CHILINA.— Plate III. 



tninatd; columelld angusid, rectiusculd, oblique el 

 tenuiler hiplicatd. 



The thin Chilina. Shell thin, subovate, rather tur- 

 binated, brown within, painted with undulations ; 

 spire conical, acuminated ; columella narrow, 

 rather straight, obliquely and thinly two-plaited. 



Gr.AT. Sowerby, Conch. Illustrations, fig. 12. 



Hah. S. America. 



The second figure given in the Conchological Illus- 

 trations for Chilina tenuis is that of a C. Jluctuosa. 



Species 16. (Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina fasciata. CM. testd ovatd, tenui, fasciis in- 

 terniptis tribus ciiictd ; spird acuminata, anfractibus 

 convexiilsculis, ultimo magna, ovato ; columelld infrd 

 tortud medio oblique hiplicatd. 



The banded Chilina. Shell ovate, thin, encircled 

 with three interrupted bands ; spire acuminated, 

 whorls rather conve.x, the last large, ovate; 

 columella tortuous below, with two oblique folds 

 in the middle. 



Gould ? 



Hab. S. America. 



The bands of this species 

 interrupted. 



soft and not distinctly 



Species 17. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Chilina suBCYHNDniCA. Cbi. testd ovato-subcylindricd, 



intiis,fusco-purpiirascenti, spi)-d productd, anfrac- 

 tibus superne angulatis, declivibus, ultimo ad latera 

 i-ectiibsculo, aperturd suhovaid, labia externa intus 

 incrassato ; columelld plicis uiid superiori magnd, 

 alterd inferiori parvd, munitd. 

 The subcylindrical Chilina. Shell ovate, sub- 

 cylindrical, purplish-brown, spire produced, 

 whorls angular above, sloped, the last rather 

 straight at the sides, aperture subovate, outer 

 lip thickened within ; columella strengthened with 

 an upper large plait, and a lower small one. 



SOWERBT. 



Hab. Ancud, Chili. 



Species 18. (Mus. Brit.) 



Chilina Parchappii. Chi. testd oblongo-ovatd, pallide 

 corned, tenui, strigis parvis undulatis rubris in 

 fascius tribus aut quatuor dispositis ornatd ; spird 

 subattenuatd, anfractibus declivibus, ultimo ovato, 

 superne subangulato ; columelld superne uniplicald, 

 infra tortud. 



Parchappi's Chilina. Shell oblong-ovate, pale horny, 

 thin, ornamented with small red undulated stripes, 

 disposed in three bands ; spire rather attenuated, 

 whorls sloped, the last ovate, rather angular 

 above ; columella single-plaited above, tortuous 

 below. 



Orbigxt. Synopsis. Sowerby's Conchological Illustra- 

 tions, fig. 8. 



Hab. Conception Island. 



