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rippenfaltig, oben mit einem stärkeren Spiralkiel, unten fein gereift ; Farbe einfarbig 
gelbbraun. 
Aufenthalt unbekamit, Abbildung und Beschreibung nach Reeve. — Tryon 
vereinigt die Art mit Engina contracta Reeve, was mir sehr unwahrscheinhch 
vorkommt. 
348. Columbella (Engina) farinosa Gould. 
Taf. 37. Fig. 4. 
Testa elongato-ovata, solida, lutescens, unicolor vel indistiucte saturatius fasciata, 
longitudinaliter costata, costis distantibus, elevatis, super anfractus subcontinuis, spiraliter 
lirati, liris granulosis. Anfractus 7 convexi, sutura undulata discreti, ultimus basi atte- 
nuatus. Apertura parva, subirregularis, lutescenti-alba; labruiu intus denticulatum; colu- 
mella supra callo dentiformi munita. 
Leng. 15 mm. 
Buccinum (Pollia) farinosum Gould Otia p. 68. — Moll. Wilkes Expl. 
Expedit, p. 255 fig. 323. 
Engina farinosa Tryon Manual p. 192 t. 62 fig. 40. 
Triton elegans Thomson*) Ann. Mag. N H. XV. p. 317 t. 19 fig. 1. — 
Cfr. Jeffreys Brit. Conch. IV p. 305. 
Hindsia angicostata Pease**) Pr. Zool. Soc. 1860 p. 142. — Araer.Journ. 
of Conch. IV 18ü8 p. 109. 
? — farinosa Martens Bonum Bismarck, p. 5 t. 1 fig. 7. 
Gehäuse langeiförmig, festschalig, gelblich, einfarbig oder undeutlich dunkler 
gebändert, längsgerippt, die Rippen; hoch und weitläufig, über die verschiedenen 
*) Shell turreted, somewhat ventricose; about eight volutions, nuraerous prominent ribs crossed by 
fine raised spiral striae; long. 7"', lat. o^W“. Eibs on each volution at regulär distances from each otber, 
except on tbe body wborl, wbere witbin 3 lines of tbe outer lip they cease and substituted for tbem one 
large varix eqnidistant between tbe lip and last rib. Number of ribs in body wborl 12, but tbis number 
may ratber be individual tban specific; ribs not continuous from wborl to wborl; aperture oval; canal 
oblique, widening gradually; outer lip witb sligtbly grooved striae witbin; pillar lip smooth, except at 
top, wbere two ridges appear. Colour greeniab wbite witb two double spiral lines of yellow, one series 
about tbe top of tbe aperture, tbe otber ratber below it. — Found alive at Portmarnock on tbe Dublin 
Coast by Dr. Farras 
**) Shell ovate spire blunt; whorls rounded, longitudinally ribbed and transversely nodosely ridged, 
interstices finely striated ; aperture oval; outer lip thickened externally ; colnmellar lip arcbed, slightly callous, 
winkled striae on upper part; canal slightly produced and recurved. Colour light brown, longitudinal ribs 
darker, wliite band in body wborl. 
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