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conica ; apertura augustata, elongate ; columella plicis quatuor 

 minutis prope terminum anticumj labio externo lrcvi, incurvo, 

 extus varicoso. 



Elongated, nearly conical, slightly angulated at the posterior 

 part of the whorls, narrowed towards the anterior termination ; 

 aperture narrow, long; columella with 4< minute folds close to the 

 anterior ; outer lip smooth, externally varicose. 



Mediterranean. 



59. Marginella nitida (pi. lxxvi. f. 131.), Hinds, Zool. 

 Proc. 1814. 



M. " elongate ovata, fusca, polita, nitida, concolore ; spira 

 conica, obtusa; labro tenui, acuto, inflexo, pallido; columella 

 quadriplicata." 



Of a lengthened oval form, and dark brown colour ; the aperture 

 narrow, the columella with four oblique folds, the outer lip slightly 

 thickened, bent inwards near the centre. 



In Mr. Cuming's Collection ; locality unknown. 



60. Mauginella inflexa (pi. lxxvi. f. 132.), nobis. 



M. elongata, prope medium sub-angulata, lsevi, fusca, versus 

 basin sub-angustata ; spira producta ; apice obtuso, sutura alba ; 

 anfraetu ultimo fascia rubra prope suturam cincto : apertura an- 

 gustfi, columella quadriplicata, antice spiraHter alba ; labio externo 

 incurvo, crasso, angulato, antice sub-dilatato. 



A neat, brown shell, narrow, with the spire produced, and the 

 outer hp angidated near the centre ; a white line close to the 

 suture and a reddish brown band under it. The spire is more 

 produced, and the angle nearer the centre, than in M. nitida. 



Mr. Bell's Collection. 



61. Mauginella fasciata (pi. lxxvi. f. 14-2.), nobis. 



M. parva, cylindrica, antice sub-attenuata, l?evi, fasciis fuscis 

 binis, et lineis nigrescentibus quinque cincta, ; spira brevi ; aper- 

 tura elongata, angustata ; columella valide quadriplicata ; labio 

 externo Isevi, rectiusculo, extus paululum incrassato. 



A small, cylindrical species, rather tapering towards the anterior 

 extremity, beautifully banded by brocd zones of brown, edged with 

 darker brown. The folds on the columella are rather stronger 

 than in most species of the same group. 



Specimens in the British Museum ; locality unknown. 



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