P H I L I N E. 



Plate II. 



Species G. (Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 



PhILINK SCUTUI.UM. rii. I.sh'i (,i;it,'-siil„iii,i,lrnl'l, 

 tire lix tninnitn, (illi.'i, ^iih,,, ll,i,l<l,i. Jasrils I 

 Stlbincrassati.f, sin'is jiunrUitis. ah, mix .•nrp,- tci 

 US,... nn,.„„, ,/</,rr 



oribus sculj/tii ; a/n 



labro postice paritm prtii/iicto, i/,iii hriltr iiiiimf.^n, 

 subrecto ; margine coliim, llnri ni/ilr (irniafo ; aptr- 

 turd valde expnnm. 



The shield Philine. Sliell ovately-subqiiadrate, an- 

 teriorly very slightly truncated, white, subpellucid, 

 sculptured with two thick bands and punctured 

 striae alternately, often thinner ; ape.x narrow, 

 bordered, depressed; outer lip a little produced 

 posteriorly, then slightly pressed inwards, nearly 

 straight ; cohiincllar margin arched, aperture mucli 

 expanded. 



LovEN. Ind. Moll. Scand., p. 9. 



Hah. Greenland. 



More qiiadrate in form than I'hiliiir ralfiia, and 

 having the whorls bordered with twn thickened bands. 



Species 7. (Fig. a, />, Mus. Jeffreys.) 



Philine nitid.\. Ph. testa minutd, oblongo-subqnad- 

 ratA, politd, aperturd postice subcontractd, antice 

 rxpansd, subrotinidatd ; labia e.vtcrno postice depresso, 

 vix (ingnlato ; .<:pind hand ccelatd. 



The shining Philine. Shell minute oblong-snb- 

 quadrate, smooth, aperture posteriorly subcon- 

 tracted, anteriorly expanded, a little rounded ; 

 outer lip posteriorly depressed, very little angu- 

 lated ; spire not hidden. 



Jeffreys. British Conchology. 



Hab. British Isles. 



Specie 



(Mus. Cum. ill Brit.) 



Philine catena. Ph. tcstd paird, cdhd. ovato-sub- 

 pyraniidatd, spiraliter niimite catenifird, apertnrd 

 postice contractd, antice stibcipansd, labia externo 

 piostice rotunda, hand elevato ; anfractu pamltimo 

 subfusifonni. 



October 



The chain Philine. Shell small, white, ovate!y-sul)- 

 pyramidal, spirally minutely chain-marked, aper- 

 ture posteriorly contracted, anteriorly a little 

 expanded, outer lip posteriorly rounded, not ele- 

 vated ; penultimate whorl rather fusiform. 



MiiXTAGUE. (BullKa). Testacea Britanuica, pi. 7, f. 7. 



BiiUcm catcmdifera. MacgiUivray. 



Hub. British Islands. 



This little shell must not be confounded with the 



Scaphander scabra, ov pectinata. wliich is ornamented 



by a similar chain-like sculpture, but which is much 



more Scaphander-like in form, and has protruding 



denticles on the outer edge of the lip. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 



Philine punctata. Ph. testa orato-oblongd, teindssimd, 

 alba, pellucidd, nitidd, lineis punctatis spiralibus 

 scidpfd, postice contractd, obtusd, vix timbilicatd, an- 

 tice expansd, rotundatd. 



TiiK PUNCTURED Philine. Shell ovate-oblong, very 

 thin, white, pellucid, smooth, sculptured with 

 spiral lines, posteriorly contracted, obtuse, scarcely 

 umbilicated, anteriorly expanded, rounded. 



A. Adams. Trans. Linn. Soc, pi. 1, f. 6-8. 



Ilab. Great Britain. 



Species 10. (Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 



Philine pruinosa. Pb. pared, subglobosd, bifasciatim 

 subpruinosd, mimitissime reticulatd, supra medium, 

 subconslricta ; margine columellari valde arcuato 

 subreflexo. 



The plum-coloured Philine. Shell small, subglobose, 

 plum-coloured in two bands, a little constricted 

 above the middle, very minutely reticulated, colu- 

 mellar margin much arched, subreflected. 



Clark. (Bulla^a) Zoological Journal, 1827, p. 339. 



Ilab. Great Britain. 



Species 11. (Mus. Cum. in Brit.) 

 Philine orientalis. Ph. iestd magna, albd, snbcom- 

 pi-essd, ociito-rotundatd, crassiuseuld, subopacd, con- 



1870. 



