Recent Species of Ovulum. 151 



given to me by the Rev. Dr. Goodall, who broi^ht several from the 

 Adriatic. 



Ovulum pyriforme. 



O. testd pyriformi, alhicante ; canali inferiori subrejlexo; dorso ventri- 

 coso; columelld ad basin excavato-depressd, supernk dente pliciformi 

 valido ; lahio externa intern^ plicato-denticulato, infra suhdepresso ; 

 long, i^, lat. -p%, poll. 

 Hab. ad littora Novae Cambrise Meridionalis. Mus. nost. 



Desc. Shell pear-shaped, whitish, with a pale flesh-coloured tinge ; 

 back ventricose, transversely striated ; lower canal straightish, slightly 

 reflected ; columella with an excavated depression within, near the base, 

 and a strong pliciform tooth at the upper end ; outer lip sloping from the 

 edge inwards, inner edge plicato-denticulated, rather depressed at the 

 lower part. 



Of this elegantly formed and rare species a few specimens were re- 

 ceived from New South Wales, by Mr. G. Humphrey. 



OVTJLUM CARNEUM, 



Lam., Anim. sans vert, VII., 368. 

 O. testd ovali, carneo-rubente ; dorso gibboso, transversim tenuiter stri- 



ato ; extremitatibus, prcEsertim inferiore, acuminatiusculis ; labio ex- 



terno intHts denticulato ; columelld supern^ oblique uniplicatd; long. 

 y%, lat. 3«o, poll. 



Bulla carnea, nonnull. 



Hab. . Mus. Goodall, nost., &c. 



Desc. Shell ovate, back gibbous, transversely slightly striated ; ex- 

 tremities, particularly the lower, slightly acuminated ; outer lip arched, 

 toothed on the inside ; upper end of the columella forming a small thick- 

 ish fold. 



A pretty little species of a reddish flesh-colour, from the Coral Fishery 

 on the coast of Barbary. 



Ovulum marginatum. 



0. testd oblongo-ovali, ventricosd, utrinquh obtusiusculd, alba ; labii 

 externi margine rotundato, intus denticulato, prope basin depresso. 



