S C I i\ T I L L A. 



Siiecies 20. (Fig. a, I. Mus. 



Scintilla spli-ndida. Sd. testa lacted, poUtk 

 tenia', oblongd, compressa, valde iiHequilaterc 

 latere antico brevi,tnincato ; latere poftico trvnc 

 marijine ventrali recto, moderate liiaiiti. 



Thl si'LKNDiD Scintilla. Shell milky-white, brig 

 polished, thin, oblong, compressed, very ine 

 lateral ; anterior side short, truncated ; postt 

 side truncated; ventral margin moderately gaj 



Dbsiiayes. .' 



Hab. ? 



This shell is doei 



iti/la Layardi, 



111!'' in front. 



species 



(Mus. Nobis.) 



Scintilla i.nceuta. Sci. lestd alba, clnusA, solidd. 

 luniidd, striis transverisis lo>i)/!tudiiialt'bu:<ipii 

 graiiosis decufsatd ; latere antico bnviusculc, 

 angustiusculo ; latere postico mat/is iiijlato, medio 

 siMepresso. 



The docbtful Scintilla. Shell white, closed, solid, 

 tumid, decussated with transverse and longitudinal 

 granulated strias : anterior side rather short, rather 

 narrow ; posterior side more inflated, slightly 

 depressed in the middle. 



Deshave.s. Conehyliologie de File de la Reunion. 



Hab. Isl. Bourbon. 



Species 28. (Mus. Nobis.) 



Scintilla onLOXGA. Sci. pallidc fiilvd, tenui, semi- 

 pellucidd, comprefsd, breviter oblongd, medio clauaa 

 utrinque hianti ; margine ventrali rectiilsculo. 



The oblong Scintilla. Shell pale fulvous, thin, semi- 

 pellucid, compressed, shortly oblong, clo.sed ir 



ventral margin 



Sci NTH. 



late 



The 



FABA. Sci. tcsld lacted, injlatd, ubluni/O' 

 , clauiid ; latere antico oblique suhtruncato ; 

 postico obliqui; magis injlato. 

 BEAN Scintilla. Shell milk-white, inllated, 

 olilong-ovate, closed; anterior side obliquely sub- 

 truncated ; posterior side more inflated obliquely. 

 Deshayes. Ivlition of Lamarck's Anim. s. Vert. 

 Hah. Borneo. 



Species 30. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Scintilla hyalina. Sci. testd compressd, ovatd, dia- 

 pliand. palliild, nvJKfpiilatcrali ; margine din-suli 

 vtrinquc I'alde hianti: margine ventrali mitlin 

 clauso. 



The in'ALiN-E Scintilla. Shell compressed, ovate, 

 diaphanous, pale, subeijuilateral ; dorsal margin 

 gaping at both ends ; ventral margin closed in the 

 middle. 



Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc, 185i), p. 180. 



llah. Torres Straits. 



In the open end and transparent texture resembling 

 Scintilla llanleyi, Init ditfering in the oval- form. 



Species 31. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Scintilla Latardi. Sci. testd tenui, alba, semipellvcidd, 

 angiisfd, clo. gain, medio subinflald ; margine ventrali 

 late apcrlo ; ternunibus subrolundis. 



February, 187-1. 



