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T. lineatus: shell broad, not perforated, smooth, marked 



with zigzag lines. 

 T. millegramis : shell with spiral serrated ribs on the whorls, 



and a prominent marginal belt. 

 T, undulatus : shell very small, broad, undulated near the 



suture of the whorls, pinkish, spirally ribbed, with a 



large umbilicus. 

 T. Micinus: small, transparent, smooth. Animal orange 



mixed with grey, with five cirrhi on each side of the 



body. 

 T. pusillns : smooth, microscopically minute. 

 II. Phasianella. 



p. jmllus is the only specimen we have of this genus. It 

 is very small, smooth, not so oval as the well-known ele- 

 gantly-painted type, and has a rounded shelly operculum. In 

 its way, however, it is quite a gem. It is variously orna- 

 mented with markings of purplish, crimson, or brown. Tliese 

 markings are sometimes in rows of spots, sometimes in 

 clouded mottling, sometimes in wavy lines, but always ex- 

 quisitely arranged. The animal partakes of the bright hues 

 of its testaceous covering. It has very long hairy tentacula, 

 with eye-peduncles at the base, fringed neck-lobes, and a 

 pointed foot. In walking, our little Phasianella gives a 



