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102. Marginella Ovulum (pi. lxxviii. f. 188.), nobis. 



M. ovali, lajvi, alba, spira celata; apertura spiram supcrantc; 

 columella antice quadriplicata, labio exteruo integro kevi, extus 

 late et tenuiter reflexo. 



A most complete little Ovulum but for the folds on the columella. 

 In Mr. Bell's collection. The locality is unknown. 



103. Marginella dactylus (pi. lxxviii. f. 187.), Lam. 

 Auim. s. vert. vol. vii. 



M. cylindrica, pallide fulva, spira, celata ; apertura spiram supc- 

 rante, columella plicis quinque, spiraliter extensis; labio externo 

 lasvi, integro, late expanse 



Cylindrical, pale fawn, with the spire hidden ; the aperture 

 over-reaching the spire as in the genus Ovulum. There are five 

 folds on the columella. Locality unknown. 



104. Marginella bullata (pi. lxxvii. f. 158, 159.), Born, 

 Mus. p. 218. Chemn. 159. t. 150. f. 1409, 1410. M. Bellaugeri, 

 Kiener Sp. gen. coq. Marginella p. 27. 



M. magna, sub-pyriformi, ventricosa, pallide carnea, leviter 

 fasciata ; spira rctusa, umbilicata ; apertura intus fulva, columella 

 antice spiraliter callosa; quadriplicata, labio externo lsevi, alba, extus 

 valide varicosa, aurantiaca. 



This large and elegant species is ventricose at the upper part, 

 and tapers off towards the anterior. The spire is in a slightly 

 hollowed disc. The colour is pale buff, lightly banded, reddish 

 brown inside the aperture, and the margin of the outer lip orange. 

 Pig. 159 represents a pale lemon coloured variety in Mr. Cuming's 

 collection. The species is from Brazil. 



105. Marginella tricincta (pi. lxxviii. f. 181, 182.), Hinds, 

 Zool. Proc., March, 1844, p. 76. 



" M. testa, obeso-ovata, cinerco-camdcsccnte, fusco trifasciata, 

 labro incrassato, luteo, intus lasvi; columella sexplicata, ad basin 

 alba; plicis tribus superioribus transversis, suprema, paululum 

 obsolete." 



Oval, ventricose, rather narrowed anteriorly, of a greyish colour, 

 with three reddish brown bands. The spire is hidden, the outer 

 lip going beyond it. The columella has six folds. Capt. Belcher's 

 and Mr. Cuming's collection. Taken in the straights of Macassar ; 

 in eleven fathoms, coarse mud. 



