m 1 1 . \. :;r.> 



I 1 , , DH6PXB8J I'ease. 1M. 39, fig. 3 



Shell ovate, rather solid, perf-n-atr, smooth, marked faintly with 

 longitudinal stria- of growth ; aprrtmv contracted above, expa; 

 below: outer lip Iightly produced posteriorly ; white, promi.-riioii.-ly 

 spotted and mottled with white, black and brown of diili-ivnt shades, 

 t-wards the base encircled with a single red hand which is <r<-n<-rally 

 obsolete or altogether wanting. (Pse.). 



quesas Is. 



B. conspersa PSE., Amer. Journ. Conch., v, p. 72, pi. 8, f. 9. 1869. 

 Compare />. ovula Gld. with which this may prove identical. 



B. VERNICOSA Gould. Unfg tired. 



Shell ovate-globose, solid, smooth, widely perforated ; ashy, 

 variegated with rufous, and encircled by four bands of brown spots 

 sometimes angular. Aperture narrow, lip straight, slightly inflected, 

 rufous-edged; throat porcellaneous. Alt. 1*3 in.,diam.'8 in. (Gld.). 



Liu Kiu Is. (W. Stimp.). 



B. vernicosa GLD., Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., vii, p. 138, Oct., 1859; 

 Otia Conch., p. 111. 



Very shining, less inflated and narrower aperture than II. am- 

 pulla ; more globose and more polished than B. australis (Gld.). 



The following seems to be a synonym or variety of vernicosa. 

 YAR. OVULA (Gld.) Sowb. PL 36, figs. 34, 35. 



Shell oblong but with convex, not flattened lateral outlines; 

 slightly narrowed above; apical umbilicus narrow (1 to li mill, 

 diam.), white and weakly spirally grooved within. Brown with 

 scattered white dots, and showing three or lour spiral ill-defined 

 hands of darker clouding or mottling. Columella rather straight- 

 ened, with a chink along the edge of the reflexed crescentic \\ 

 callus. 



Alt. 24, diam. 16 mill. 



Alt. 21, diam. 13J mill. 



///'//, J.ij.nn ; Lin l\'in /.<. . Fr. Stearns). 



/>'. ovula (Gould, where?) Sown., Conch. lorn., f. 5, Jan., 1868. 



Evidently nearly allied to //. 0omp0rta !*>. Perhaps t; 

 shell Dunker called ' I!, wnpvlla? Angas (P. Z. S., 1867 



Jias quoted " B. nmlnm (ihl. MSS. in Mn-. ('timing" as a 



