SCALARIA.— Plate X. 



Ti!t woNDERFL'L ScALAiiiA. Shell Small, subveutricose, 

 lulvous-greyish, very finely spirally striated 

 between the varices ; spire acuminated, whorls 

 eight, rounded, last whorl somewhat inflated ; 

 varices very close, very thin, laminar ; aperture 

 ovate, columella thick, arched, outer lip thin. 



Smith. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1873. 



Hah. Whydah, South Afiica. 



Another addition to the ScalaricB from the same 



sources as the preceding species. 



Species 74. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



ScALAUiA ACUJiiNATA. Scd. tesU'i donrjotd, imperforatd, 

 ncuminatu, pallidi fulvd, spiraliter fusco bifas- 

 f-kttd ; anfractibus quindecim, pauld convexis, 

 antice carinatis ; varicibus numerosissimis, cre- 

 berrimis, eleganter curvis ; upertura longiiisculd, 

 liibio externa tenui, cohimcUd suhcomplanatd, ar- 

 ruatd. 



The ACUMINATED ScALAiUA. Shell elongated, imper- 

 forated, acuminated, pale fulvous, with two brown 

 spiral bands ; whorls fifteen, little convex, anteriorly 

 keeled ; varices very numerous, very close, 

 elegantly curved ; aperture rather long, outer lip 

 thin, columella flattened, arched. 



SowEi'.BY. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hub. Malacca. 



The specimens from which figs, a and b are drawn 



differ so much in their jiroportions, that the writer has 



felt almost inclined to assign a new specific name to fig. 



'(. Still we find other species varying in nearly the 



same degree. 



Species 75. (Mus. Brit.) 

 .AiiiA Bor.EALis. Sctt. tc'std crcissd, albidd pT/rami- 

 ibild, latiusculd ; anfractibus octo, antice obtuse 

 r/irii/atis, ad laterd rectiusculis, infra carinam 

 .•iiihcoinplanatis ; varicibus paucis, rotundis, indis- 

 tinctis, iiicequalibiis, irregularibus, nonnullis medio 

 subi'vanidis, ad suturum subnodosis ; aperturd siib- 

 i/nadndd, labio externa crasso, rotunda, columelld 

 i-cctiitfculd, antice subeuneatd. 



The BOREAL ScALAP.iA. Shell thick, whitish, pyramidal, 

 rather broad ; whorls eight, anteriorly obtusely 

 keeled, rather straight at the sides ; a little flattened 

 below the keel ; varices few, rounded, indistinct, 

 unequal, irregular, some partly disappearing in the 

 middle, somewhat nodose at the suture ; aperture 

 si(uari.sh, outer lip thick, rounded; columella 

 rather straight, ratlier ouneate in front. 



GoULii. ? 



Hab. Vancouver's Island. 



A thick-set irregularly formed species. 



Species 70. (Mus. Brit.) 



ScALARiA Mop.CHi. Sea. testd parvd, imperforatd, at- 

 tenmitd, (iHiiil'i. u/iire fnlva ; anfractibus octo, ele- 

 vatis, kcrihiis. r<i/is.<ime varicosis ; apeHurd avatd, 

 colunii lid iKiri-'i, olillqtid. 



Miiiicn's ScALAKL\. Shell small, imperforated, at- 

 tenuated, whitish, apc.x fulvous ; whorls eight, 

 raised, smooth, very rarely varicose ; aperture 

 ovate, columella small, obli(iue. 



Anga.s. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1871. 



Hab. Port Jackson. 



Species 77. (Mus. Brit.) 



ScALARiA POLITA. Sca. tcstd tcnui, poLitissiud, elaiigatd, 

 pallidc grised ; anfractibus numerosis, convexius- 

 cidis : varicibus subnumci-asis, temribus, medio an- 

 fracturam obsolctis ; aperturd siibelonfjatd, labio 

 externa tenui. 



The POLISHED Scalaria. Shell thin, very polished, 

 elongated, pale grey ; whorls numerous, rather 

 convex ; varices rather numerous, thin, obsolete 

 in the middle of tlie whorls ; aperture a little 

 lengtliened, outer lip thin. 



SowEP.BV. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. Xipinappi, West Columbia. 



A pretty little species in which the varices, forming 

 a little curved node at the suture, tliin out and dis- 

 appear towards the centre of the whorl. 



