r II Y S A 



■SA Aunici 

 ■inu'ii tlian 



(Fig. 07, h, :\Ius. Sowerby.) 



more cluiracteristic 



vix. Fro 

 Plate IX. 



Species 1)3. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Smverby.) 

 PiiYSA iMNGUi.s. I'lui. testd ofdlu, tumida, castimcd vd 

 piiUide olivaci'd, di-'tanier fusco faticiatd ; spird 

 bi-evi, anfractiliiis ajncatibus parvis, pctmltimo 

 valdi hi/lato, brevi, ulliino ovato, prope sidiintm 

 siibgibbofd ; apertiiid iHttts corned, Jrcqiniilir 

 costaneo fasciatd ; columella tutus subduplinitd. 

 Tilt sniur Pliv.-iA. Shell ovato, tiiinia, clie^tnut or 

 pale olive, di.<taiitly banded witli brown; spire 

 short, apical whorls small, penultinuilo niiu-li 

 inflated, short, tlie last ovate, rather gibbous near 

 the .suture ; aperture horny within, often banded 

 ■svith chestnut; columella somewhat duplicate 



Sn\vi:i;iiV. 



llab. South Australia. 



The doubling ol" the columellur fold, which may be 

 observed by turning the shell a little, is a character 

 much more conspicuously presented in Species lUU. 



Species 94. (Mus. Legrand.) 



PlIVSA ATTENUATA. PIiij. testd pijmmidald, ariimiiKild, 

 obliqud, J'usco-cOTiieA, kuKjitudinaUter tcimitir 

 sU-iatd ; spird prodiictd, aiifractibus cequalitcr 

 crescentibiis, declivibiia, pemdtimo loii/jiuscidn ; 

 aperturd miriformi, intua purpurea, labia exlcrrin 

 siniiato, columella tenui, plica elevald. 



The .^TTENU.'iTED PuYSA. Shell pyramidal, acuminated, 

 obi ique, horny-brown, longitudinally finely striated ; 

 spire produced, whorls equally increasing, sloped, 

 last rather long; aperture ear-shaped, purple 

 ■within, outer lip sinuous, columella thin, fold 

 raised. 



SijWEi:i!v. 



Ilab. Dulverton Lake, Australia. 



The TE.\rri:i:ii Phvsa. Shell subfusiform, rather solid, 

 smoky-olive, very minutely textured with spiral 

 and concentric stria; ; spire acuminated, nearly 

 e(|ualling the aperture in length, whorls sloped, 

 rai)idly increasing; last whorl ovate, tumid; 

 aperture brown within; columella rather thick, 

 scarrrly phiited. 



JIab. South Australia. 



Under the lens this shell appears as if impressed with 

 a fine -woven fabric. 



PllYS.l 



Sjiecies OG. (Mus. Sowerby.) 

 I'APYi;acea. Plii/. testa oblonffo-stibci/lindricd, 

 lissimd, pallide cornea, miiiutissime subundu- 

 latim striata ; spird brevi ; ultimo anjractu oblongo, 

 ad laterd paulo compresso ; columelld tenui, arcuatd, 

 jilicd vix conspicud. 

 The paper Phtsa. Shell oblong-subcylindrical, very 

 tliin, pale horny, -with very minute undulated 

 striffi ; spire short ; last whorl oblong, a little com- 

 pressed at the sides ; columella thin, arched, plait 

 hardly conspicuous. 



SOWEIIBY, 



Hab. 



A remarkably thin, subcylindricul shell. 



November, 1874. 



