Zundatis, hngitrorsum obligui plico-costatis. transversim 

 Z^il^^riatis; spira aperturam vi. superanie ; aperturd callosd. 



H^rSS^/S/cSe^^a ^ !:rbet.een.fty and 

 sixty fathoms. 



