390 Zoological Society. 



9. Tornatella nitidula. Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vi. 

 part 2. p. 221 ; Encyclopedic Methodique, pi. 452. f. 2. a, b; Sow- 

 erby, Genera of Shells, No. 24. f. 2 ; Kiener, Iconographie des Co- 

 quilles, pi. 1. f. 5 ; Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 5. 



Hab. ad insulam Bohol, Philippinarum, &c. 



Some specimens of this shell, found by Mr. Cuming at the island 

 of Bohol, in sandy mud at eleven fathoms' depth, are smaller and 

 more cylindrical than those hitherto known. 



10. Tornatella virgata. Torn, testa rotundato-ovatd, subcylin- 

 draced, alba, transversim belle striata, longitudinaliter strigis la- 

 tis, nigerrimis, sinuosis, subdistantibus, vivide ornatd ; spird brevi, 

 suturis distinctis, apice subobtuso ; columelld uniplicatd. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 8 and 9. 



Hab. ad insulam Masbate, Philippinarum. 



This is a beautiful shell, and very distinct from any other species ; 

 it is of a pure transparent white, ornamented with a regular series 

 of broad dark black stripes running down from the spire. Found 

 by Mr. Cuming at the island of Masbate, in sandy mud at the depth 

 of seven fathoms. 



11. Tornatella venusta. D'Orbigny, Voyage dans l'Amerique 

 Meridionale, Mollusques, p. 399. pi. 56. f. 4 to 6. 



Hab. ad Peruviam, prope ad Pay tarn. 



A small fusiform shell, highly deserving of the title by which 

 D'Orbigny has distinguished it. 



12. Tornatella insculpta. Torn, testa parvd, ovatd, sulcis 

 parallelis numerosis transverse insculptd; spird indistinctd, apice 

 acuto ; maculis subaquilis ubique pictd ; columelld biplicatd, plied 

 maxima prcecipue bilobd. 



Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pi. 206. f. 2. 



Hab. ad insulam Masbate, Philippinarum. 



It is to be regretted that Mr. Cuming did not succeed in obtain- 

 ing live specimens of this very characteristic shell, of which he found 

 two only, lying dead upon the sands at the island of Masbate. The 

 spire is rather prominent, but still so indistinct as scarcely to exhibit 

 the volution of the whorls ; the shell is then neatly sculptured from 

 the apex to the base with transverse lines running exactly parallel 

 with each other, and the whole surface is painted with light brow r n 

 spots. 



13. Tornatella oryza. Torn, testd minutd, oblongo- ovatd, ebur- 

 ned, nitidd, transversim sulcatd, sulcis plus minusve approximatis ; 

 spird regulari, apice subacute; columelld uniplicatd; aperturd 

 ovatd, superne attenuatd; labro simplici, solido, acuto. 



Hab. ad insulam Cabbalonga, Philippinarum. 



A small species, unlike any hitherto described ; it is perfectly 

 white (a fine ivory white), and deeply sulcated from top to bottom. 



In concluding this monograph, it may be as well to state that the 

 Tornatella auricula and pedipes of Lamarck should be referred to the 

 genus Auricula. The Tornatella are strictly marine, dwelling in 

 several fathoms' water; whilst the species just alluded to are inland, 

 and amphibious, inhabiting swamps and marshy places. 



