me a specimen from Charleston, South Carolina, and I ob- 

 tained two on the coast of Florida. It is readily distin- 

 guished from the preceding species, by the very numerous 

 small lineations that exist in the spaces between the ribs, 

 and at right angles with them. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



The lower right figure is a front somewhat enlarged view ; tlio line rcpra- 

 scnts the natural length, and the outline figure immediately above is an enlarg- 

 ed rcpreeentation of the interval between two of the costte, to shew tho Irani-* 

 verec impressed lines. 



PLATE XXVII. 



SCALARIA LINEATA, 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Costae on the body whorl about eighteen ; peristome 

 very robust ; body whorl with a transverse raised line. 



SYNONYM. 



S. LINEATA. Nob. Journ. Acath Nat. Sc. vol. ii, p. 242. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Shell white or brownish, conic-turritcd, imperforate, 

 with two distant, rufous or blackish bands, which are of- 

 ten confluent into one, the inferior band almost concealed 

 on the spire : costx robust, obtuse, little elevated and horn 



