1 84 CARYCHIIDM, 



their eyes, and their reproductive organs are similar 

 to those of the latter family, each individual being 

 both male and female. 



GENUS,— CARY'CHIUM,'' MULLER. 

 Body and shell as above. 



CaRYCHIUM MIN'lMUM,t MULLER. Pl. IX. 



Body strongly bilobed in front, rounded behind, transparent, 

 white with a faint yellowish tinge ; snout produced to the same 

 length as the tentacles ; te?itacles closely approaching each 

 other at the base, thick, conical, tips slightly rounded but not 

 swollen ; eyes somewhat prominent, jet black ; foot powdered 

 with minute black specks, rounded in front, ending in a thick 

 and obtusely pointed tail ; lingual ribbon with 7 rows of 25 

 teeth = 175. 



Shell somewhat spindle-shaped, not very thin, transparent, 

 glossy, of a whitish colour, with numerous fine, close-set curved 

 striae in the line of growth, and a few faint spiral striae which 

 are only visible under a strong lens ; periphery rounded ; 

 epidermis moderately thick ; whorls 5-5! convex, body whorl 

 occupying about one-half of the shell ; spire with a some- 

 what acute apex ; sutiire deep ; month somewhat ear-shaped, 

 with a narrow channel below, with two fold-like teeth, one on 

 the centre of the penultimate whorl and one on the pillar, as 

 well as a sharper denticle on the inside of the outer lip ; outer 

 lip much thickened and reflected, inflected above ; inner lip 

 continuous with the other and somewhat thick; Mmbilicus 

 obhque, consisting of a mere chink. 



Inhabits most parts of Great Britain and Ireland 

 abundantly, in woods and damp situations, under 



* Of, or belonging to a herald ; so named from its resemblance to 

 the shell of Biiccimwi^ or whelk, which in ancient times was used as a 

 trumpet by heralds. t Smallest. 



