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turu rotundd, fauce roseo-pitrpurascente, utrinque canaliculatd, 



vanali supero valde elato-siphonato. 

 Var. /3. Testd ulbd aut luteold, nigro-cčerulescente fasciatd et punc- 



tatd ; columelld albd, aperttircs fauce albd. 

 Concli. Icon., Ranella, pi. 7. f. 38. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



I take tliis shell to be quite distinct from the dark variety of the 

 Ranella bufonia to which it is allied. 



Ranella tuberosissima. Ran. testd ovatd, varicibus perspicui 

 canaliculatis ; anfractibtis transvershn rude costatis, doi'suu tube- 

 rosissiinis, vndique granulatis et punctatis, jjrope suturam corru- 

 gatis ; albidd, nigro-ceerulescente jMHCtatd ; columelld Icevi, croced ; 

 aperturd rotundd, vivide croced, utrinąue canaliculatd; canali 

 supero elato-siphonato, superne intus nigricante tincto ; labrofor- 

 titer dentato. 



Conch. Icon., Ranella, pi. 7. f. 39. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



An extraoidinary humped shell with a yellow moutli. 



Ranella triquetra. Ran. testd elongato-Muriciformi, varicihis 

 superne mucronatis ; anfractibus angulatis, ad angulum tubercu- 

 latis, supra Itevibus, infra obsolete Ui-atis ; livido-olivaced ; colu- 

 melld l<evi ; canali longiusculo ; aperturd parvd ; labro vix denticu- 

 lato. 



Conch. Icon., Ranella, pi. 7. f. 41. 



Hab. San Diego, Califomia; Nuttall. 



Quite distinct in my opinion from the R. Muriciformis, which is a 

 flat pinnated shell. 



Ranella hastula. Ran. testd parvuld, sublanceolatd, depressd, 

 ancipiti ; anfractibus fransversim granoso-striatis, lamellis elevatis 

 indistincte diadematis ; castaneo-fuscd ; columella Icevi; canali 

 brevi, recurvo ; aperturd parvd. 



Conch. Icon., Ranella, pi. 8. f. 42. 



Hab. ? 



This little dark granulated shell, though less pyramidal, is of simi- 

 lar structure to the Ranella anceps. 



Ranella rosea. Ran. testd pyramidali-ovatd, varicibus subobli- 

 guis ; anfractibus superne leviter angulatis, fransversim striatis, 

 undiąue seriatim tuberculato-nodulosis, nodulis ad angulum bipar- 

 titis ; vivide coccineo-rosed, nodulis luteis ; canali breviter recurvo, 

 aperturd parvd. 



Conch. Icon., Ranella, pi. 8. f. 46. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines ; Cuming. 



This pretty little species exhibits a very agreeable contrast of co- 

 lour, namely, yellow nodules upon a bright scarlet-rose ground. 



Ranella cuspidata. Ran. testd acuminato-ovatd, crassiusculd, 

 solidu, varicibus obliquis ; anfractibus transversim noduloso-liratis, 

 tuberculis duobus obtusis inter varices ornatis ; albidd, luteO' 



