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oblique, and with more numerous and prominent varices ; the whorls 

 are contingent. 



Found by IMr. Cuming on the sands at Puerto Galero, island of 

 Mindoro. 



ScALARiA POLiTA, Thcs. Couch. part 4. pi. 34. f. 99. Seal, testa 



tenia, elongatd, Icevi, imperforatd ; anfractibus nuynerosis, vix i^'o- 



minentibus ; varicibus subnumerosis, tenuibus, in medio anfractmim 



obsoletis ; colore pall id e griseo. 



The whorls are numerous and not very prominent ; the varices 



appear as if worn away in the middle of the whorls. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Xipixapi, West Columbia ; in sandy 

 mud at ten fathoms. 



ScALARiA sTATUMiNATA, Tlics. CoHch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 127. Seal. 



testd parvd, crassd, brevi, lavigatd, imperforatd ; anfractibus con- 



tiguis, vix prominentibus, antice lined elevatd cinciis ; varicibus 



quingue, prominentibus, ad apicem continuis ; a7itice Ci-assis,postice 



in angulum elevatum expansis ; aperturd subrotundd, labio externo 



antice tenui ; colore inter varices cceruleo. 



A small, short, thick species, with very prominent ribs, which are 



elevated and expanded into a broad angle at the upper part of the 



whorls and very thick at the lower ; they are united with each other 



so as to form five oblique jjrominent ridges ujo the spire. 



Collected by Mr. Cuming at Payti, Peru ; in black sand at seven 

 fathoms. 



ScALARiA BiCARiNATA, Thcs. Couch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 113, 114. 

 Seal, testd subcyUndried, elongatd, imperforatd, minute cancellatd ; 

 anfractibus sex, latis, ad latera planis, ad suturam crenulatis, ul- 

 timo carinis binis in medio cincto ; aperturd ovali, margine crasso, 

 minute crenuluto ; colore fere a/bo. 

 A very curious little shell, with crenulated suture and two promi- 

 nent keels in the centre of the last whorl ; the edge of the aperture 

 is much thickened. 



Found by Mr. Cuming in coarse black sand at seven fathoms, at 

 Dumaguete, isle of Negros. 



ScALARiA FuscA, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 138. Seal, testd 

 elongatd, imperforatd, spiraliter minutissime striatd ; anfractibus 

 12, subprominentibus, ultimo carina lineuri antice cinetd ; varicibus 

 tenuissimis, obliquis, ad suturam fexuosis ; aperturd subovali, mar- 

 gine tenui; colore obscure fulvo, flammulis fuscis obliquis inter va- 

 rices seriatim picto. 

 An elongated species, with a very narrow but distinct keel on the 

 lower part of the last whorl : the varices are very thin, and bent in 

 near the suture. The shell is finely striated and prettily marked 

 with flame-like patches of dark colour between the varices. There 

 are two specimens in Mr. Cuming's collection, which were found on 

 sand at Sierra Leone. 



ScALARiA ACUMINATA, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 35. f. 130. Seal, 

 testd elongatd, imperfoi-atd, acuminatd; anfractibus 15, vix pro-^ 

 minentibus, antice carind tenui cinctis ; varicibus creberrimis, 



