ANCILLARIA  erubiginosa. 
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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Shell oblong, smooth, entirely polished: suture not channelled. 
Base of the pillar oblique, thickened, and striated. S. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Shell imperforate, oblong, chesinut ; spire elongated; body whorié 
above banded; base with two belts and a concave groove. 
Sw. in Phil. Mag. 62. p. 403. 
A. rubiginosa. Sw. in Brand’s Journ., No. 36, p. 283. 
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Tae Ancillariz are marine shells, few in number, and 
peculiar to warm latitudes. They are naturally polished, 
and very much shaped, like the Olives; but the suture, 
which in those shells is marked by a deep grove, is in these 
covered by a thick enamel. The animal, we believe, re- 
mains unknown. Ina monograph of this genus, published 
in the Journal above quoted, we described fourteen recent, 
and four fossil species, being all which, at that period, we 
had seen. Of these, the present is one of the largest, and 
certainly the most beautiful. Our figure was made from a 
matchless specimen, received by Mrs. Mawe from China, 
and now in the collection of Mr. Broderip. 
We hear, with pleasure, that Mr. George Sowerby has 
selected this interesting group for an early illustration in 
his promised Species Conchyliorum. 'The professional op- 
portunities which this zealous Conchologist enjoys will, no 
doubt, enable him to make considerable and valuable addi- 
tions to this and every other department of his subject ; 
and he has our cordial good wishes for success in this most 
laborious undertaking. 
Aneillaria Pl. 1. 
