P H Y S A, 



II. 



Species 8. (Mus. Sowerby,) 



Physa acuta, rhy. tesld ovaU'i, trmiflucidi'i, pallkle 

 corned, politd; spird acuminald ; apcrturd si'iiii- 

 ocatd, intiis prope marginem paido incrassatd; plird 

 i-nhimellari vix prominent i, rectiuscuhi. 



The aoite Phtsa. Shell ovate, transiucid, pale horn, 

 polished; spire acuminated; aperture setniovate, 

 a little thickened within near the margin ; colu- 

 mellar fold scarcely prominent, rather straight. 



DRAPAliNALI). Mollusca, p. OO, pi. Ji, f. 10, 11. 



Hab. Sicily. 



This species, which resembles F!ii/m j'dnliiuills in 

 some respects, differs from it in the production and 

 sharpness of the apex. 



Species 9. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



PiiYSA HiLPnETiiiAN.E. Phi/, tesid ovatn-ohhiiffd, ienui, 

 semipt'llucidd, corned, /"iisco-griscsccnti, fa.tciis 

 pallide fulvis distnntibus oniatd ; aperturd inths 

 cnstaned ; columelld siihtortud, albidd. 



Hildueth's Physa. Shell ovate-oblong, thin, semi- 

 pellucid, homy, greyish brown, ornamented with 

 distant jiale fulvous bands ; aperture chestnut 

 within ; columella rather tortuous, whitish. 



llab. Michigan. 



Species 10. (Mus. Brit.) 



Physa Nov.e IIui.laxih^. P////. t^std sidifnsiformi, 

 fumoso-strnmined ; fpird pruductd, acuminald; an- 

 fractibiis rotundis, apicaliins minutis, ultimo aii- 

 fractu brevi aperturd fere alhd, spirani longitudine 

 ce.quanti ; plied columellari tortud, conspicud. 



The New Holland Physa. Shell subfusiform, smoky- 

 straw-coloureJ ; spire produced, acuminated ; 

 whorls round, apical ones small, last whorl sliort ; 



aperture nearly white, equalling the spire in 

 length ; columellar plait tortuous, conspicuous. 



Blainville. Malacologie, pi. 37, fig. 3. 



Ual>. New Holland. 



Species 11. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Phvsa Maugei!i.«. Phy. testa ovato-subpyramidatd, 

 jxi/itissimd, fusco-grisesceiiii, strirjis albis longitu- 

 dinalibus interniptisnumero.^ie nulaid ; .<pird brevi : 

 versus apicem nigricanti ; uliiiiin aiifi<irtii magno, 

 subcylindraceo,po!tice siibalti /iioifii, antice mibtrun- 

 cato ; aperturd pallidd, elongatd, ptjriformi, plied 

 columellari compressd, rectihsculd, albd. 



Mauger's Physa. Shell ovate-subpyramidal, very 

 shining, greyish brown, marked with numerous 

 white longitudinal interrupted stripes ; spire short, 

 darkening towards the apex; last whorl large, 

 subcylindrical, posteriorly subattenuated, anteriorly 

 somewhat truncated ; aperture pale, elongated, 

 jiyriform, columellar fold compressed, rather 

 straight, white. 



QuOY. Voy. de FAstrolabe. 



Ilab. Jamaica. 



Species 12. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Physa Peruviana. Phy. testd anguste pyramidatd, 

 politissimd, plumbed vel subaured vel stramined ; 

 spird attenuatd, acuminatd, anfractibus postice 

 atteiinatis ; ultimo anfractu antice injlato, subtrvn- 

 cato ; aperturd longiilscidd, antice latiiisculd, intics 

 aurcd vel pallide rosed ; plied columellari tenui, 

 retrorswn obliquatd. 



The Peruvian Physa. Shell narrowly pyramidal, very 

 shining, plum-coloured or rather golden or straw- 

 coloured ; spire attenuated, acuminated, whorls 

 jiosteriorly attenuated; last whorl anteriorly 

 inllatcd, subtruncated ; aperture rather long 



February, 1873. 



