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i/l medio tumidd, antice callosd, plicis ųuatuor ad qumque integuali- 



bus ; labio externo alho, intus crenulnto, in medio subangulato, extus 



tenuiter reflexo. 



On the whole resembling tessellatus, but it is much shorter, with 



the outer lip less varicose on the outside, and coloured by numeroua 



red lines instead of the square patches. 



In Mr. Cuming's coUection. From Belieze, bay of Hondūras; 

 Mr. Dyson. 



Marginella varia. Marg. testd elongatd, IcEvi, anties expansd, 

 albd, vel fuscd, vel fusco vel rubro trifasciatd, vel purpureo lon- 

 gitudinaliter et spiraliter interruptim fasciatd ; spird plūs minusve 

 productd; aperturd postice angustd, antice subexpansd; eolu- 

 melld quadriplicatd ; labio externo in medio incurvo, extiis leviter 

 varicoso. 



DiiFering from M. lactea of Kiener in being wider at the anterior 

 termination, and in the outer lip not being so much elevated. 



From the West Indies. Varieties are from Belieze, bay of Hon- 

 dūras. 



Marginella siMiLis. MūTg. testd ovali, stramined, griseo-nebulatd, 

 lineis creberrimis interruptim cinctd; spird pene celatd ; aper- 

 turd angustd, antick et postice emarginatd; columelld spird 

 tumidd, antici varicosd, irregulariter septemplicatd ; labio externo 

 postice spiram paululhm superante, intus crenulato, extus nigro 

 maculato vix marginato. 



The spire is less concealed, and the margin of reflected lip less 

 distinct than in M. interrupta. The colouring is more mottled. 



In Mr. Cuming's coUection. From the Brazils. 



October 27, 1846. 

 Richard C. Griffith. Esq., in the Chair. • 

 No business was transacted. 



