P II Y S A. 



S|,ecics 48. (Mus. Brit.) 



I'liYS.v vil!ii.vr.\. Phy. tcsb'i pnrra, ociil,1, polila. chirrco- 

 Julvd, albo striijali't ; xpii-'i In-i riiism/ii, uliliina, ii ii- 

 Jractilnis convexiusculiti : nil i mo (infract a unilo ; 

 aperttird femioratd, intiis caxtancii, plied ailuniellnri 

 elcvatd, teimi, vltli</ii'i. 



The sri'.ii'KD Piiys.\. .Shell small, ovate, polislied, 

 L evLsli-fulvous .stript'd with white; spire rather 

 s..:irt, obtuse, whorls rather convex : last whorl 

 ovate; aperture seiniovate, chestnut within, 

 coluniellar fold elevated, thin, oblique. 



iUnuK ? 



//„/>. M, xico. 



■19. (Fis. «, b, Mus. li.it.) 



PllYS.v Ti:iTlCK.\. Phi/, testd par 

 traiistucidd, aiijustd, tcjuii.i. 



inn), 



xpira 



bn 



ultimo anfractu subct/lindracco ; aperlurd elviKpttd, 

 amjimtd, jlicd coliimellari teiiiii, leviler tortiiOi<d. 



The wuiiAT ravs,\. Shell small, smoky-amber, trans- 

 lucid, narrow, very thin ; spire short ; last 

 whorl subcylindrical ; aperture elongated, narrow, 

 columellar fol 1 thin, slightly tortuous. 



Lka. .' 



llah. CaUfornia. 



The smallest of the species 

 ansparent. 



Narrow and 



Species 5t_r. (Fig. a, i, Mus. Brit.) 



I'livsA CniENSis. 'ht/. testd parvd, solidd, pallidi- 

 fidvd ; sp'rd I :riilsculd, acumirtatd, imfnirtibiis 

 brevibus, subaiHinlatis ; ultimo anfractu subci/lin- 

 draceo, medio i^u constricto, subnigato : apertind 

 oblonyd, manjine rectiiisculo, plied coluiiiellari con- 

 spicud. 



The Ccp.an Pmys.v. Sliell small, solid, pale-fulvous, 

 spin' rather short, acuminated, whorls short, 

 slij_'htly angular ; l.-ist whorl subcylindrical, a little 

 constricted in the middle, slightly wrinkled ; 

 aperture oblong, margin rather straight, columellar 

 fold conspicuous. 



Pfeiffkh. ? 



Uab. Cuba. 



PUYS.\ 



/'/» 



(Fig. -(, b, Mus. Sowerby.) 

 or„lo^s>,hrfi,:dric 



S,lhdii. 



prrs.si.-! 

 „p,rlii 

 bihio 



riild 



ibiis 



fusco-olimced, 

 , loiii/itiidiiie aperturam 

 i/i/iliusis, medio subcom- 

 breviter subcylindrico ; 

 lis fiisco-purpurascenti, 

 iiatim producto, antic!; 

 ainiiatiiii lyiiiiri/iiiiilii : rohi iiielld duplicatd. 

 The bay Puysa. SIhII ovate-subcylindrical, olive- 

 brown, rather .solid ; sjjire elevated, equalling 

 aperture in length ; whorls broad, gibbous, 

 compressed in the middle; last whorl shortly 

 cylindrical ; aperture rather short, purplish- 

 brown within, outer lip posteriorly sinuously 

 produced, anteriorly sinuously emarginated ; 

 columella dovible-plaited. 

 Adams and An(5AS. Proc. Zool. .Soc, 18G3, p. 41G. 

 Hub. A tributary to Adelaide river in Aruheim's Land. 



Species 52. (Mus. Brit.) 



Physa SaYI. Phy. tistd ovutd, politissimd, pallidi- 

 fidrd, rosea suffusd ; sjurd breviter conicd, anfrac- 

 libns brevibus ; ultimo anfractu ovato ; aperturd 

 Siinioi-atd, oblongd, anticc angustatd, columella re- 

 trorsim tortiiosd. 



February. 1870. 



