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COLUMELLARIA.— Five Genera. 



No canal at the base of the aperture, but a more or less distinct dorsal notch 

 and plaits on the columella. 



Columbella. Shell oval, spire short, the base of the aperture more or 

 less notched, and without a canal. Columella plaited; aperture contracted 

 by a swelling on the inside of the right lip. 



C. 



C. strombiformis, 

 ' rustica, 

 ' mercatoria, 

 ' flavida, 

 ' semipunctata, 



C. bizonalis, 

 ' reticulata, 

 ' HcbrEea, 

 ' pardalina, 

 ' scripta, 



ovulata, 

 nitida, 

 zonalis, 

 fulgurans, 



Mitra. Shell turreted, subfusiform, the spire pointed 

 base notched, and without a canal. Columella plaited; 

 transverse, the lower ones smallest; columella lip thin, and 



M. episcooalis, 

 papalis, 

 pontificalis, 

 puncticnlata, 

 millepora, 

 cardinalis, 

 arcbiepiscopalis, 

 versicolor, 

 sanguinolenta, 

 ferruginea, 

 terebralis, 

 adusta, 

 granulosa, 

 crocata, 

 casta, 

 nexilis, 

 olivaria, 

 scabriuscula, 

 granatini, 

 crenifera, 

 serpentina, 



M. 



tceniata, 



piicaria, 



corrugata, 



costellaris, 



lyrata, 



me Ion gen a, 



cinctella, 



vulpecula, 



Caffra, 



san^uisuga, 



stigmataria, 



flosa, 



fissurata, 



lac tea, 



comicularis, 



lutescens, 



striatula, 



subulata, 



cornea, 



trin ga, 



melaniana, 



M. 



scutulata, 



dactyl us, 



fenistrata, 



crenulata, 



texturata, 



conulus, 



limbifera, 



aurantica; 



ampliorella, 



coronata, 



paupercula, 



cucumerina, 



patriarchalis, 



niuriculata, 



torulosn, 



ebenus, 



liarpasformis, 



semifasciata, 



retusa, 



microzonias, 



C. mendicaria, 



' turturina, 



' punctata, 



' unitascialis. 



at the summit, the 

 the plaits parallel, 

 formed on a pillar. 



M. ficulina, 



nucleola, 



unifascialis, 



bacillum, 



conularis, 



arenosa, 



clavulus, 



literata, 



Peronii, 



obliquata, 



plumbea, 



larva, 



pisolina, 



dermestina, 



granulifera, 



oniscina, 



tabanula, 



pediculus, 



Michebinii, 

 14 fossil species. 



Voluta. Shell oval, more or less ventricose, the apex obtuse or papil- 

 lary, the base notched; no canal. Columella plaited; the lower plaits largest 

 and most oblique; no columella lip. 



nautica, 



diadeina, 



armata, 



ducalis, 



tessellata, 



yEthiopica, 



melo, 



Neptuni, 



cymbium, 



olla, 



proboscidalis, 



porcina, 



V. scapha, 

 ' Brasiliana, 

 ' imperialis, 

 ' pellis serpentis, 

 ' vespertilio, 

 ' mitis, 



V. nivosa, 

 ' serpentina, 

 ' hebrsea, 

 ' musica, 

 ' cblorosina, 

 ' thiarella, 



