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Voluta continued. 



heteroclita. . base smooth, spire ribbed, rather tuberculated, 



columella with the smallest plaits upwards, as in Mitra 



2f inches. 

 digitalina . . decussated, subgranular, spire short 1 inch 



perhaps a variety of V. crenulata. 

 clathrata. . subcoronetted, cancellated, columella with numerous 



plaits If inch. 

 ambigua*. . transversely striated, longitudinally ribbed, spire 



subdenticulated, lip sulcated internally, the lower folds on 



the columella the largest If .inch. 

 Jiculina. . transversely striated, last wreath crowned with spines, 



lip submarginated, striated inside, and bowed at the top 



2 inches. 

 rarispina. . with two or three dorsal spines, lip rather bordered, 



spire small, with five or six dentellated turns If inch. 



Mitra. 



crebricosta. . ribs obsolete in the lower part, four folds f inch. 

 monodonta. . smooth, but striated in the upper part small. 

 marginata. . a crenulated border on each turn. 

 plicatella. . margin of the turns subplicated f inch. 

 labratula. . ribs decussated with transverse striae f inch. 

 mixta. . resembles marginella, but has the folds of the mitres 



f inch. 



cancellina. . lip internally striated. 

 terebellum. . narrow, fusiform small. 

 fusellina. . smooth, base striated small. 

 graniformis. . longitudinally ribbed very small. 

 mutica. . no striae on the spiral wreaths, four folds 1 inch. 

 elongata. . fusiform, smooth, five folds 2 inches. 

 citharella. . distant longitudinal ribs, four folds, no left lip. 



Marginella. 



eburnea. . spire conoidal, the borders of the turns confluent. 



dentifera. . smooth, spire subpyramidal. 



ovulata. . lip grooved internally, four folds f inch. 



Cancellaria. 



costulata. . longitudinal, decussated, ribbed, three folds f to f 



inch. 

 volutella. . with the varices of a murex, the folds of a volute, and 



the notch of a buccinum ~ inch. 



Purpura. 



lapillus^. . acutely ovate, ribs transverse, lip subdentated. 



* Stromhus ambiguus. Brand, Foss. No. 69. 

 t Buccinum lapillus. Lin. 



