CYMBIUM. 
Puate V. 
Species 8. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming.) 
CymBtum Broperrpit. Cymb. testd ovatd vel globoso- 
ovata, plus minus ventricosd, pallidé luteo-olivaced, 
obscure latifasciatd, vel aurantio-luted, olivaceo-fusco 
fasciatim reticulata et oblique strigatd, anfractibus 
superne late plano-canaliculatis, ad angulum squa- 
matis, squamis brevibus, numerosis, confertis ; columella 
triplicata. 
BropeErir’s Cympium. Shell ovate or globosely ovate, 
more or less ventricose, pale yellowish-olive, obscurely 
broadly banded, or orange-yellow, reticulated in a 
banded manner, and streaked obliquely with olive- 
brown, whorls broadly flatly channelled round the 
upper part, scaled at the angle, scales short, nu- 
merous, close-set ; columella three-plaited. 
Melo Broderipit, Gray in Griffith’s Cuvier’s Animal King- 
dom, Moll. pl. xxvi. 
| Cymbium Broderipii, Gray in Brit. Mus. Catalogue. 
| Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming. 
The size of our Plate is quite inadequate to the repre- 
sentation of this colossal species in its maturest and largest 
state. Mr. Cuming possesses a specimen measuring four- 
teen inches in length, and thirty inches in girth; larger than 
any specimen of any species of the genus known to me. 
In a smaller and younger state, as represented in Plate 
VL., C. Broderipii is not uncommon, and may be always 
recognized by its broadly-channelled spire, coronated with 
scales that are peculiarly short, numerous, and close-set. 
It is only in younger and smaller specimens than that re- 
presented in the accompanying Plate that any trace of 
marking remains. 
December, 1860. 
