MAGILUS.— Plate IV 



Lamarck's Maoilus. Shell rather elongated, I'usiform, 

 rather thin, longitudinally striated ; spire conical, 

 obtuse, whorls three, suture concealed ; aperture 

 rather short, anteriorly obliquely acuminated and 

 j)roduced, columella arched, attenuated; operculum 

 narrow, slightly arched. 



Deshayks (Leptoconchus). Conch. Isl. de la lieunion, 

 p. 127, pi. .xii. f. 1-3. 



Huh. Isl. Bourbon (Reunion). 



Species 1."). (Fig. a, i, Mus. Brit.) 

 .Ma(;ii,i;s i;(.sti;atl's. Mwj. tcstd jiarv'i, ijlobosd, 



■■'oliilinsnlii, lo ngitudinaliler striata, spivA bretds- 



ximd. nitundd, aperturd antic!- hreviter rostratd ; 



columella i-alide arciiati'i, torttiosd, attenuald. 

 The isEAKEn Magilus. Shell small, globose, rather 



solid, longitudinally striated, spire very short, 



rounded, aperture sliortly rostrated in front ; 



I'olumella strongly arched, tortuous, attenuated. 

 A. Adams (Leptoconchus). Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 



I.SIU, vnl. 13, ,3rd .series, p. 310. 

 7A,/,. ' 



A small bulb-shaped species, with a distinct small 

 beak. 



Species 1(1. (Fig. (j, i, Mus. Ueshayes? Copird.) 



Magilus Maillardi. 3Iai/. testd suhcylindracea, 

 spiraliter costatd, longitudinaliter tenuiter striata, 

 spird hrevi, obtiisd, coiUabulatd ; anfractibus 

 quaternis, Irevibus, lenti crescentibus, vltimo 

 inaximo, superne obtuse angulato, aperturd valde 

 obliqud, subquadratd ; cohimelld inrrassafd, valde 

 contortd, aiitice phmd, 



Maillard's Magilus. Shell siibcylindrical, spirally 

 ribbed, longitudinally finely striated, spire short, 

 obtuse, contabulated ; whorls four, short, slowly 

 increasing ; the last very large, obtusely angular 

 above, aperture very oblique, subquadrate ; 

 columella thickened, much twisted, anteriorly 

 flat. 



Deshaves (Leptoconchus). Conch. Isl. de la Reunion, 

 p. 124. 



Hab. Isl. Bourbon ( Ui'union). 



