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Penicillus radix; Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 312, 1858. 



Description. "P. testa valvis ovatis, utrinque subaugulatis ; vagina, 

 superne compressa, et longitudinaliter sulcata; inferne globoso-tumida, de 

 inde anguste contracta ; fimbria ampla, tubulis elongatis, confertis, parum 

 irregularibus ; disco parvo, profuse minute perforate" Reeve. 



Hab. Amboina. 



Mr. Reeve does not consider tbis species as positively distinct, but states 

 tbat Mr. Cuming possesses three specimens, all alike. Judging from the 

 figure and description, I do not doubt its specific weight. 



Subgenus Clepsydra. 



4. P. strangulata, Chenu, sp. 



Aspergillum strangulatum, Chenu, Illust. Conch, p. 3, t. 2, f. 4. 



Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Brechites strangulatus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Penicillus (S. G. Clepsydra) strangulatus, H. and A. Adams, ii. p. 649, 



1858. 

 Clepsydra strangulata, Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 313, 1858. 

 Description. "P. vagina longa, clavata, varie picta, superne strangulata; 

 disco piano, tubulis minimis tecto ; fimbria regulariter triplicate ; fissur'i 

 recta; valvis insequalibus, incluso-depressis." Chenu. 

 Hab. N. E. Coast of Australia. 



FffiGIA. 



1. F. agglutinans, Lamarck, sp. 



Aspergillum agglutinans, Lamarck, Anim. Sana Vert. v. p. 430, 1818. 



" (Desh. edit.) Anim. Sans. Vert. vi. 

 p. 21, 1835. 

 Deshayes, Encyc. Meth. Vers. ii. p. 73, 1830. 

 Cuvier, Regne Anim. (Audouin's ed.) 1. 119, f. 1. 

 Hanley, Desc. Cat. p. 2, t. 10, f. 19, 1842. 

 Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Chenu, Illust. Conch. Asp. p. 2, t. 3, f. 2. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 4, f. 18, 1860 ; 

 Brechites agglutinans, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Foegia agglutinans, " " " ii. p. 650, 1858. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 313, 1858. 

 Aspergillum Nova Zelandise, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. v. p. 430, 1818. 



" (Desh. ed.) Anim. sans Vert. vi. 



p. 21, 1835. 

 Hanley, Desc. Cat. p. 2, t. 9, f. 54, 1842. 

 Chenu, 111. Conch. Asp. p. 2, t. 2, f. 6, 7, 8, 9. 

 Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 4, f. 17, I860. 

 Penicillus Nova Zelandise, Bosc. Hist. Nat. des Moll. i. p. 154, 1824. 

 Brechites (S. G. Foegia,) Nova Zelandse, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. 



p. 339, 1856. 

 Aspergillum Nova Hollandise, Chenu, 111. Conch. Asp. p. 4, t. 4, f. 8. 



Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Brechites (S. G. Foegia,) Nova Hollandise, H. and A. Adams, ii. p. 339, 



1856. 

 Description. "F. testa valvis (obtectis) ; vagina clavata, arenulas, cal- 

 culos, et conchas dense agglutinante ; fimbria vix nulla, tubulis brevissimis, 

 subamplis, irregularibus ; disco convexo, sparsim perforato, perforationibus 

 subamplis, subpapillaribus." Reeve. 



Hab. New Holland. _ 



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