C 11 I L I N A. 



(Fig. 2 c, Mus. Brit.) 

 CUILINA FLU.MINEA, vai'., See Platc I. 



Species 11. (Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina Puelciia. Chi. testd ovati'i, macidit! quadratis 

 infasciis quatuor dispositis ornatd, iiitus alhl, inaculis 

 purpureis quadratis pictd ; spird brevi, anfractibua 

 obtuse angulatis ; columella tenui, infni plied tenui, 

 obliqvd, suprd plied majori munitd. 



The " Puelciia " Chilina. Shell ovate, ornamented 

 with square spots disposed in four rows, white 

 within, painted with purple spots ; spire short, 

 whorls obtusely angular ; columella thin, strength- 

 ened with a thin oblique rib below, and a larger 

 one above. 



Orisigny. MS. Sowerby, Conch. Illustr. fig. 13. 



Hab. Boldivia. 



Species 12. (Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina Patagonica. Chi. testd oblonga, maculato- 

 fasciatd ; spird brevi, anfractibus superne obtuse 

 angulatis, ultimo magno, lateribus rectiiiseulis ; 

 aperturd ovatd, intils purpureo seiiatim maculato ; 

 columelld crassd, plied crassd in medio munitd. 



The Patagonian Chilina. Shell oblong, spot- banded ; 

 spire short, whorls obtusely angular above, the 

 last large, with rather straight sides; aperture 

 ovate, with rows of purple spots inside ; columella 

 thick, strengthened with a thick plait in the 

 middle. 



Sowerby. 



Hab. Patagonia. 



There is a cylindrical, straight-sided appearance 

 about this shell that seems to distingvush it. 



Species 13. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina Tehuelcha. Chi. testd solidd, ovato-subcylin- 

 draced, tenuiter fasciatim strigatd ; spird brevi, 

 conicd, anfractibus superne angulatis, subplanulatis, 

 ultimo subrecto, aperturd magnd, columelld lata, 

 crassd, irregulariter et obscure biplicatd. 



The " Teiiuelca " Chilina. Shell solid, ovate-sub- 

 cylindrical, thinly striped in bands; spire short, 

 conical, whorls angular above, rather flattened, 

 aperture large, columella broad, thick, irregularly 

 and obscurely biplicate. 



Ordigny. MS. Sowerby, Conch. Illustr. fig. 9. 



Hab. S. America. 



A rather solid species, with very stout columella. 



Species 14. (Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina elegans. Chi. testd tenui, ovatd, utrinqtti 

 acuminatd, subtiis epidermidem eleganter lineis 

 fasciatim undulatis pictd ; spird acuminatd, pro- 

 ductd ; aperturd ovatd, antic'e subattcnuatd ; coho- 

 irtelld medio uniplicatd. 



The elegant Chilina. Shell thin, ovate, acuminated 

 at each end, elegantly painted with lines undulated 

 in bands ; spire acuminated, produced ; aperture 

 ovate, anteriorly subattenuated ; columella with 

 a single plait in the middle. 



Fairfield. MS. Brit. Mus. 



Hab. Boldivia. 



Species 15. (Mi 



• ? copied.) 



Chilina tenuis. Chi. testd tenui, subovatd, subturbinatd, 

 intils fused, undulatim, pictd ; spird conicd, acu- 



August, 187 



