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tlci aatminatd, labio interno anties subincrassato ; umbilico medi- 



ocri; colore albo. ., , . ■, .rr 



Very much likę Sc. vestalis of Hinds, lately descnbed m the Zoo- 



logical Proceedings,' but more elongated. with a larger umbihcus and 



-vvith the varices near the suture simple, whereas m Sc. vestalis they 



are acuminated. ^ r 4.v 



Collected by Mr. Cuming in sandy mud at eight or ten tathoms. 

 at Catanauan, province of Tayabas, isle of Luzon. 



ScALARiA Catanauensis. Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 93 & 94. 

 Seal testd pyramidali, acuminaidr-mimtissime striatd ; anfracti- 

 bus rotundatis, rapide crescentibus, varicibus plerumque obsoletis, 

 nonnullis rarius crassis ; aperturd ovali, subauriforrm ; umbilieo 

 parvo; colore valide griseo, in medio anfractuum fascid fuscd, 



latd, obscurd. , , , . i j ^ 



It is much shorter than -Sc. Martinii, with the thickened costse 

 still more rare ; the aperture is less oval and less aunform. There 

 is a broad band of pale bro\vn in the centre of the whorls 



Broucrht from Catanauan. isle of Luzon. Philippines, by Mr. Lu- 

 ming, and found in sandy mud at a depth of eight or ten fathoms. 



ScALARiA siMiLis, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 90. Seal. testą 

 subovali, spiraliter mimtissime striatd; anfractibus paucis, varu 

 cibus tenuissimis, plerumque numerosis, nonnullis crassiusculis ; 

 aperturd ovali, postice subangulatd, labio interno vix incrassato et 

 expanso; umbilico parvo ; colore pallidissime fulvo. 



The whorls are much less prominent, the minute vances more 

 numerous, and the umbilicus considerably smaUer than m Sc. Cata- 



nauensis. ^ , . , r n.- j 



Collected by Mr. Cuming in Puerto Galero, isle of Mmdoro, in 

 sandy mud at four or five fathoms. 



SCALARIA BULLATA, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 87. Seal. 



testd ventricosissimd, brevi. Icevi, anfractibus paucis, rapide eres- 



centibus, varicibus subnumerosis, irregularibus, decumbentibus,ple- 



rumaue tenuissimis, nonnullis crassioribus, ad suturam paululum 



elevatis et refiexis ; aperturd magnd; umbilico parvo ; colore albo. 



We have only one specimen of this extremely ventncose sheU, in 



a very imperfect statė, from the island of Capul. Philippines, taken 



on the coral reefs by Mr. Cuming. 



SCALARIA FRiABiLis. Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 33. f. 74. Seal. testd 



pyramidali, acuminatd, tenui, imperforatd; varicibus tenuissimis. 



valde numerosis, laminatis, estantibus, prope suturam acute angu- 



latis ■ aperturd magnd, labio interno subincrassato; colore albo. 



A thin pyramidal species, with extremely numerous thin laminar 



varices, which project in an acute angle close to the suture. 



In Mr. Cuming's coUection ; brought from Swan River by Lieut. 

 Collie, R.N. 



SCALARIA iNDisTiNCTA. Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 141 Seal. 

 testd elongatd, imperforatd, minute spiraliter striatd; anfractibus 



