EGLISIA. 



Genus Eglisia, Gray. 

 Teda elongato-turrita, anfractibus nmmrosis, suturis de- 

 pressis, cohimeUd plano-iiicrassatd, iasi quadrato-angu- 

 latd, aperlurd parvd, rotundatd, marginihus fere coii- 

 jmwfis, non rejlexh. 

 Shell elongately lurreted, whorls numerous, sutm-es de- 

 pressed, columella flatly thickened, squarely angled 

 at the base, aperture small, rounded, margins almost 

 joined, not reflected. 

 The necessity for instituting a genus for the reception 

 of the Turniella splrata of the Tankerville Catalogue, 

 was first made known by ]\Ii-. Sowerby in his description of 

 that remarkable shell. " Two cii-cumstanoes," says the 

 author of the Appendix, Tank. Cat. p.xiv., " are remarkable 

 in this shell, the broad flat depression in the upper part of 

 the volutions, and the straight edge of the outer lip. 

 Aware that it is genericaUy distinguished by this latter 

 circumstance from Turritella, we should not have added 

 it to this genus, had there been any more convenient 

 place for it." 



Mr. Gray proposed the name Eglisia, and 1 am able to 

 confirm the value of the genus by the addition of two more 

 equally characteristic species, one collected by Mr. Cuming 

 at the Philippine Islands, another dredged by Sir Edward 

 Beldier in the China Seas. 



Species 1. (Mus. Cuming.) 



EGLlsi.'i. SPIRATA. Egl. testd pyramidali-turritd, anfrac- 

 tibus ad duodi'cim, superne peculiariter plano-depressis, 

 adsuturas concavo-excavalis, spiraliter subobluse liralis; 

 albidtt, fiihvsceiite-fiisco oblique inquinatd et variegatd. 



The spiral Eglisia. Shell pyramidally turreted, whorls 

 about twelve in number, peculiarly flatly depressed 

 round the upper part, concavely excavated at the 

 sutures, spirally somewhat obtusely ridged ; whitish, 

 obliquely stained and variegated with fidvous browu. 



Tun-itella spirufa, Sowerby, TaukervLUe Catalogue, App. 

 p.xiv. 



Turbo suturalis, Gray (in Wood Index Test.) 

 Eglisia suturalis, Gray (in Brit. Mus.) 

 Turritella suturalis, Kiener. 



Hab. Island of St. Thomas, West Indies ; Sowerby. 



I am not aware of any other specimens of this re- 

 markable species, than those spoken of by Mr. Sowerby in 

 the Tankerville Catalogue, as having been purchased in the 

 old collection of Mr. Humphrey. Of these the one here 

 figured is in the Cumingian collection, and another is in 

 the British Museum. 



Species 3. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Eglisia lanceolata. Egl. testd laneeolato-turritd, an- 

 fractibus ad octodecim, rotundatis, subobscure octo- 

 liratis, interstitiis sub Unte tenuissime cancellatis, 

 siduris profundi excavatis, apertwrd parvd, rotunda; 

 fulvescente-spadiced. 

 The lanceolate Eglisia. Shell lanceolately turreted, 

 whorls about eighteen in number, rounded, rather 

 obscurely eight-ridged, interstices, beneath the lens, 

 very finely cancellated, sutui-es deeply excavated, 

 aperture small, rounded ; light fidvous bay. 

 Eab. Pasacao, Island of Luzon (in sandy mud at the 

 depth of ten fathoms) ; Cimiing. 

 An interesting species collected by Mr. Cuming at the 

 above-named locality, of the same generic type as the 

 preceding, the sutures having the same excavated struc- 

 ture, though in an inferior degree. 



Species 3. (Mus. Belcher.) 



Eglisia tricaeinata. Egl. testd acute turritd, anfrac- 

 tibus ad octodecim, superiie contractis et declivibus, 

 deinde tricarinatis, sub lente longitudinaliter creber- 

 rime et tenuissime cancellato-striatis, aperturd parvd, 

 rotundd ; sordide cinereo-fuscd. 



The three-keeled Eglisia. Shell sharply turreted, 

 whorls about eighteen in number, contracted and 

 slanting round the upper part, then three-keeled, 

 beneath the lens very finely longitudinally cancel- 

 lately striated, aperture small, round; dull ashy- 

 brown. 



Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang. 



Hab. China Seas ; Belcher. 



The cancellated structure of this species is simUar to 

 that of the preceding. 



c, 18-19. 



