﻿AURICULA.— Plate II. 



shagreened above; aperture narrow above, 

 rather broad below, outer lip narrow, sinuously 

 contracted above tlie middle ; colnraellar plaits 

 two, prominent. 



A. Adams. ? 



Hah. Gambler's Island. 



The sculpture on the upper part of the whorls is 



very beautiful, observed through a lens. 



Species 9. (Mus. Brit.) 



Auricula Dunkeri. Att,r. teatd cylindrkd, stcbpijra- 

 midatd, pallide rubesaenti ; spird productd, an- 

 fractihus suhturritis, convexiusculis ; aperturd 

 hreviiisculd, mbjnjrifarmi, margine latissime pla- 

 natd, castaned, columelld. triplicatd. 



Dunkee's Auricula. Shell cylindrical, rather pyra- 

 midal, pale reddish ; spire produced, whorls 

 rather tuiTeted, rather convex, aperture rather 

 short, rather pyriform, margin very broadly 

 flattened, chestnut, columella with three plaits. 



Pfeiffee. ? 



Hah. ? 



two plaits below, outside lip rather angular 

 above, thickened at the middle and under. 



Petit. ? Proc. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 10. 



Hal. ? 



Species 11. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Auricula Chinensis. Aur. testd elongatd, crassd ; 

 epidermide JiBvi, crassd pallide castaned indutd ; 

 spird productd, convexd, obtusd; aperturd hrevius- 

 culd, eolmnelld crassd, infra callosd, plicis duabvs 

 validis intmitd ; labia externa crasso, lata, supra 

 medium tuniido, suturam versus angulato et 

 sinuato. 



The Chinese Auricula. Shell elongated, thick ; 

 covered with a smooth, thick pale chestnut epi- 

 dermis ; spire produced, convex, obtuse ; aper- 

 ture rather short, columella thick, callous below, 

 guarded with two strong plaits ; outer lip thick, 

 broad, tumid above the middle, angular and 

 sinuated towards the suture. 



Pfeiffer. Proc. Zool. 1854, p. 152. 



Eab. Chinese Seas. 



Species 10. (Mus. Brit.) 

 Auricula pallescens. Aur. testd cylindricd, tenui, 

 pallidd ; spird acuminata, productd ; ultimo an- 

 fnii'lit aujiiTiir iinijiiJiitd ; aperturd hreviiisculd; 

 ,;.Jii,iii'Tl'i u,fr,'i hiflii-iitd ; labia externa supernc 

 anijidnf.i, tiinliii it infra incrossato. 

 The palf Auricula. Shell cylindrical, thin, pale; 

 spire acuminated, produced ; last whorl angular 

 above ; aperture rather short : columella with 



Species 12. (Mus. Sowerby.) 



Auricula subula. Aur. testd elongatd, anguHd, 

 olivaced, tenui; spird elongatd, attenuatd ; aper- 

 turd hrevi, labia externa tenui, columelld infra 

 sidiarcuatd, truncatd. 



The awl Auricula. Shell elongated, narrow, olive, 

 thin ; spire elongated, attenuated ; aperture 

 short, outer lip thin, columella rather arched 

 below, truncated. 



GuoT. Voy. Astro. PI. XIII. f. 30, 40. 



Bab. Cuba. 



