214 
Long, 42 mill. ; larg. 40 mill.; convex. 26 mill. Ouverture: long. 
39 mill. ; larg. 22 mill. 
Natica maura, Lamarck’s Encyclop., Sowerby, Tankerville Cat., 
proxima sed major, ventricosior, tenuior, fasciata, columella tenuior 
valde differt. 
30. Natica Samarensis. Nat. testd ovato-acutd, albido et ceru- 
lescente longitudinaliter pallid zonatd, fusco-spadiceo transversim 
quadrifasciatd : fasciarum maculis interdum flammeformibus aut 
confluentibus ; spird conico-acutd, albo cinctd; aperturd ovatd, 
spadiceo-flammulatd ; columella omnind rufo-fuscd, subrectd, bast 
obtuse emarginatd, supern? reflexd, supra umbilicum externe auctd ; 
umbilico fere tecto, intis spadiceo. 
Operculum cartilagineum, tenuiter radiato-striatum, angulo circulart 
in medio notatum, luteo-fuscescens, aperturd teste multd minus. 
Hab. ‘‘ Catbalonga, island of Samar, Philippines; under stones at 
low water.” H. Cuming. 
Long. 33 mill. ; larg. 25 mill. ; convex. 19 mill. Ouverture : long. 
exter. 293, inter. 26 mill.; larg. 15 mill. 
Natica Simie, Deshayes in Lamarck, An. s. vert. viii. p. 652. no. 45. 
(Lister, Conch. pl. 142. f. 36. Ner. fasciatus @ museo Ozoniensi), 
proxima, sed major, solidior, fasciis dissimilibus, columelld omnind rufo- 
Suscd differt. 
31. Narica srB#, Souleyet, Voy. Bonite, pl. 35. fig. 6, 7. optime ; 
Seba Mus., iii. pl. 41. f. 21. optima. 
Var. 3. Testd tenui, subepidermide stramineo, exalbidd, anfractibus 
superne lacteo marginatis, columella et umbilico rufo-fuscis. 
Operculum tenue, rubrum, longitudinaliter creberrimé transversim 
radiatim valdé striatum. 
Hab. ‘St. Nicolas, island of Zebu, Philippines; found under 
stones. ‘This species is remarkable for the smallness of the oper- 
culum; the animal covers a part of the shell when at rest.” H. 
Cuming. 
Var. 3. ‘Loon, isle of Bohol, Philippines; found under stones.” 
H. Cuming. 
December 26th, 1843. 
No Meeting was held. 
