EXOTIC CONCHOLOCY. 37 



MITRA CARBONARIA. 



Testa Isevi, nigricante, striis tranaversis, minitnis, punctatis ornata spira producta atte- 

 nuuta; columella 5 plicata. 



Shell smooth, blackish, with very minute, punctured, transverse stria; : spire produced, 

 attenuated : pillar with five plaits. From New Holland. 



VOLUTA PAPILLOSA, (SCAPHELLA). 



Testa ponderosa, lajvi, lineis fuscis subtilissime reticulatis, fasciisque fuscis, transversis, 

 iuterruptis, ornata ; spirse apice crassissimo valde papilloso : labii interioris medio, 

 gibbo ; columella 4 plicata. 



Grif. Cuv. 40. 



Shell ponderous, smooth, with fine reticulated lines and transverse interrupted bands of 

 brown : spire with the apex verj' thick and papillary : middle of the inner lip gibbous : pillar 

 four plaited. From the Fegee Isles. 



VOLUTA FUSIFORMIS, (SCAPHELLA). 



Testa producta, fusiformi, pallide aurantiaca, lineis angulatis fuscis ornata, spii'a atte- 

 nuata : basi contracta : columella 3 plicata. 



Shell produced, fusiform, pale orange with angulated brown lines, spire attenuated, base 

 contracted, pillar with three plaits. Probably from the Pacific. In general appearance it ap- 

 proaches near to V. Ancilla and V. Magellanica, from both of which it is principally distinguished 

 by the lower part of the body-whorl being contracted, and the spire lengthened. 



AMPULLARIA FASCIATA, (VAR. CANALICULATA). 



Testa magna ventricosa, ovata, olivacea, lineis transversis, obsoletis, subcarinatis cincta, ; 

 spira brevi, sutura, anfractuum margine antico, convexo, obtecta : labio interiore 

 antico obsoleto ; operculo corneo ? umbilico aperto. 



Shell large ventricose, oval, olive, with obsolete, transverse, slightly carinated lines : spire 

 short, suture hid by the great convexity of the upper part of the whorls : inner lip above obsolete : 

 operculum horny 1 umbilicus open. 



BULIMUS VIRESCENS. (B. CITRINUS, VAR.?) 



Testa obovata, viridi-flavescente ; spirse conicse, vix incrassatse, obtusce, anfractibus in 

 suturas depressis, plerumque perversis : labio interiore antice obsoleto : umbilico 

 aperto. 



Shell obovate, green, variegated with yellow ; spire confc, slightly thickened, obtuse ; the 

 volutions depressed on the suture, and generally reversed ; inie" lip obsolete : umbilicus open. 



