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Genus BRODERIPIA, Gray. 



Animal unknown. 

 Operculum ? 



Shell ancyliform, non-spiral, oblong-ovate, flattened ; apex pos- 

 terior, involute ; aperture very large, ovate, perlaceous internally. 

 Byn. Scutella (pars), Broderip. 



1. Broderipia iridescens (pi. clxxiii. f. 32, 33), Broderip 

 (Scutella), Pro. Zool. Soc. June, 1834. 



B. testa oblongo-ovata, complanata, minutissime substriata, 

 albo et roseo guttatim tessellata ; intiis iridescente, margine in- 

 terno albo, roseo maculato. 



This species is the most depressed and fragile of the three, and 

 is very prettily tessellated with white and pink. 



Grimwood's Island, Pacific Ocean. (Mus. Cuming.) 



2. Broderipia rosea (pi. clxxiii. f. 34, 35), Broderip (Scu- 

 tella), Pro. Zool. Soc. June, 1834. 



B. testa subconica, striata, alba, lineis llammulisque roseis or- 

 nata ; intiis nitente, interdum subiridescente. 



This species is of a more conical form than the others, and the 

 interior of the aperture is not so vividly iridescent. 



Grimwood's Island, Pacific Ocean. (Mus. Cuming.) 



3. Broderipia Cumingii (pi. clxxiii. f. 30, 31), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Peb. 1850. 



B. testa ovata, depresso-couvexa, subpellucida, pallida, radiis 

 rubris picta, concentrice corrugato-striata, striis granulosis, vertice 

 postico excentrico-submarginali ; apertura patula, intus margari- 

 tacea, margine albo limbo maculis rufis picto ; margine columellari 

 acute angulato, prominente, postice subrecto. 



Granulated on the upper surface ; the columellar margin is also 

 prominent and angulated. 



Capul, Philippines. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Genus STOMATELLA, Lamarck. 



Animal spiral, retractile within the shell; frontal lobes trian- 

 gular, with the front edge fringed ; foot operculigerous, small, flat, 



