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nato, intus et ad extremitates usque ad marginem dentato ; labio 

 interno lajvi, intus longitudmaliter sulcato, postice tumorem cle- 

 vatum crenulatuin ferente, ad canalem recedente; antice angus- 

 tato, tumido ; ad canalem sub-uniplicato. 



Not so angular as 0. striatulum, and with the teeth of the 

 outer lip forming denticulations at the outer margin. The colour 

 is pale rose, strengthened at the margin and extremities, with two 

 longitudinal waved bands at the back. 



Brought in the Samarang. Caramata Passage. 



22. Ovtjlum for.mosum (pi. ci. f. 99, 100), Sowerby, jimr., 

 Moll. Samarang, pi. vi. f. 6. a, b. 



0. testa elongata, in medio sub-angulata, violacea, ad extremi- 

 tates fusca, lineis puncturatis cincta ; canalibus brevibus, valide 

 emarginatis ; apertura angusta ; labio externo in medio sub- 

 angulato, denticulato, ad extremitates brevi, postice ad marginem 

 externum dentato; labio interno lsevi, longitudmaliter sulcato, 

 postice tumido, ad canalem angusto, rectiusculo, antice ad canalem 

 rectiusculo. 



Of an elongate angular form, and remarkably bright violet 

 colour with yellow tips ; the spiral stria? regvdar and beautifully 

 punctured, the extremities rather produced, the outer lip short at 

 the ends, and denticulated ; the denticulations reacliing the outer 

 margin at the posterior extremity. 



Brought in the Samarang. East coast of Borneo. 



23. Ovulum Feumentum (pi. ci. f. 103, 104), Sowerby, 

 Sp. Conch. No. 1. p. 7. 



" O. testa oblonga, dorso transversim gibboso, rubescente, 

 transversim albido-unifasciata ; labio externo margine planulato 

 intus denticulato ; labio columellari superne calloso, infra, depresso ; 

 extremitatibus sub-acuminatis obtusiusculis." 



The only specimen of this shell which I have seen is the one 

 in the British Museum ; it is of a crimson colour, with a white 

 band in the centre of the back. It is not unlike O. Seminulum ; 

 but the ends are narrower, and the outer lip is denticulated. 



Locality unknown. 



24. Ovulum triticeum (pi. c. f. 20, 21), Lamarck, Anim. 

 s. vert. vii. p. 361. 



O. testa longitudmaliter ovali, lajvi, rubra ; canalibus brevius- 

 culis ; apertura aperta, labio externo intus crenulato, antice sub- 



