838 



An orbicular, transversely-grooved species, with rounded whorls, 

 and with the aperture greenish internally. 



Mosambique; under stones, low water. Rev. W. V. Hennah. 

 (Mus. Cuming.) 



18. Stomatella Japonica (pi. clxxiv. f. 14), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculari, imperforate, convex;!,, fusca, transversim 

 costulata, costulis confertis nodulosis, interstitiis tenuissime longi- 

 tudinaliter striatis; spira prominula; anfractibus costatis, rotun- 

 datis ; apertura subcirculari, intus rnargaritacea. 



The aperture in this species is subcircular, and the whorls are 

 rounded and transversely ribbed ; the colour is brown, and the 

 ribs are nodulous and close-set. 



Japan. (Mus. Cuming.) 



18 a. Stomatella splendidula, A. Adams. 



S. testa haliotoidea, orbiculato-depressa, imperforata; spirae an- 

 fractibus tribus, bicarinatis, anfractu ultimo transversim lirato, 

 liris inasqualibus, asperulatis, interstitiis longitudinaliter striatis ; 

 superne pallida, ad suturas rubro-fusco radiata, interne rufescenti, 

 fusco-punctata ; infima facie flammuhs rubris, radiantibus, ornata ; 

 apertura intus alba, opaca, virido spiraliter lineata, margine rnar- 

 garitacea. 



In this species the columellar margin is reflexed and pearly, 

 but the interior of the aperture, with the exception of the internal 

 margin of the outer lip, is opaque white, with green spiral hnes. 



Hub. ■ ? (Mus. Cuming.) 



19. Stomatella Baconi (pi. clxxiv. f. 25, 26), A. Adams. 



S. testa ovali-orbiculata, subturbinata ; spira products, apice 

 acuto, anfractibus superne concavis ; sordide alba, rufo-fusco va- 

 riegata; transversim spiraliter sulcata, interstitiis longitudinaliter 

 striatis ; apertura intus sulcata ; labio subiucrassato, albo, rcfiexo, 

 concentrice striato. 



In form this species somewhat resembles 8. pajiyracea, but it 

 is smaller, of a more solid texture, and with the colouring and 

 sculpture of an entirely different character. 



Swan Eiver. (Mus. Cuming.) 



20. Stomatella pallida (pi. clxxv. f. 44), A. Adams (Sto- 

 matia), Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa suborbiculari ; spira acuminata, alba, radiis pallidis, Ion- 



