385 



44. Marginella quinqueplicata (pl.lxxvii. f. 145,146.), Lam. 

 aiiim. s. vert. vii. 



M. pyriformi, ventricosa, pallide grisea, antice area triangulari 

 varice marginata ; spira brevissima ; apertura magna, postice an- 

 gulata ; columella plicis quinque validis, duabus anticis proximis ; 

 prope medium anfractus ultimi varice transverse- plus minusve 

 valido, labio extcrno ad suturam angulatim elevato, turn rotundato, 

 deinde crasso, rectiusculo, antice emarginato, extus valide canali- 

 fero. 



Pyriform, ventricose, of a slaty colour, with a broad triangular 

 varix at the anterior part of the last whorl ; the spire short ; the 

 aperture posteriorly angulated, anteriorly widened ; there are five 

 thick folds on the columella, and a transverse callosity on the 

 body whorl above the folds. The outer lip is broad, angular, with 

 a groove behind the reflected margin. 



A common shell ; Mr. Cuming has it from Malacca. 



45. Marginella elegans (pi. lxxvii. f. 147, 148, 149.), Gmel. 

 p. 3448. Voluta cancellata, Schrieber. Voluta undulata, Chem. et 

 Voluta strigata, Dillwyn, inclusis. 



M. sub-conica, ventricosa, pallide grisea, lineis nigrescentibus, 

 fasciis albis interruptis, fasciatim cincta, vel lineis interruptis undu- 

 latis sparsim ornata, antice varice acuto marginato ; apertura lata, 

 columella antice callosa, plicis quinque aurantiis quarum duabus 

 anticis proximis ; labio externo laevi, paululum incurvo, ad extreini- 

 tates subexpanso, plerumque aurantio, extus valide reflexo. 



The variety, fig. 148, is the Voluta undulata of Chemn. ; it is 

 rather more ventricose than the variety, fig. 147, which is M. 

 elegans of Gmel. 



Prom the East Indies. 



46. Marginella turbinata (pi. lxxv. f. 70, 7] .), nobis. 



M. turbinata, angulata, pallide fulva ; spira breviuscula, anfrac- 

 tibus angulatis, ad angidum crenatis; columella quadriplicate; 

 labio externo lsevi, postice angidato, in medio incurvo, antice emar- 

 ginato, pone ad basin varicis columellari juncto. 



At the base of this and several succeeding species there is a 

 raised band or varix running from the columella round the 

 back of the shell into the reflected edge of the outer lip. This 

 differs from other species of the same group, in being turbinated 

 in form and crenulated at the angle of the whorls. 



Mr. Gaskoin's Collection ; locality unknown. 



