471 



postice tuinorem obliquum ferente, ad canalem tenui, tortuoso, 

 antice sub-tortuoso intits sub-excavato, ad canalem acuminate 



Oval, or rather pear-shaped, ventricose, thin, white ; the aperture 

 not very narrow, the canals slightly produced, tumidity of the 

 body whorl oblique. 



From the Adriatic Sea. 



13. Ovulum carneum (pi. ci. f. 74 to 77), Lama? 'ck, Anim. 

 s. vert. vii. p. 368. 



O. testa ovali, ventricosa, rubro flavescente; dorso prope ex- 

 tremitates minutissime striato ; canalibus brevibus, integris ; 

 apertura angusta ; labio externo intits crenulato, ad extremitates 

 angustato ; labio interno lsevi, expanso, postice tumido, ad canalem 

 angustato recedente, antice angusto, intus excavato, ad canalem 

 poene unipbeato. 



Resembling 0. adriaticum, but more solid, rather more angular ; 

 of a beautiful red colour, softened into flesh-tint, slightly striated 

 near the extremities. 



From the Mediterranean. The white variety was brought by 

 Mr. Cuming from Ticao, Philippines. 



14. Ovulum nubeculatum (pi. ci. f. 80, 81), 8owerby,junr. 

 Moll. Samarang, pi. vi. f. 12. a, b, c. 



O. testa ventricosa, sub-pyriformi, pallide rubro vel fidvo nu- 

 beculato ; dorso obscure costellato ; canalibus brevibus, vix emar- 

 ginatis ; apertura angusta, labio externo intus crenulato, prope 

 medium sub-complanato ; labio interno tumorem elcvatum eras- 

 sum ferente, ad canalem breve et recedente, antice tumido, intiis 

 excavato, ad canalem sub-uniplicato. 



More pyriform (that is, with the most ventricose part higher) 

 than 0. carneum, the posterior canal is shorter, and the posterior 

 tumidity more elevated. The colour consists of pale or strong- 

 fulvous red, arranged in three cloudy bands. 



Taken near the Island of Basdan. 



16. Ovulum punctatum (pi. ci. f. 90 to 92), Duclos. Guerin. 

 Mag. Zool. 1828. 



O. testa ventricosa, sub-pyriformi, pallide rosea ; dorso punctis 

 vel macubs sex rubris ornato, ad marginem rubro pallide lineato ; 

 apertura angustato,, labio externo crasso, tevi, intus crenulato, 

 postice labium internum superante, sub-producto ; labio interno 

 lajvi, postice tumorem elevatum, sub-angulatuin, crenulatum 



