SCINTILLA.— Plate I. 



The Philippine Scintilla. SbcU ovate, whitish, com- 

 pressed, a little gaping at each end ; posterior side 

 a little the shorter, rather obliquely truncated ; 

 ventral margin anteriorly convex. 



DESHAyE.s. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855, p. 176. 



Hah. Philippine Islands. 



Species G. (Mus. Brit.) 



Scintilla Candida. Sci. testa lacted, ovatd, clausd, 

 tmnidiusculd, oMiqud ; latere postico angustiusculo ; 

 marginc ventrali antice convexo. 



The white Scintilla. Shell milk-white, ovate, closed, 

 rather tumid, oblique ; posterior side rather 

 narrow, ventral margin anteriorly conve.x. 



Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855, p. 177. 



Hah. Isl. Bureas, Philippines. 



The thin Scintilla. Shell ovate, milk-white, closed, 

 sulicompressed, posterior side rather short, sub- 

 truncaled ; ventral margin equally convex. 



Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855, p. 170. 



Hab. Isl. Sama, Philippines. 



More ovate, thinner, and less oblique than Scintilla 

 Candida. 



Species 8. (Fig. a, b, Mus 



■1 Copied.) 



Species 7. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Scintilla tenuis. Sci. tcstd ovaid, lacted. clausd snb- 

 compressd, latere postico breviusculo. subtrnncato : 

 margine ventrali mqualiter 



Scintilla Jukesh. Sci. testa magnd, subcompressd, 

 lacted, ovato-suboblongd, concentrice leviter rugatd, 

 marginibus terminalibus paulo hiantibiis, subtrun- 

 catis ; margine ventrali rectiusculo. 



Jukes's Scintilla. Shell large, rather compressed, 

 milk-white, ovate, rather oblong, concentrically 

 slightly wrinkled, terminal margins a little 

 gaping, rather trimcated ; ventral margin rather 

 straight. 



Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1855, p. 174. 



Hab. Australia. 



