388 Zooloyicul Society. 



Of the following thirteen species referred to this genus, seven are 

 entirely new ; five were collected by H. Cuming, Esq. in the Philip- 

 pine Islands, one by Dr. Riippell on the shores of the Red Sea, and 

 one by Dr. Siebald on the coast of Japan. 



1. ToRXATELLA FLAJiMEA. Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vi. 

 part 2. p. 219; Lister, Synop. Conch., pi. 814. f. 24; Sowerby, 

 Genera of Shells, No. 24. f. 1 ; Kiener, Iconographie des Coquilies, 

 pi. 1. f. 1. Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 4. 



Auricula flammis lateritiis. Martini. 



Vohita flaminea, Gmelin. 



Bulimus variegatus, Brugui^re. 



Hub. ad insulam Java. 



This shell, which is distinctly figured both by Lister and Martini, 

 is marked with a number of flesh-coloured stripes, running in a lon- 

 gitudinal direction from the spire. 



Var, a. Strkjis ruhris in maculis semilunaribus aperfe divisis. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 6. 



Hub. ad insulam Ticao, Philippinarum. 



A beautiful variety, in which the longitudinal flesh-coloured stripes 

 are divided into distinct patches, of the form of a crescent. Found 

 by Mr. Cuming at the island of Ticao, in sandy mud at seven 

 fathoms' depth. 



Var. /3. Testa minore, maculis semilunaribus frequentioribus , indi- 

 stinct is. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. I. 



Hub. ad insulam Corrigidor, Philippinarum. 



This variety is constantl}' smaller and of deeper colour ; the cres- 

 cent-shaped spots are thicker, and run so indistinctly the one into 

 the other as often to be completely clouded over. 



2. ToRXATELLA soLiDULA. Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vi. 

 part 2. p. 220; Chemnitz, Conch., vol. x. pL 149. f. 1405 : Kiener, 

 Iconographie des Coquilies, pi. 1. f. 2. Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. 

 pi. 206. f. 7. 



Valuta solidula, Linnaeus. 



Bulimus solidulus, Bruguiere. 



Hab. ad insulas Philippinanim, &c. 



Several varieties of this shell, varying in colour from a bluish grey 

 to a reddish brown, were found by Mr. Cuming amongst the Philip- 

 pine Islands, in sandy mud at diflferent depths, from 7 to 25 fathoms ; 

 they are, however, by no means confined to this locality. 



3. ToRXATELLA cocciNATA. Tom. testd cylindraceo-ovatd, trans- 

 versim striata, alba, maculis coccineis minutis profuse ornatd ; 

 epidermide luted, leviter indutd; spird depresso-conicd, suturis 

 profundis, apice prtecipue exserto, acutissimo ; columella biplicatd, 

 2)licd maxima bilobd. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 10. 



Hab. ad msulam Mindanao, Philippinarum. 



This beautiful shell is very distinct from any variety of the pre- 

 ceding ; the spire, which is remarkably sharp-pointed at the apex, is 

 somewhat depressed and rounded ; and the shell altogether is covered 



