i84 CARYCHIID^. 



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 ; tentacles 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 5-5I convex, body whorl 

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

 what acute apex ; suture deep ; mouth 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 ; iimer lip 

 continuous with the other and somewhat thick; uinbilicus 

 oblique, 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 Bucciimm, or whelk, which in ancient times was used as a 

 trumpet by heralds. t Smallest. 



