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ScALARiA MiNDoaoENsis, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 91. Seal. 



testd pyramidali, Itevi, imperforatd, tenui ; anfraclibus vix sepa- 



ratis ; varicibus numerosls, simplicibus, ad suturam subirregulari- 



ter junclis ; colore albo. 



A smaU, white, thin shell, slightly resembling Sc. obliqua, but less 



oblique, and with more numerous and prominent varices ; the whorls 



are contingent. 



Found by Mr. Cuming on the sands at Puerto Galero, island of 

 Mindoro. 



ScALARiA POLiTA, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 99. Seal. testd 



tenui, elongatd, IcBvi, imperforatd ; anfractibus numerosis, vix pro- 



minentibus ; varicibus subnumerosis, tenuibus, in medio anfractuum 



obsoletis ; colore pallide griseo. 



The \vhorls are numerous and not very prominent ; the varices 



appear as if \vorn away in the middle of the whorl3. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Xipixapi, We3t Columbia; in sandy 

 mud at ten fathoms. 



ScALARiA STATUMiNATA, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 127. Seal. 



testd parvd, crassd, brevi, leevigatd, imperforatd; anfractibus con- 



tiguis, vix prominentibus, antice lined elevatd cinclis ; varicibus 



guingue, prominentibus, ad apicem continuis ; antice crassis.postice 



in angulum elevatum expansis ; aperturd subrotundd, labio externo 



antice tenui ; colore inter varices cceruleo. 



A small, short, thick species, with very prominent ribs, VFhich are 



elevated and expanded into a broad angle at the upper part of the 



\vhorls and very thick at the lower ; they are united with each other 



so as to form five obliąue prominent ridges up the spire. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Payti, Peru; in black sand at seven 

 fathoms. 



ScALARiA BiCARiNATA, Thes. Couch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 113, 114. 

 Seal. testd subcj/lindricd, elongatd, imperforatd, minute cancellatd ; 

 anfractibus sex, latis, ad laterd planis , ad suturam crenulatis, ul- 

 timo carinis binis in medio cincto ; aperturd ovali, margine crasso, 

 minute crenulato ; colore fere albo. 

 A very curious little shell, with crenulated suture and two promi- 

 nent keels in the centre of the lašt \vhorl ; the edge of the aperture 

 is much thickened. 



Found by Mr. Cuming in coarse black sand at seven fathoms, at 

 Dumaguete, isle of Negros. 



ScALARiA FuscA, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 138. Seal. testd 

 elongatd, imperforatd, spiraliter minutissime striatd ; anfractibus 

 12, subprominentibus, ultimo carind lineari antice cinctd; varicibus 

 tenuissimis, obliquis, ad suturam flexuosis ; aperturd subovali, mar- 

 gine tenui; colore obscure fulvo, flammulis fuscis obliguis inter va- 

 rices serialim picto. 

 An elongated species, with a very narrow but distinct keel on the 

 lovver part of the lašt whorl : the varices are verj' thin, and bent in 

 near the suture. The shell is finely striated and i)reitiiy marked 



