A few specimens of this pretty and interesting species were collected by Mr. S. Stutchbury on the coast of New Zealand ; 

 they were taken alive, when the shell was completely covered by the animal. One full-grown specimen was found among the 

 Olives in G. Humphrey's collection. 



ANCILLARIA MUCRONATA. Fig. 47, 48. 

 A. testa oblongd, pallida brunned, spird acuminata, oblitd, apice mucronato, anfractu ultimo superne balteo albo-marginato, 

 infra lined impressd dente terminatd, et balteis duobus instructo ; varice columellari angusto, subslriato, sulco sinistrali 

 inconspicuo ; aperturd superne acutiusculd, infra emarginatd, labio externo prope basim unidentato ; labio interno 

 superne supra spiram extenso ; long. \-^, lat. ^, poll. 



Hab. . Mus. nost. 



Desc. Shell oblong, pale brown ; the spire acuminated, coated thickly with enamel ; apex mucronated ; last volution with 

 a white margined belt at the upper part ; an impressed line terminated by a small blunt tooth at the lower edge of the outer lip, 

 and two belts may be observed at the lower part of the last volution ; a very indistinct groove marks the commencement of the 

 coiumellar varix, which is narrow, whitish, and very faintly striated ; upper end of the aperture rather acute, lower end notched ; 

 outer lip a little thickened at the edge, with a single small tooth near the base ; upper part of the inner lip spreading over the 

 spire. 



I have met with a single specimen of this species, which appears, however, to be very distinct from the others. Its loca- 

 lity is unknown. 



ANCILLARIA RUBIGINOSA. Fig. 49 to 52. 



Swainson, Journ. of Science, Lit. and, Arts, XVIII., 283, Zool. Illustr. 2d series. 

 A. testa oblongd, spird elongalo-acuminatd ; anfractu ultimo superne balteo albicante ; infra lined impressd notabili, balteis 

 duobus, superiore duplicato, et sulco supra varicem prof undo ; varice albicante, substriato, sulco sinistrali conspicuo 

 labio externo prope basim unidentato ; callo spiram obtegente ; long. 2-.;f, lat. 1 T V, poll- 

 Testa, junior spira. acuminata, suturis distinctis ; Hab. in littoribus Insula; S u . Mauritii. Mus. Gray. 

 Hab. in Mari Sinensi. Mus. Rroderip, nost. 



Var. l ma . spira breviuscula, anfractibus infra carinulatis ; Mus. Brod. 



Desc. Shell oblong, spire elongated and acuminated, but rather variable in the proportion it bears to the aperture. The 

 general colour of the shell is of a chesnut-brown, the spire being of a darker and more rusty colour ; last volution at the upper 

 part with a whitish belt, which is nearly covered by the rusty-coloured callosity that spreads over the spire ; the last volution 

 has a strongly-marked impressed line near the lower part, which forms a short projecting tooth near the lo,ver edge of the outer 

 lip ; there are several species which have such an impressed line, but in this it is more than usually distant from the belts 

 below ; there are two belts below it, of which the upper one is divided nearly in the middle by a raised line ; the groove above 

 the columella!- varix is deep, and there is also a deepish groove on the left side of the varix itself, which is whitish, and otherwise 

 but slightly grooved ; the upper part of the aperture is rather rounded ; inside rather paler in colour than the outside ; pillar-lip 

 whitish, with a rose-coloured tint. The above description is taken from the very fine specimen in the collection of Mr. Broderip. 

 In colour the other two specimens cannot be compared with it, although one of them is what is generally termed " a live shell," 

 it is of a pale brown colour. The dwarf variety has a beautiful lilaceous tint spread over the inside of the aperture, the inner 

 lip and part of the spire. 



ANCILLARIA TANKERVILL1I. Fig. 53, 54, 55. 



Sivai7ison in Journ. of Sc. Lit. and Arts. XVIII., 283. Sowerby in Tank. Cat. jVo. 2285. 

 A. testa ovato-fuiiformi, pallida, spird acuminata, lined elevatd juxta suturam notatd ; anfractu ultimo superne latissime calloso 

 fasciato infra lined impressd notabili cincto, balteis duobus et sulco supra varicem instructo ; varice columellari Icevi, 

 unisulcato ; aperturd superne subacuminatd, basi emarginatd ; labio externo Icevi, prope basim unidentato. 

 Hab. in Insulae Margarettee littoribus. Mus. Soc. Geol. nost. et nonnull. 

 Desc. Shell ovately fusiform, of a pale yellowish or dull flesh-colour, with an acuminated spire and an elevated line just 



