Species in which the aperture is sub-oval, and the external edge excavated; spire short, base triangular; columella rugose; outer lip thickened.

C. areola. The draught-board Cassis.

Smooth, shiny, white, with square orange tesselated spots; spire short and conical, with decussated striæ; lower part of columella rugose.

3. Ricinula. Nine species.

Shell oval or sub-globular, thick, armed with points or tubercles, with a depressed spire; aperture narrow, elongated, notched, sometimes canaliculated anteriorly, and digitated externally; the left edge more or less callous, sometimes denticulated; operculum horny, oval, transverse, with elements slightly imbricated.

Ricinula horrida.

R. clathrata.

R. arachnoidea.

R. miticula.

R. digitata.