APPENDIX. XI 



fitices are finely reticulated with a dark violet co- 

 lour. Epidermis of a light olivaceous brown. From 

 Timor. 



1094. NERITINA CANALIS. 



N. testa ovata, spira brevissima, obtecta, labio ex- 

 tern© in canalem ad sinistram inclinatam pro- 

 ducto^ labio columellari aurantiaco, obsolete sub- 

 denticulato ; epidermide nigerrima. Long, -j^-, 

 lat. 1 unc. 



Obs, This shell very nearly resembles N. pulli- 

 ^era, we think, however, that it will be distin- 

 guished by the characters given above ; its epidermis 

 is very black, and its inner lip of a fine orange co- 

 lour. All the specimens in this collection are rather 

 smaller than the full grown N. puUigeraB. From the 

 Islands of the South Seas.'' 



1115. NERITINA GRANOSA. 



N. testa subrotunda, compressiuscula, subalata, alb^, 

 epidermide nigra induta, extus granosa, granis per 

 series ordinatisj labii extern! margine erenulato; 

 subtus planulata, labio columellari lato, auranti- 

 aco, margine interno sinuato, edentulo. 



Obs. This singular "black tuberculatedNerite" 

 is marked by Mr.Budgin "from a fresh-water stream 

 in one of the South Sea Islands." There are seve- 

 ral specimens in the collection, all of which have 

 been pierced near the vertex, from which circum- 

 stance it is supposed that they have served as orna- 

 ments. 



1170. NATICA VIOL ACE A. 



N. testa conoideo-subglobulosa, alba, castaneo ma- 

 culata et strigata ; maculis per series quinque or- 

 dinatis ; spira acutiuscula, umbilico fere obtecto, 



