umbilicus small, narrow: length 1-2, breadth, 07. 

 East Indies. 

 29. Cane, contabulata nobis, Conch. lUustr. f. 28. Shell 

 oval, pale brown, nodulose-ribbed ; spire rather short ; 

 vohitions five, ventricose, their upper part next the 

 suture flat, w^ith a bluntly angular edge ; nodulose 

 - longitudinal ribs continued obliquely over the flat space 

 to the suture ; aperture large, white^ oval, truncated 

 at its upper part ; outer lip grooved within ; columella 

 with four small plaits, of which the upper one is very 

 small; umbilicus small: length 12, breadth 0'8. 

 Ceylon. 



30 Cane, crenifera nobis, Conch. Illustr. f, 29. Shell 



ovate, pinkish brown, shining; volutions 5 to 6, 

 rounded, with longitudinal crenulated ribs, the upper 

 ends of which form a strongly crenated edge to the 

 canaliculated suture ; aperture oval, white ; outer lip 

 thickened, reflected, grooved within, columella with 

 three plaits; canal indistinct ; umbilicus small but dis- 

 tinct and rough at its edge : length 09, breadth 0'5. 

 From Ceylon. 



31 Cane, scalarina Lam. Chemn. iv. f. 1172, 1173. 



32 Cane, crispa nobis, Conch. Illustr. f. 30. Shell oval, 



brownishwith lighter bands, rough; spire acuminated; 

 volutions 5 to 6, rather ventricose, with longitudinal 

 ribs, which are dentated on their edges and raised 

 above the edge of the canaliculated suture, aper- 

 ture ovate, truncated at the upper part and forming 

 a small canal anteriorly; outer lip grooved within; 

 plaits on the columella three ; umbiUcus small : length 

 10, breadth 06. Locality unknown. 



