REPORT 1863. 



Family Buccinida. 



445. Nassa fossata, Gld. E. E. = eleyans, Rve. non Desh. Large, broad, flattened spire. 



446. Nassa perpinguis, Hds. Sulph. Same type, smaller, rounder, narrower. 



447. Nassa inscidpta, n. s. Zeuxis, with varix and non-reflexed callus. Spirally 



grooved. 40 fm. living, r. Op. 



448. Nassa mendica, Gld. E. E. -f Gibbesii, Coop. = Woodivardii, Fbs. Very variable : 



some forms approach, trivittata. 



449. Nassa Cooperi, Fbs. P. Z. S. 1850, p. 273. Like mendica, with 7 distant ribs, 



and fine spiral sculpture. 



450. Nassa tegula, Rve. Maz. Cat. no. 624. From Southern fauna. 



451. Amycla gausapata, Gld. E. E. (Genus rearranged for Columbellids with Nas- 



soid opercula, probably including Alia and Astyris.) Strong, solid, varie- 

 gated, smooth. 



452. Amycla ? Californiana, Gask. P. Z. S. 1851, p. 12. Whirls more swollen. 



453. Amycla tulerosa, n. s. Very close to minor, Scacchi, but with different nu- 



cleus. 8-10 fm. c. Cp. 



454. ? Amycla chrysalloidea, n. s. Shape of Truncaria eurytoides, but mouth not 



effuse : spirally fun-owed. Shoal-water, Op. 



455. ? Amycla ttndata, n. s. Like stumpy, small corrugata, with waved sculpture. 



40 fm. not r. Cp. 



456. ? Truncaria corrugata, Rve. Conch. Ic. (" Succinum:" " Pisania," Add. May 



be an Amycla.) Large, with waved ribs and spiral striae. Dwarfed at 40 

 fm. Cp. 



457. " Columbella " carinata, Hds. Sulph. Small, turrited, smooth, with stout pos- 



terior keel. (Perhaps Amycla.) Beach, Cp. 

 4576. Columbella ?var. Hindsii, Rve. Keel shorter, till it ceases, as in gamapata. 



Family Purpuridee. 



458. Purpura crispata, Chem.=:plicata, Mart. = lactuca, ~Esch.=septentrionalis, Rve. 



-f &c. Large, strong, canal distinct, smooth or foliated. 



459. Purpura canaliculata, T)iicl.=:dccemco8tata, Midd.-\-aUenuata,~Rve.-}-analo(jra, 



Fbs. With elegant spiral grooves. Chrysodomoid. 

 400. Purpura saxicola^ ?i\. lapillus, Coop. Like the Atlantic species, rough, pillar 



scooped, with brown spiral lines. 



4606. Purpura var. fuscata, Fbs. Raised thin form, dull, with faint sculpture. 

 460c. Purpura var. emarginata, Desh. Short, swollen, with scaly sculpture. 

 400 d. Purpura var. ostrina, Gld. E. E. Short, swollen, nearly smooth. 



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