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numerosis, gradatim crescentibus, suturd dist'tnctd ; varicibus nu- 

 merosis, in<equaUbiis, rottindnlis, decumbentibus, simplicibus ; aper- 

 turd parvd, labio interno anticc subincrassato ; colore albo. 

 In Mr. Cuming's collection ; brought from St. Blas, Gulf of Cali- 

 fomia, by the Hon. Mr. Harris. 



ScALARiA sTJBTiLis, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 137. Seal. testd 

 elongatd, angustatd, spiraliter minute striatd ; anfractibus nume- 

 rosis, gradatim crescentibus, prope suturam elevatis ; varicibus 

 numerosissimis, laminatis, creiiulatis, superne angulatis ; aperturd 

 parvd; colore inter varices obscure fusco . 

 A small elongated turreted shell, to the beauty of \vhich neither 

 the description nor the figure can do justice : the varices are nume- 

 rous, laminated, and regularly crenulated. 



CoUected by Mr. Cuming at the isle of Camiguing, in coarse 

 sand at thirty fathoms ; and at the isle of Corregidor, in sandy mud 

 at thirty fathoms. 



ScALARiA coNciNNA, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 33. p. 63. Seal. testu 



subovali, Icsvi, imperforatd, obtusd ; anfractibus subprominentibns ; 



varicibus numerosis, regularibus, oblique in spiram continuis, sub- 



rotundatis ; aperturd ovali, labio interno tenui ; colore pallidissime 



fulvo. 



The whorls in this species are more prominent, the ribs mere nu- 



merous, and the inner edge of the aperture thinner than in Sc. mul- 



ticostata. 



Found by Mr. Cuming in sandy mud at sixty fathoms, at Loay, 

 isle of Bohol, Philippines. 



ScALARiA MULTicosTATA, Tlies. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 96. Seal. 

 testd subovali, Iccvi, imperforatd, obtusd ; varicibus subnumerosis, 

 regularibus, obligue in spiram continuis, subrotundatis ; aperturd 

 ovali ; labio interno antice €xpanso et incrassato ; colore pallidis- 

 sime fulvo. 

 Rather oval and obtuse, with numerous regular, prominent, rounded 

 varices ; the anterior part of the inner lip is thickened and spread 

 over the columella. 



Brought by Mr. Cuming from Corregidor, Philippines. 



ScALARiA coNNEXA, Thes. Couch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 98. Seal. testd 



ovali, subelongatd, IčBvi, imperforatd; suturd profundd ; varicibus 



numerosis, laminatis, prominentibus , in spiram obligue continuis ; 



aperturd ovali ; colore inter varices obscure fulvo . 



The numerous varices of this small species are laminar, prominent, 



and continued from \vhorl to whorl on the spire, as in the Sc. Clathrtis 



of Linnseus, from -vvhich it differs essentially in not having the spirai 



rib at the lower part of the lašt whorl. 



Brought from Sual, province of Pangasinan, isle of Luzon, by Mr. 

 Cuming ; found in sandy mud at seven fathoms. 



ScALARiA PULCHEBRiMA, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 92. Seal. 

 testd pyramidali, subventrieosd, spiraliter minute striatd, imper- 



