SCALAIilA.— Plate III. 



species has at the upper p;ii 

 expansion sloped oiit\v:irds. 



Specie 



10. (Mus. Brit.) 

 . Sea. testa pyru 



■,l„l.i 



pidUihJ, inter varices vmculis fasciisijur iiitcn-nptis 

 nuirmoratd ; varicibus laminatis, amjiintis, teiuiilnis, 

 .<up(nie obtuse anrjulatis, ad suturam declms. 



Tm-; .M.UJBLED ScALAUH. Shell pyramidal, smooth, 

 jiale, marbled between the varices with spots and 

 interrupted bands ; varices laminated, narrow, 

 thin, obtusely angular above, sloped at the suture. 



.Sowr,i;r,v. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1814. Thes. Conch., Sp. .3, 



Hah. India. 



tiuguished from Scalaiia alafa and ,S'<-. 

 ic marbled markings, and liy the nan 

 ;ly angiilar whorls. 



Speci 



(:\Ius. Brit.; 



The buttressed Scalaria. Slirll white, bluish between 

 the varices, short, thick, imperforate ; whorls 

 sloped, contiguous, anteriorly carinated ; varices 

 thick, prominent, obliquely continuous, expanded 

 in a raised angle near the suture. 



SowEiniv. Proc. Zool. Soc. 184-1. Thes. Conch., Sp. 77. 

 tig. 127. 



Ilab. Hayti, Peru. 



,Ai:iA I'ViiAMiDALis. N<v/. t( xl'i iiIIkT, p//nimi(lal<i, 

 Hiibventricosa ; anfnictthiif: i/istinctis ; varicilms 

 sidAaminatis, cxtantibus, pi-ope suturam in amjuluin 

 aciituiii productis ; aperturd subroiundit, labia interna 

 (intice rejkxo. cuneato. 

 I'YRAMUiAL Scalaria. Shell white, pyramidal, 

 siroventricose ; whorls distinct ; varices somewhat 

 laminated, extant, produced into an acute angle 

 near the suture ; aperture rather rounded, inner 

 lip anteriorly rellected, cuneate. 



KRin-. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1844. Thes. Conch., Sp. 0, 

 tig. 4. 



■ . Philipiiines. 



Species 18. (Mus. Brit.) 

 S(.:AL\r;L\ STATUMINATA. Scu. testd allii't^ inter varices 

 rirrnJei}, brevi, crassd, imperforatd ; anfractibus 

 ilcrliribus, rontii/uis, antic'e carinatis ; varicibus 

 i-r<issi.-<, promineniibus, ohliqvc continuis, prope 

 siilnrain in amjuium ilrvafuni i'jpiiiisis. 



A 



little shel 



Species 19. (Mus. Brit.) 



ScALARL\ ri;EXATA. Sca. testi'i p!/raiiiidatd , imperf(. 



palliJc fa.r.), miinUisiimi r/ranulafa ; aiifnu 



infra su/ca/ana/ata .1 earina nruaia nnnyl,,, 



The cren.wed Scalaria. Shell pyramidal, imperfi 



lialc-brown, very minutely granulated ; w 



contiguous, angulated and crenulated above a 



suture, bordered beluw by a 



crenated keel. 

 LiNX.EUS. (Turbo) Systema Natura;. 

 Hub. Portugal. West Indies. 



pitti 



Species 20. (.Mus. Brit.) 



Scalaria Martinii. Sca. elerata, alb,), spiraliler 

 /iti-iitl''i : anfractibus numeivsis, rotuiidati.s, canti- 

 i/iiis ; raririhii.K perpaucis, rotundatis, crenotis, supra 

 infdinni /< ri/i r arcuatis ; aperturd subauii/iirrni. 



Martini's Scalaria. Shell elevated, white, spirally 

 striated ; whorls numerous, rounded, contiguous ; 

 varices very i'ew, rounded, crenated. slightly 

 curved above the middle ; aperture a little auri- 

 form. 



AVooD. Index Testaceologicus. 



Scalaria striata, Keiner. 



Scalaria raricosdata, (pars) Lamarck. 



Hab. West Indies. 



Resembles Scalaria raricastata in the rarity of the 

 varices, but is of a more elevated and graceful form. 



