48 NERITINA. 



aperture diiiphanuuf;, showing the external markings, eolumellar 

 area bhiisli, finely punctate. Diam. 6 mill. 



Co-^fu, Cephalonia, perhaps also Dahnatia. 

 It is ^V. rimlls, Zglr., N. picturata, Jan, N. lutescens, Muhlf., N. 

 Baetica, Mousson, X. Salatana, Zelebor. 



N. MERIDIONALLS, Phil. PI. 16, figs. 85-37. 



Turbinate, with rather high spire, last whorl obliquely transverse, 

 very smoothly striulate, a little shining, yellowish, with zigzag red, 

 l^urple or black strigations, more or less confluent, so that the sur- 

 face sometimes appears of the darker color, with flecks of the 

 lighter; eolumellar area a little hollowed, very slightly rugulose, 

 whitish, (;olored above. Diam. 8'5 mill. 



Sicily. 



The synonyms are ^V. Philippii, Recluz, N. tessellata, Ziegler. 



Var. NIGROC.95RULEA, Parr. Fig. 87. 



Smaller, slightly more gloliose, black, tlie markings obsolete. 



Diam. 7 mill. 



Sicily, Algiers, 



It is X. iiif/rita, Ziegl., ^V. Prerostinna, Benoit, and X. Maresi, 

 Bourg. The latter from Algiers. 



N. ELONGATULA, Morelct. PL 16, figs. 38-40. 



Very obliquely transverse, slightly striulate, whitish or yellowish, 

 with orange or purple zigzag or anastomosing lines, sometimes close 

 enough to form a dark ground on Avliich the lighter color appears 

 as irregularly triangular specks ; eolumellar area convex, white, 

 lightly rugulose, callous and distinctly margined posteriorly. 



Diam. 6-12 mill. 



Portiujul. 



N. Baetica, Sowb., N. violacea (fig. 39), X. uiquinata, Morelet, 

 and X. lutesfa, Reeve (fig. 40), are synonyms. The latter appears 

 to be very similar to X. inquinata. 



N. HisPALENsis, von Martens. PI. 16, fig. 41. 



Transversely globose, last whorl swollen, slightly rugose, orange- 

 brown or light olivaceous, with close, subvertical, undulating or 

 angulated black or dark brown strigations, sometimes interrupted ; 

 eolumellar area convex, minutely punctulate, greyish yellow, cal- 

 lous posteriorly. Diam. 7 mill. 



Southern Spain. 



