SCALARIA.— Plate XIV. 



Species 109. (Mus. Brit.) 



ScALARiA iNDisTiNCTA. Sca. testd solidiuscicld, elevata, 

 impeiforatd, spiraliter tenuissime striata, lonfjitudi- 

 naliter creherrime costatd ; aperturd subivtundd. 



The indistinct Scalaria. Shell rather solid, raised, 

 imperforate, spirally very finely striated ; longitu- 

 dinally very finely ribbed ; aperture rather rounded. 



SowERBY. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842. 



Hab. Gulf of California. 



Species 110. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Nobis.) 

 Scalaria nuda. Sca. testd hreviter pyramidatd, crassd, 



IcBvigatd ; leviter costellatd, infra, subplanulatd, 



varicibus rarissimis distaritissimis armatd. 

 The bare Scalaria. Shell shortly pyramidal, thick, 



smooth ; lightly ribbed, partly flattened below, 



arm 



SOWERBY 



Hab. — 



ed with very rare, distant varices. 



Lately in the collection of Mr. A. Adams. 



Species 111. (Mus. Adams.) 



Scalaria subnudata. Sca. testd parvd, tenui, pyra- 

 midatd, spiraliter temiissiine striatd ; varicibus 

 (enuibus, laminatis, ad siUuram et infra cxpaiins, 

 medio anfractimm fere evanidis. 



The half-bare Scalaria. Shell small, thin, pyramidal, 

 spirally very finely striated ; varices thin, laminar, 

 expanded at the suture and below, almost dis- 

 appearing at the middle of the whorl. 



SOWERBV. 



Scalaria delicatula, H. Adams, Proc. Zool Soc, 1865. 

 Hab. Philippines. 



A pretty little species, the thin varices of which 

 almost disappear in the middle of the whorls. The 

 description of this shell as Scalaria delicatula, was 

 published in the proceedings of the Zoological Society 

 in the year following that in which S. delicatvlay 

 Crosse, appeared in the Journal de Conchyliologie. 



