540 Zoological Society. 



Long. ri5; lat. "85 poll. 

 Hab. ad insulam Masbate, Philippinarum. 



Found on coral reefs by Mr. Cuming. It is a pretty little species 

 with a delicately purple aperture. 



6. Ranella subgranosa. Conch. Illustr., f. 18. R. testa ovali 

 subangnlatd, purpureo-fuscu , brunneo-fasciatd et maculatd, trans- 

 verse Uneis elevatis, moniliformibus alternantibus striatd ; ad an- 

 (julum anfractuum tuberculis acutis ; varicibus elevatis, utrinque 

 subfoveulatis, granoso-tuberculatis ; uperturd ovali, albd, intits 

 pallide purpured ; canuli postico lato, antico subrecurvo, lata ; labio 

 interna tenui, postice dentato ant ice extanti ; labio externa crenu- 

 lato validissime dentato, ad canalem posiicum aculeate, antice sub- 

 expanso. 

 Long. 2-85; lat. 1-70 poll. 

 Hab. ad sinus Mauillae. H. Cuming legit. 



This species very nearly resembles R. elegans, Beck, Chemn. 1270, 

 Conch. Illustr., f. 17, of which it may perhaps be only a local va- 

 riety. Our shell is of a more oval shape and is more evenly granu- 

 lated in every part. Found in sandy mud at ten fathoms, 



7. Ranella neglecta, Conch. Illustr., f. 22. R. testd subquad- 

 ratd, brevi, Uneis granulatis transversa striatd, pallide fulvd, 

 fusco-maculatd ; inter varices ad angulum posticuni tuberculis 

 tribus magnis, in medio tribus ad quatuor parvis, prope caudam 

 lino, et aliquando serie moniliformi tuberculorum parvorum ; vari- 

 cibus crassis lirat\m granulosis postice foveolatis ; aperturd ovali 

 albd; canali postico brevi, recto ; canali antico brevi, snbrecto ; 

 labio interno decumbente, granulato, prope canalem posticum acute 

 denticulato ; labio externa, minute denticulato, prape canales solum 

 reflexo. 



Long. 1-60; lat. M5. 



Hab. ad insulam Ceylon. 



This shell, which is now common, differs from R. crumena in the 

 following respects : it is shorter, the tubercles are more obtuse, the 

 canals are shorter and straighter, the outer lip is scarcely reflected, 

 and the inner lip is not raised at the caudal extremity. 



8. Ranella rugosa, Conch. Illustr., f. 7. R. testd ventricosd, 

 granulosd, angulatd, pallide fulvd, fusco-maculatd ; inter varices 

 ad angulum posticum tuberculis tribus obtnsis, granulosis, inter 

 granula fusca interrvpto-Uneatis, in medio lined duplicatd ma- 

 niliformi ; caudam versus Uneis quinque alternantibus monilifor- 

 mibus ; varicibus crassis, granoso-tuberculatis, utrinque validis- 

 sime foveolatis ; canali antico tortuaso, magna; aperturd rotun- 

 data-ovali albd, canali postico sub-elongata ; labia interna tortuasa, 

 prape extremitates valide extanti ; labio externa reflexo, exths la- 

 queata, intus quinquefariam bi-denticulato, denticnlis foveolato. 



Long. 2-30; lat. 1-50. 

 Hab. 



This species has not the thickness, flatness, nor the elongated, 

 curved, posterior canal of R. bufonia, nor are the tubercles so large. 



