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jections are thick, rounded, and deflected, reaching inwards 

 to the suture. 



9. DiSTOETA, f. 4, Linnceus (Turbo). — Rubra purpurascens 

 depressa; anfractibus infra angulura triseriatim spinosis, supra 

 granoso-liratis, rugis crassiusculis undatis ; ad angulum 

 breviter squamoso-nodulosis. — Of an irregular growth, the 

 form of the upper part of the whorls being modified by the 

 undulations of the top mixing with the thickened coronal 

 projections. 



10. FORMOSA, f. 2, Reeve. — Depressa discoidea, spiraliter. 

 granoso-lirata ochracea, rubro tincta ; anfractibus angulatis, 

 superne undulatis, ultimo ad angulum spinis crassis brevius- 

 culis coronato, infra medium et ad marginem inferiorem 

 carina augulariter squamosa cincto ; umbilieo amplissimo. — 

 Eed-tinted orange in colour, and depressed in form. Mr. 

 Eeeve's f. 2 b, Con. Icon, does not belong to the same species. 



11. SPH^RULA, f. 3, Kiener. — Transverse ovata, fulvo- 

 coccinea, superne granoso-lirata, conspicue rugis magnis un- 

 data, ad angulum spinis elevatim productis curvis superne 

 planatis et divisis coronata ; infra quinqueseriatim crasse 

 spinosis. — In the curved and antler-like projections forming 

 the crown of this remarkable shell, it resembles D. iniperialis, 

 to which it is not otherwise allied. On the upper part of the 

 whorls are tumid undulations, radiating like wheel-spokes 

 from the suture ; a character in some degree presented by 

 D. forviosa, D. distorta, and D. nodosa. The specimen 

 figured by Kiener has the coronal spines short, undivided, 

 and regular. They are no doubt worn, and in the figure 

 appear to be artificially arranged, or perhaps restored. — 

 The specimen which I am now enabled to figure from the 

 collection of the late Mrs. De Burgh, is almost peerless in 

 beauty. 



12. STELLARis, f. 14. — Orbiculari-discoidsa alba, sparsim 

 purpureo tincta ; spira depresso-plana, anfractibus superne 

 concavis, ad angulum squamato-carinatis ; squamis trigonis ; 

 infra squamato-spinosis. — From the figure in the ' Voyage of 

 the Sulphur,' I should rather take this to be the young of 

 some larger species ; the tops of several being flattened and 

 starlike in the same way. 



13. RADiATA, f. 13, Kiener. — Subconica, albida, maculis 

 lineisque rubris radiantibus supra angulum ornata : augulo 



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