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S. testa turbinate ; spira elevata; anfractibus rotundatis, rubra, 

 longitudinaliter striata, transversim costulata, costulis subnodu- 

 losis, insequalibus ; apertura suborbiculari, intus margaritacea ; la- 

 bro semicirculari ; umbilico callo obtecto. 



A small, red, transversely-ribbed species, having very much the 

 appearance of a Margarita. 



Australia. (Mus. Cuming.) 



25. Stomatella coccinea (pi. clxxv. f. 35, 36), A. Adams, 

 Pro. Zool. Soc. Feb. 1850. 



S. testa orbiculato-conica, subperforata, coccinea, maculis albis, 

 seriatim dispositis in anfractu ultimo, ornata, transversim tenuiter 

 sulcata ; anfractu ultimo subangulato ; spira prominente ; anfrac- 

 tibus bicarinatis; apertura subcirculari ; labio postice reflexo, 

 calloso. 



Subperforate, red, with white spots, disposed in rows on the 

 last whorl ; the last whorl is somewhat angulated, and the whorls 

 of the spire are bicarinate ; the inner lip is reliexed posteriorly, 

 and callous. 



St. John's. Mr. Eartweg. (Mus. Cuming.) 



26. Stomatella calliostoma (pi. clxxv. f. 41, 42), A.Adams. 



S. testa ovato-subturbinata, rimata ; spira depressa ; rufescenti, 

 fusco variegata, transversim lirata, liris elevatis, intequalibus ; 

 apertura transversim ovali, intus rosea, iridescenti; labio teuui, 

 acuto, arcuato. 



The interior of the aperture in this species is of a beautiful 

 reddish or violet tint; externally, the whorls are spirally lirate, 

 and of a dull, reddish-brown, variegated with markings of a 

 darker colour. 



Ceylon. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Genus MICROTIS, H. et A. Adams. 



Animal as in Stomatia, but the foot with a deep, anterior fissure 

 for the head, and with the front edge bilobed. 

 Operculum none. 



Shell spiral, suborbicular, depressed, with two tuberculated 

 ridges ; spire slightly prominent ; aperture very large, wider than 

 long, pearly within ; columellar margin spiral, visible as far as the 

 apex of the spire. 



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