66 1 



is of a light orange-colour, with large caerulean spots near the 

 uinhocs. 



Locality unknown. In Mr. Cuming's cabinet. 



32. Artemis cverulea (pi. cxlii. f. 43, 44), Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. Artemis, pi. iv. f. 25. 



Art. testa alba vel pallide fulva, ad umbones plus minusve 

 fulvo et ca?ruleo nebulata, setate crassa, ventricosa, rotundatu, 

 postice subangulata, minute concentrice elevato-striata ; lunula 

 subovali, linea impressa circumscripta; area dorsali sublate de- 

 pressa ; umbonibus tavigatis. 



When full-grown this shell is thick and full, with small, even, 

 raised stria3, except at the umboes, which are smaller, and the 

 ligamental area formed by the simple depression of the dorsal 

 edge. The colour is white or pale whitish-brown, with a tinge 

 of orange clouded with dull blue about the umboes and upper 

 margins. 



Bain's Island, Torres Straits. Captain Ince. 



33. Artemis lucinoides (pi. cxlii. f. 39), Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. Artemis, pi. viii. f. 45. 



Art. testa albida, crassa, subangulatim rotundatu, omnino mi- 

 nute striata; area ligamenti angustata, excavata; lunula im- 

 pressa. 



Resembling A. hepatica, but with no tendency to the purple 

 patches of colour, and perhaps more coarsely striated. 

 Guinea. Sams. 



34. Artemis solidula (pi. cxlii. f. 38), Soioerly, jnn. 



Art. testa alba, solida, concentrice striata; area dorsali de- 

 prcssa, subexcavata, declivi ; lunula distincta, convexa. 



Resembling A. candea, but much more sloping and less an- 

 gular at the dorsal edge. 



Locality unknown. In Mr. Cuming's collection. 



35. Artemis rubicunda (pi. cxlii. f. 40, 41, copied), P/ii- 

 lippi, Abbild. Q/t/i. t. vi. f. 5. 



Art. "testa parva, orbiculari, aurantio-rubente tenuissime striata, 

 fere lsevi; area distincta nulla; lunula convexa, cordata, lineola 

 impressa pariun conspicua ajgre circumscripta." 



A pretty little red shell, from the Red Sea ; it must very nearly 

 resemble the two or three preceding. 



