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ated j the colour and markings vary ; the ground however is 

 usually white, with large, irregular, reddish blotches. 

 Red Sea. (Mus. Cuming.) 



14. Stomatella haliotoidea (pi. clxxiv. f. 10, 11), Sowerby, 

 Genera. 



S. testa haliotoidea, tenui, apice acuto, fusco, rufo, alboque varie 

 picta, srepe albida, virido-maculata ; anfractibus planiuscalis, trans- 

 versim liratis, liris confertis, rugosiusculis ; regione umbilicali im- 

 presso, vix rirnato ; apertura orbiculato-ovali, obliqua. 



Shell rather orbicular, with an acute apex, transversely lirate, 

 and variously coloured with red, green, brown, and white. 



Philippines ; under stones, low water. (Mus. Cuming.) 



15. Stomatella eulgurans (pi. clxxiv. f. 12), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculari, subperforata, convexa ; spira acuminata, 

 apice acuto, roseo, transversim sulcata, carinulis transversis albo 

 maculatis, longitudinaliter striata, striis subtus obsoletis ; albida, 

 lineis fuscis undulatis variegata; apertura ovali, obliqua, intus 

 margaritacea, valde sulcosa. 



The spire is acuminated, with a rosy apex, and the shell is 

 whitish, varied with undulated, fuscous lines; the aperture is 

 strongly sulcate internally. 



Bais, island of Negros ; under stones, low water. H. C. (Mus. 

 Cuming.) 



16. Stomatella Malukana (pi. clxxiv. f. 17), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Peb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculata, convexa, imperforata, transversim sul- 

 cata, longitudinaliter striata, costulis transversis, striatis cincta, 

 mustelina, rufo-fusco, variegata, subtus costis albo rufoque articu- 

 latis ; spira prominula ; apertura ovali, longiore quam latiore. 



This is a solid, orbicular, rather depressed species, variegated 

 with reddish-brown, and with the whorls adorned with transverse, 

 striated ribs. 



Moluccas. (Mus. Cuming.) 



17. Stomatella oubiculata (pi. clxxiv. f. 23, 24), A.Adams, 

 Pro. Zool Soc. Peb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculari, convexa, virescenti, castaneo variegata, 

 transversim sulcata, longitudinaliter striata, costis confertis rotun- 

 datis instructa; spira prominula, anfractibus rotundatis; aper- 

 tura subcirculari, intus viridescenti. 



