76 SOWERBY : NEW SPECIES OF .>rARINE SHELLS. 



cula, ad apicem acuta : anfiactus 9, primi 2 miuuti, laeves, secjucntos 

 convexiusculi, longitudinaliter cobtati, aliter laeves, costis 12 mediocriter 

 elevatis rotundatis ; sutura anguste canaliculata ; anfractus ultimus 

 I longitudinis testae aequans, convexus, infra attenuatus ; costip latius- 

 culis paulo elevatis ; prope marginem magis elevatis ; apcrtura elongata, 

 . mediocriter lata ; peristoma laeve, leviter iiurassata ; columella rectius- 

 cula, intus lirata, inaequaliter triplirata ; lamina columellari latiuscula, 

 extus oonspicue fusco marginata. 



Long. 53, diam. 22 millim. 



Hah.— \ 



Compared with V. delessertiana the shell is more fusiform, smoother, 

 with less numerous and less elevated ribs, and in place of the rich colouring 

 of that species, it has a pale creamy hue, with numerous faint yellowish 

 orange transverse lines. The strongest colour in the shell is found on the 

 margin of the columellar lamina forming a dark brown streak. 



The specimen as far as 1 know is uni(|ue, and I have no knowledge 

 of its habitat. Although of pale colour it is in good preservation, and 

 appears to be specitically distinct from its congeners. 



Conus boubeeae, n-^p. 

 PI. V, fig. 5. 



Testa parva conico-subcylindracea, cinerascens, fusco variegata, liueis 

 numerosis interruptis tran.sversis fuscis albo articulatis picta ; spira 

 elatiuscula, planato conica ; anfractus 7, primi 2-3 convexiusculi, delude 

 leviter concavi, ad marginem carinati, sutura canaliculata sejuncti ; 

 anfractus ultimus subcylindricus, supra sub-acute angulatus, basim versus 

 Uratus ; apertura angusta, antice latior, intus violaceo tincta. 



Long. l(i, diam. 8 millim. 



Hab.—'f. 



With the exception of the anterior transverse ridges, which are 

 rather strong, the shell is smooth ; of a grayish colour mottled with 

 brown, and prettily marked with interrupted lines of brown and white. 



On a recent visit to Paris 1 found several specimens of this interesting 

 little species in the possession of Madame Boubee, after whom I have 

 leasure in naming it. 



Stomatella exquisita, n.sp. 

 PI. V, fig. 4. 



Testa depresse orbicularis, tenuis, pallide luteola, strigis obliquis fuscis 

 picta, liris numerosis inaequalibus instructa, oblique eximie laminato 

 striata ; spira depressa, ad apicem breviter elevata ; anfractus 3, primus 

 globulosus, albus, laevis, secundus lirato carinatus, ultimus supernc 

 depressus, bicarinatus, infra rotunde convexus, inaequaliter multiliratus ; 

 apertura lata, leviter obliqua, intus margaritacea ; columella obUque 

 arcuata, teuuitcr callosa. 



