448 



Prom the bay of Caraccas. A small oval species with the 

 columella! 1 lip much thickened and the colour arranged in three 

 rows of square brown spots. 



30. Cancellaria purpuriformis (pi. xcv. f. 68, 70), 

 Valenciennes, Kiener, Sp. Cocq. viv. no. 27. 



C. testa ovali, spiraliter striata, vix longitudinaliter costata, 

 spira elongata, obtusa, anfractibus rotundatis : apertura interne 

 striata ; labio externo denticulato ; columella triplicate, antice 

 rugulata : colore pallide sidphureo. 



Oval, of a pale sulphur colour, with very obscure ribs, and 

 minute spiral striae. 



Locality unknown. 



31. Cancellaria corrugata (pi. xcvi. f. 92, 93), Hinds, 

 Voy. Sulph. Mollusca. p. 42. 



C. "testa bucciniformi fusca; anfractibus quaternis, subven- 

 tricosis, rugis parvis longitudinalibus indntis, lineis impressis 

 decussatis; apertura oblonga, fusca ; labio intus sulcato; colu- 

 mella plicis duabus albidis instructa; umbilico nullo; canali 

 mediocri." 



Resembling C. Purpuriformis, but with the upper whorls much 

 more prominent. 



From the bay of Guayaquill : seven fathoms, mud. 



32. Cancellaria laevigata (pi. xcii. f. 16. pi. xcvi. f. 81), 

 Sowerly, Conch. Ulustr. f. 24. 



C. testa ovata, laevigata, crassa, spira obtusa, anfractibus sub- 

 angulatis, c6stis Iambus, in ultimo anfractu obsoletis ; apertura 

 interne costata ; labio externo interne denticulato : columella 

 granulata, triplicata. Colore fulvo rufescente, fusco ad angidum 

 anfractuum maculato : variat albo. 



Similar in form to the preceding, but smooth, the ribs only 

 visible in the upper whorls. 



Prom New South Wales. 



33. Cancellaria lactea (pi. xcvi. f. 105), Beshayes, E. M. 

 p. 180. 



C. testa obovata, laevigata? simillima sed " tenui, translucida," 

 anfractibus haud angulatis. 



Itis by no means clear that this species being " thin and trans- 

 lucid" is the same as C. laevigata, which is a very thick shell 



