﻿PEDICULAR I A. 



Genus PEDICULARIA, Swainson. 

 Testa ovata, irregularis, patula, paucispiralis, radiatim 

 costata ; spira subcalata, minnta ; aperlura 

 maxima ; columella plaimlata, rcctiiisrula, labia 

 externa frequenter lobato. 

 Shell ovate, irregular, patulate, few-whorlcd, radiately 

 ribbed ; spire nearly hidden, minute ; aperture 

 very large, columella flattened, rather straight, 

 outer lip frequently lobed. 

 The Messrs. Adams state in their work on (icnora 

 that the only known species is tlie one found parasiti- 

 cally attached to Mediterranean corals. But M. 

 Deshayes in describing Pedicularia elegnntissima, in his 

 shells of Bourbon, speaks as if there were many other 

 species, but does not refer to or describe them. The 

 only species, besides the two above named, with 

 which I am acquainted, is the Pedicularia Pacijiai, 

 described by Pease. 



It is somewhat uncertain to what family tlic curious 

 little shells composing this genus belong. On one 

 hand they have been thouglit to have some allinity 

 with the Ci/prmdcB, as there are indications of a 

 mantle reflected over the lips, nlthough not reaching 

 the central region of the back. On the other hand, the 

 shell would be most easily likened to a miniature 

 Concholrpas with irregularly extended margins. 



Species 1. (Figs, a, b, c, d, e, Mus. Sowerby.) 

 Pedicularia sicula. Ped. testa crassd, valde irregnlari; 

 albd, Julvd, vel roseo siiffiisd ; radiatim et dirari- 

 catim costatd, costis minute moniliformibus, labiis 

 plerumque profunde lobatis, columelld rectiiSbsculd. 

 The Sicillw* Pedicularia. Shell thick, very irregular ; 

 white, ftilvous, or suffused with pink ; radiately 

 and divergently ribbed, ribs very minutely 



beaded, lips generally deeply lol)ed ; columella 



ratlier straight. 

 SwAlN.soN. Conchological Illustrations. 

 I lab. Found on small corals iu the Mediterranean. 



Siiecies 2. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Sowerby.) 



Pedicularia Pacifica. Ped. testa tenuiitsculd, oblonyd. 

 irregularis, in medio contracld, radiatim striis ele- 

 vatis minutissimis ornatd, striis concentricis decus- 

 sati'i, apice conspicuo, involuto ; rubidd, interdnui 

 omnino violaced vel corned. 



TuE Pacific Pedicularia. Shell rather thin, oblong, 

 irregidar, contracted in the middle, ornamented 

 with very fine raised elevated radiating strix ; 

 decussated with concentric striffi, apex con- 

 spicuous, involute ; reddish, sometimes violet all 

 over, or horny. 



Pease. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18G5, p. 51 G. 



Ilab. Pacific Islands. 



Species 3. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Maillard.) 



Pkdicularia elegantissima. Ped. testa ovato-oblongd, 

 valde convexd, purpured, radiatim costatd, costis 

 miijorihus moniliformibus, minoribus interstitialihis 

 Imvibus ; aperturd angustd, utraqui' extremitate 

 paulo depressd, spird jtartim cmlatd. 



The elecant Pedicularia. Shell ovate-obloug, 

 purple, radiately ribbed ; .arger ribs beaded, 

 smaller interstitial ones smooth ; aperture narrow, 

 a little depressed at each end ; spire partly 

 hidden. 



Desiiates. Isle de la Reunion, p. 20, PI. XXXIII, 



Hab. Isl. Bourbon. 



May, 1875. 



