COLUMBELLID^. IT 9 



straight ; outer lip nearly straight, creuulated within. G. rugosa, 

 Sowb. (Ivi, 83). 



SEMiNELLA, Pease, 18(i7. (Cytharopsis, Pease, 1867.) Shell 

 small, fusiform, longitudinally costate ; lip slightly emarginate 

 above. Urate or denticulate within. G. gracilis, Pease (Ivi, 84). 



MiTROPSis, Pease, 186Y. Shell fusiform, longitudinally more 

 or less costate or plicate ; aperture narrow ; lip dentate, sinuate 

 above; columella callous, plicate. Described as a group of 

 Mitridae, but appears to be more nearly related to the Colum- 

 bellas. G. fusiformis, Pease (Ivi, 95). 



CONIDEA, Swainson, 1840. (Pyrene [Bolten], H. and A. Ad., 

 1853. Conella, Swainson, 1840.) Shell fusiform; inner lip 

 reflected in front ; outer lip crenulated within. G. tringa, Lam. 

 (Ivi, 85). G. Philippinarum, Reeve (Ivi, 86). 



META, Reeve, 1859. ( Conella, H. and A. Adams, not Swainson, 

 1853.) Shell conoid, regularly attenuated towards the base, spire 

 rather short, generally superficially channeled ; aperture elon- 

 gated, narrow, interior with revolving short ridges near the 

 margin. 6 sp. So. Africa, W. Indies, Java, Philippines. G. coni- 

 formis, Sowb. (Ivi, 94j. 



STROMBiNA, Morch, 1852. Shell fusiform, turriculated ; spire 

 sharp; whorls gibbous, nodulous; inner lip with a rather thick 

 callus ; outer lip thick, sometimes sinuous behind ; anterior canal 

 well-formed. G. lanceotata, Sowb. (Ivi, 87). 



AMYCLA, H. and A. Adams, 1853. Shell bucciniforra, smooth, 

 solid; aperture oval ; columella smooth, truncated in front; outer 

 lip arcuated, crenulated within. G. dermestoidea, Lam. (Ivi, -88), 



ASTYRis, H. and A. Adams, 1853. Oval-fusiform, smooth or 

 trans verselj^ striated ; aperture oval ; inner lip smooth, not 

 callous ; outer lip sinuous posteriorly, crenulated within. G. 

 Glausiliseforme, Kiener (Ivi, 89). 



^sopus, Gould, 1860. Shell fusiform, gibbous, broadly truncate 

 in front ; aperture lunate, with a posterior callus on the body ; 

 columella smooth, vitreous ; suture abnormally arcuate near the 

 aperture. Animal white ; foot emarginate in front, obtuse behind, 

 bearing a corneous flabelliform operculum; head small; tentacles 

 short, broad, eyes in the middle; siphon wide, short. Said to 

 be intermediate between Columbella and Mitra. ^. Japoniciis, 

 Gould. 



Bngina, Gray, 1839. 



Distr. — 45 sp. Tropical ; Indo-Pacific, Polynesia, Panama, 

 West Indies, etc. E. trifasciata, Reeve (Ivi, 90). 



Shell ovate-conic ; spire sharp, with longitudinal nodulous ribs, 

 decussated by revolving lines ; aperture narrow, with several 

 oblique plications in front ; outer lip rather thick, inflected or 

 callous in the middle, crenulated within. 



PusiosTOM A, Swainson, 1840. Shell ovate; inner lip granulose; 



