144 Zooluyical Sockty. 



supernr breve reflexd, adnat'i ; umbilico punct'tformi.suhfuniculato. 

 Opercvlum cartilagineum, tenulter radlatiin striatum, lutescens, in 



medio rubicundum P Tale ego vidi in aperturd eddem teslce. 

 Hah. "Valparaiso, Chili; found in coarse sand at forty-five fa- 

 thoms." H. Cuming. 



** Testd ovato-acutd, tenuiusculd, sapissime zonatd ; columelld nigro 

 aut fiisco-purpurascente pictd ; opercido cariilagineo, oblongo ; 

 aperturd angustiore. 



28. Natica Zanzebarica. Nat. testd ovato-oblongd, temii, subepi- 

 dermide oUvaceo-albd, maculis fusco-purpureis elongatis interdum 

 confluentibus trifasciatd ; anfractibus senis, C07ivexis, tenuiter et 

 crebre striatis : pemdtimo maculis bifasciato, infimo ovato ; spird 

 conico-acutd, alba ; apice fusco, minimo ; aperturd ovato-acutd, 

 columelld supra umbilicum adnatd, reflexd, fusco-purpurascentc, 

 antice vix arcuatd ; umbilico pro/undo, exttis partim occultato. 



Hab. " Zanzebar." Mr. Thorre. 



29. Natica Priamus. Nat. testd ovato-acutd, ventricosd, nitidis- 

 simd, tenue striatd, zond pallidiore in medio cinctd : zond lateraliter 

 maculis spadiceis seriatis, stepiiis remoiis et quadratis marginatd ; 

 spird parvd, conico-acutd, maculis fasciatd, apice albo et puncto 

 fusco notato ; aperturd ovatd, basi et antice dilatatd, albido-fuscd ; 

 columelld supra umbilicum adnatd, chocolatd, subarcuatd, externe 

 in medio albo unimaculatd et reflexd, umbilicum profundum zond 

 exths decurrente rufd partim occultante ; funiculo valde depresso, 

 vix conspicuo, in umbilicum continuato. 



Var. /3. pallidiore. 



Hab. "Moluccas," H. Cuming: Isle of France, M. Le Colonel 

 Mathieu (Mus. Paris). 



Natica maura, Lamarck's Encyclop., Sowerby, Tankerville Cat., 

 proxima sed major, ventricosior, tenuior, fasciata, columella tenuior 

 valde differt. 



30. Natica Samarensis. Nat. testd ovato-acutd, albido et cceru- 

 lescente longitudinaliter pallide zonatd, fusco-spadiceo transversim 

 quadrifasciatd : fasciarum maculis interdum flammceformibus aut 

 confluentibus; spird conico-acutd, albo cinctd; aperturd ovatd, 

 spadiceo-flammulatd ; columelld omninb rufo-fuscd, subrectd, basi 

 obtuse emarginatd, superne reflexd, supra umbilicum externe auctd ; 

 umbilico fere tecto, intus spadiceo. 



Operculum cartilagineum, tenuiter radiato-striatum, angulo circulari 

 in medio notatum, luteo-fuscescens, aperturd testes multh minus. 



Hab. " Catbalonga, island of Samar, Philippines ; under stones at 

 low water." PI. Cuming. 



Natica SimicB, Deshayes in Lamarck, An. s. vert. viii. p. 652. no. 45. 

 (Lister, Conch, pi. 142. f. 36. Ner. fasciatus e museo Oxoniensi), 

 proxima, sed major, solidior,fasciis dissimilibus, columelld omninh rufo- 

 fuscd differt. 



31. Natica seb^, Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, pi. 35. fig. 6, 7. optime ; 

 Seba Mus., iii. pi. 41. f. 21. optima. 



