i:. 



taothleas ; the outer toothed or moated ; tho anterior and posterior 

 canal more or lesa elongated. 



. The outer Up broad, indexed, rounded, crenulated ; extremities 

 abort ; front of oolnmelU rounded. 



In this milxtivifluu Dr. limy enumerate* two species. 



0. orum ; Om/o on/ormu, Lain. ; Bulla orm, Linn. ; Common 

 Poached Egg. White ; back rounded ; innide orange-brown. 



Common Poached F.(TR (Orulm arm), adult. 



ft. Outer lip indexed, broad, toothed ; end* short, curved, hinder 

 end with tooth on the inner lide ; front of the oolumella expanded 

 beneath. One specie* only. 



it. rfrrurottun ; (train rtrrueota, Lain. ; Bulla rerrucota, Linn. ; 

 Two-Warted Poached Egg, Gray. Shell ovate ; back angular ; extre- 

 mity rosy, with a depressed wart above. Young closely striated ; 

 ends brown-edged. Found in the Indian Ocean. 



Tiro-Wrted Poached Egrf (Orulum rfrrurnnm}. 



y. Outer lip indexed, rounded, narrow, toothed ; rest like sect. 0. 

 It includes four species. 



0. Margarita, Sow. ; Pearl Poached Egg, Gray. Shell ovate, sub- 

 globose, white, pointed in front, rentricose ; base convex ; hinder 

 tubercle rugose ; front of columella concave ; outer lip rounded. 

 This with six brown dota artificially made is OriiM punctata of Duclos. 

 A native of the Friendly Islands. 



IV.rl Poached Era (Or*l*m Jtarftrita \ 



< >nter lip slightly Indexed, narrow, keeled externally, wit.h edge 

 nhi-lring inwanls; the rat like the former. This section includes 

 even specie*. 



it. pyriformr. Sow. ; Pear-Shaped Poached F.gg, Gray. Shell pear- 

 shaped, yeUowih-white, attenuated in front; front of columella 

 ave; outer lip shelving inwards. It is a native of Australia. 



I r*r4lhapMl Poached Ef (Orulnm pyrif<Hrmt). 



" lip thickened, indexed, toothle**; extremities *hort ; front 

 of the eoluroella flattened ; hinder part with a fold obliterated by age. 

 ! thin section there are nine specina. 



0. yibbonm ; Urula gibbon. Lam. ; H*lta yMota, Linn. ; Gibbous 

 Poached Egg, Gray. Shell oblong, blunt, white; margin yellow, 

 covering nearly the whole shell ; back with an angular rib. Varies 

 in length and breadth. Fuund in the Atlantic Ocean. 



fiibtK.au Poached T.gg (Orulnm fiMonrm). 



(. Outer lip thickened, indexed, toothless; cxtremiticA rather rl<m- 

 gated ; tho hinder conical, straight ; the rest like the former. Four 

 species are included in this section. 



O. lonffinairatum, Sow. ; Coodhall'n False Spindle, Gray. Shell 

 fusiform, white, thin ; beak very long, curved ; mouth linear, rather 

 expanded in front. Found in the Adriatic. 



Goodhull's False Spindle (Ornlum lonyirtutrntum). 



t>. Outer lip thickened, slightly indexed, toothless ; the front of the 

 columella rounded, the extremities very long. (Volra, De Montf.) 

 It embraces one species only. 



0. volva; Ovula rolra, Lam.; Jlnlla Volrn, Linn., Common 

 Weaver's Shuttle. Shell oval, flesh-coloured, striated ; outer lip 

 pink ; tho beaks long, flcxuous. Locality, China. 



Common Wearer's Shuttle (Ornlm rohvi). 



On the position of this family amongst tho MMutca, Dr. .1. K. Gray 

 makes the following remarks : "Thin family appear* to be allied to 

 the sub-family Caundtv, amongst tho Bucciniidftr, by moans of thr 

 Caui i Tftticultu, of which Lamarck observes, ' ce casaue a un peu 

 1'aspect de certains Cyjiram ; ' but the affinity is not slight, for in t In- 

 shape and forrn <if thu nperture, which has a groove or canal at each 

 end, both of the lips plnited, and the front part of the columella 



