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duabus anticis proximis ; labio externo lrevi, in medio incurvo, 

 antice minime emarginato, extus valide et nitide emarginato. 



EesembHng M. constricta, but not so mucb contracted in the 

 centre of the last whorl. From Senegal. 



75. Marginella frumentum (pi. lxxviii. f. 221, 2:22.), 

 Sowerhy, Zool. Proc, 1831. p. 57. 



M. ovali, subventricosa, straminea, fasciis pallide rubris et lineis 

 undulatis per seriebus dispositis ; spira planata, circulari, margiue 

 punctata; apertura alba, antice emarginata; columella antice 

 macula unica fusca, plicis quatuor quarum duabus anticis majo- 

 ribus ; labio externo hevi, extus vix incrassato. 



Oval, ventricose, with bands of pale brown between three series 

 of undulated reddish brown lines across the whorl ; spire flattened, 

 circular ; columella with four small plaits and a brow n spot on the 

 anterior part, which is swelled. The outer lip is smooth, and 

 very little thickened at the outside. From the West Indies. 



76. Marginella pulchella (pi. lxxviii. f. 213, 214, 215.), 

 Kiener, Sp. gen. coq. viv. p. 27. 



M. ovali, antice marginata, straminea, lineis undatis et angu- 

 latis, rubris ornata ; spira eclata, marginata ; apertura spiram 

 superante; columella antice tumida, plicis numerosis parvis, 

 duabus, anticis majoribus; labio externo albo, intus la;vi, antice 

 emarginato, extiis vix incrassato. 



Narrow, oval, with a raised edge at both extremities, marked 

 by undulating and angular hues of light reddish brown. From 

 Sydney. 



77. Marginella catenata (pi. lxxviii. f. 225, 226.) Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. p. 133. 



M. parva, ovali, ventricosa, pallidissime straminea, lineis albis 

 rubro angulatim maculatis quinque ; spira planata, circulari ; 

 columella quadriplicata ; labio externo spiram superante, antice 

 emarginato, extus vix incrassato. 



This small Bristish species is marked by narrow white bands 

 spotted with red. 



78. Marginella sagittata (pl.lxxviii. f. 223, 224.), Hinds, 

 Zool. Proc, 1844. 



" M. testa retuso-ovatu, pallida, lineis ruhs sagittatis, transversis, 



