CIRCE 



Plate IV. 



Species 14. (Fig. n, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



ClKCE MINIMA. C'irc. testa orLicidari-corclnl/i , interdimi 

 ventricosd,fulvescente-albd, rufo-fusco Untiginosd vel 

 rndiathn, iiuicidatri, conceiitrice conspicne striata, 

 striis plus mums irregulnribiis. 



The very small Circe. Shell orbicularly heart -shnped, 

 sometimes veutricose, fulvous white, freckled or ra- 

 diately blotched with red-brown, concentrically con- 

 spicuously striated, strise more or less irregular. 



J'eiius vi'mima, Montagu, Test. Brit. p. 131. pi. 3. f. 3. 

 Venus triaiiff/ildfis, Montagu. 

 Ci/prina minima, Turton. 

 Cyprina triaiiffula/is, Turton. 

 (Jtjtlierea triuiujularis, Macgillivray. 

 Cytherea apicalis, Philippi. 

 Circe triangularis. King. 

 Ci/therea Cyrilli, Philippi. 

 Cijtlierea minima. Brown. 

 Cytherea m,imda. Brown. 

 Circe minima, Forbes and llanley. 



Hill). European Seas. 



This well-known species, the smallest of the genus, 

 varies curiously in convexity and in marking. It is very 

 generally distributed throughout the British Isles. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Circe Artemis. Circ. testa orbiculuto-lcnticulari, de- 

 pressd, Candida, rufo-fiisco obsolete sparsim radiatd, 

 lunula et area lirjamenti riifo macnlatd, concentrice 

 lirato-slrifitd, interstitiis crispato-puiictatis. 



The Artemis Circe. Shell orbicularly lens-shaped, de- 

 pressed, white, obsoletely sparingly rayed with red- 

 Ijrown, lunule and ligamentary area red-spotted, con- 

 centrically ridge-striated, interstices crisply punc- 

 tured. 



Deshayes, Cat. Conch. Mus. Brit. p. S6. 



Hab. ? 



Bright opake white, peculiarly sparingly rayed with red- 

 brown dots or broken spots of the same colour. 



Species 1(5. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 

 Circe sulc.\.ta. Circ. testa sublrigono-orbicidari , leidi- 



cidari, depressd, fidvescente-albd, rnfescente-castaneo 

 radiatd vel phis minus cojnose tinctd, concentrice teniii- 

 liratd, snlcis interstitialibus crispato-puuctatis. 



The grooved Circe. Shell somewhat triangularly orbicu- 

 lar, lens-shaped, depressed, fulvous white, rayed or 

 more or less copiously stained with reddish-chestnut, 

 concentrically finely ridged, interstitial grooves crisply 

 punctured. 



Gray, Cat. Cyth. Anal. vol. viii. p. 107. 

 Cytlwrea sulcata, Hanley. 

 Cytherea erytliraa, Jonas. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



Extremely variable in marking, but the marks are gene- 

 rally of the same uniform reddish-chestnut colour. 



Species 17. (Mus. Cuming.) 



GlKCE plebeia. Circ. testa oljliqne orbiculari, depressd, 

 albidd, rufo-fusco sparsissime obsoletii lineari-iindatd, 

 concentrice tenuiliratd, sulcis interstitialibus crispato- 

 puuctatis. 



The poor Circe. Shell obliquely orbicular, depressed, 

 whitish, very sparingly obsoletely linearly waved with 

 red-brown, concentrically finely ridged, interstitial 

 grooves crisply punctured. 



Cytherea plebeia, Hanley, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, p. lOi). 

 Index Test. Supp. pi. 15. f. 37. 

 Circe plebeia, Sowerby. 

 Circe sulcata, var., Deshayes. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Ciuniug. 



AVe give a figiire of this shell as being the type of 

 jMr. Hauley's Cytherea plebeia, but it may prove, as sug- 

 gested by M. Deshayes, to be a large obliquely produced 

 variety of the preceding species. The details of sculpture 

 ai'e the same. 



Fig. 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



This interesting small shell, nuirked throughout with an 

 angular network of red-brown lines, proves to be C. cor- 

 rugata in an early stage of growth. 



■October, 1863. 



