S C 1 N T I L L A. 



Spooies 9. (M>is. Nobis.) 



Scintilla semiclai:.sa. Sci. tistd vivid<- aurantia, \ 



breviter ohlongii, tuiitkln, ntrinqu!' pnulo hianti, [ 



medio datud; latere postico htajtisculu, ad tcnninum ' 



ot/lii/ne truiicato ; ynaiginibns dorsali. ct ventrali \ 



rectius(yulin. j 



The halk-closki) Scintilla. Shell bright orange, 

 shortly obloiijr, tumid. ;i little gaping at both 



ends, closed in the middle; posterior side a little i 



the larger, truncated obliijuely at the end : dorsal j 



and ventral margins rather straiglit. j 



ScWEiiBY. Proc. Zool. Soc, IfsTO. 1 



Hnb. Borneo. [ 



This is one of the prettiest of the species, from it? 

 bright orange colour and liLrht toxlnre. 



The i;ose SnixTiLLA. Shell rose-coloured, polished, 

 closed ; anterior side short, sloped, rather coni- 

 pres.sed ; posterior side inflated, oblique. 



Desuayes. Proc. Zool. Soc., IS.').'!, p. 17". 



Ilab. Isl. Luzon, Philippines. 



Species 10. (Mus. Brit.) 



Scintilla pallidula. Sci. testa pallida /uU-d. elongatu, 

 a/mprcsiii ; margiiw vtntrali vix hianti. latere 

 antico breriuxcuh. teriiiinibu,i suli-ohliquis. 



The pale Scintilla. Shell jialc fulvous, elongated, 

 compressed : ventral margin scarcely gaping, an- 

 terior side rather short, ends rather oblique. 



Deshates. Proc. Zool. Soc, IS.'u'), p. 17(1. 



Hab. Isl. Zebu, Philippines. 



This species resembles Scintilla aurantia in general 

 appearance, but it is nearly or wholly closed at the 



L'ies 11. (Mus. Brit.) 



SciNTLLA hosea. ScL tef:tii rosed, politi), clausd ; latere 

 antico breri, deelivi, subcompresso ; latere postico 

 injlato, vbliquo. 



Species 12. (Mus. Brit.) 



Scintilla H.^nlevi. Sci. testd lata, compressd, palli- 

 di^iimi; J'ltlvd, Ii/jalind ; latere postico subrotundo, 

 latere antico breviori, lati; siibtiiincato, maryinibus 

 dorsali et terminalibus liiantibus. 



Hanley'.s Sci^^tili.a. Shell broad, compressed, vei-y 

 p.'ile fidvoiis, glassy ; posterior side riitlier 

 round, anterior side rather sliort, broadly sub- 

 truncated, dors.-d and terminal margins gaping. 



SowEP.nv. Tliesaurus Conchyliorura, Scintilla, Sp. 'i^, 



Hab. Singapore. 



The valves iust touch at the umbouea and ventral 



S[.ecies 13. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Scintilla Stkangei. Sci. testa ohlongd, albd, clausd, 



anticii Irrcviori, subtruncatd, postict!- mar/is rotundatd . 



marginibus ventrali ct dorsali rectiusculis. 

 STR.\NaE',s Scintilla. Shell oblong, white, closed, 



shorter in front, subtruncated, posteriorly more 



rounded; ventral and dorsal margins rather 



straiglit. 

 Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1,SJ5. p. 181. 

 Hab. Moreton Bav. 



Species 1-1. 

 Timoi:en-sis. 



])ressd, 

 February, 1874. 



(Mus. Brit.) 

 Sci. testd aiirnniid, c 

 marijine dorsali ad la 



