432 MESSRS. H. AND A. ADAMS ON NEW SHELLS, [NoV. 10, 



naliter plicatis, transversim liratis, anfractu ultimo liris duabus 

 validis nodulosis ad plicas instructo, plicis brevibus lamellosis ad 

 margines subserrulatis ; apertura trigonali-ovata ; labia Icevi, sim- 

 plici, canali mediocri antice acuminata ; labra intus lirata, mar- 

 gine pastice ratundato-angulata. 



Hab. Guadeloupe {Mus. Cuming.). 



A beautiful, small, nodulose species, with an elaborate style of 

 sculpture. 



15. CORALLIOPHILA SENTICOSA, H. & A. Ad. 



C. testa acuminata-ovata, umbilicata, spira acuta data, alba, antice 

 rufa tincta ; anfractibus 8, langitudinaliter plicatis, plicis rotun- 

 datis confertis, transversim liratis, liris late lamellosis, margini- 

 bus lobatis et acute laciniatis ; apertura ovata, antice producta, 

 canali recto, subelongata, rejlexo ; umbilico parvi, carina squa- 

 mulasa rufa circumcincta ; labra margine aculeato-crenato. 



Hab. Bombay {Mus. Cuming.). 



A singular species, with elevated acute spire and transverse broadly 

 lamellar lirse, which are acutely laciniated at their free margins. 



y 16, CORALLIOPHILA XJNDOSA, H. & A. Ad. 



C. testa ovato-canoidali, salida, umbilicata, alba, spira aperturam 

 eequante ; anfractibus 5, planis, langitudinaliter plicatis, plicis ro- 

 tundatis undulatis obliquis, in medio incrassatis, antice attenuatis, 

 transversim liratis, liris lamellosis, ad margines aculeato-cre- 

 natis, majoribus cum minaribus alternantibus ; apertura triganali- 

 avata ; labia Icevi, convexa ; labra intus valde sulcata, postice ob- 

 tuse angulato; umbilico mediocri, carina squamosa circumcincto. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands (Coll. Cuming.). 



A pure white species, with undulate plicae and lamellar lirae, finely 

 aculeately crenate at the margins. 



17. CORALLIOPHILA CONFRAGOSA, H. & A. Ad. 



C. testa elongato-ovata, solida, umbilicata, spira quam apertura 

 breviore, alba; anfractibus 5,pjlanis, langitudinaliter plicatis, plicis 

 CJ'ossis eequalibus duabus validioribus in media anfractuum, acu- 

 leato-squamosis, interstitiis cavernase excavatis ; apertura elon- 

 gato-ovata ; labia Icevi, antice subdilatato, porcis quatuor trans- 

 versis elatis instructo, canali recto subproducta ; labra intus tuber- 

 culatim lirata; umbilico parva, carina squamosa circumcincta. 



Hab. ? (Coll. Cuming.). 



A white rugose shell, having somewhat the aspect of a Vitularia. 



■s( 18. CORALLIOPHILA RETUSA, H. & A. Ad. 



C. testa globosa-avata, solida, umbilicata, pallide carnea, spira re- 

 tusa ; anfractibus 5, planis, langitudinaliter oblique plicatis, plicis 

 rotundatis regularibus, transversim valde liratis, liris rugulasis 

 confertis ; apertura ovata ; labia convexo, antice transversim ru- 

 gosa-plicato ; labra intus valde sulcata, margine crenulata. 



Hab. ? {Mus. Cuming.), 



