GLADIUS, 261 



Species of Harpago. 

 arthriticus, Bolt. chiragra, Linn. 



Sub-gen. millipes, Klein. 



Outer and inner lips corrugated; digitations of outer lip 

 numerous. 



elougatus, Swains. pseudo-scorpio, Lam. 



millipeda, Linn. scorpio, Linn. 



multipes, Chem. 



Sub-gen. heptadactylus, Klein. 



Outer and inner lips smooth ; digitations not numerous. 



crocatus, Link. radix-bryonise, Gmel. 



lambis, Linn. Yoldii, Miirch. 



Genus GLADIUS, Klein. 



Outer mantle-margin digitated. 



Operculum small, ovate, not serrated. 



Shell fusiform; spire elevated; aperture oblong, with 

 a posterior canal running up the spire ; beaked in front, 

 the canal more or less produced ; outer lip serrated or 

 digitated, sinuated at the fore part. 



St/n. Tibia, Bolt. Fusus, Humph., not Klein. Ros- 

 tellum, Montf. Rostellaria, Lam. 



E.V. G. fusus, Linnceus, pi. 27, fig. 3. Operculum, 

 G. fusus, fig. 3, a. Shell, G. fusus, fig. 3, h. 



The " Spindle-Strombs," as they have been called, are 

 elegant shells, with the fore part produced into a long 

 beak. The animal of the species figured for illustration, 

 is handsomely marked with red and j'ellow on the head 



