154 UROSALPTNX. 



U, MoRRisi, D linker. 



Solid, oyate-fusiform, with acute apex ; the convex whorls have 

 ahout ten ribs crossed by revolving linv ; aperture sulcate 

 within; cauda short, subrimate ; canal open, a little incurved, 

 wliite, with tliree fuseus bands. Length 1'3 inches, lat. -1 inch. 



Habitat ? 



Has not been figured. Is said to be distinguished from U. 

 cinerea, Say, by its greater size, more tumid whorls, more pro- 

 found sutures and distinct sculpture. Descrilied as a Trophon, 

 but evidently belongs to Vrosalpinx. 



U. CANCELLINA, Pliil. PL .39, fig. 492. 



Longer and narrower than U. cinerea^ Say, the ribs and re- 

 volving lirj^ both more numerous, the former sixteen, the latter 

 twenty-four in number on the body. Dirty white, violet within. 



Length, I".") inches. 



Magellan'' s Straits. 



IT. Wahlbergi, Krauss. PI. 31, fig. 336. 



A solid, whitish species, most nearly allied to [^. cancellina, 



Phil. Length, 1"5 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



U. BiRiLEFFi, Lischke. PI 33, fig. Sr.O. 



Solid, subturreted fusiform ; yellowish brown to chestnut, 

 sometimes mottled ; whorls seven, convex, shouldered ; imbri- 

 cated costula" cross eight or nine longitudinal ribs ; lip crenulate, 

 thickened and dentate within ; aperture violet or reddish. 



Length, 1 incli. 



' Japan. 



IT. FicuLA, Reeve. PI. 39, fig. 419. 



Somewhat pyriform, spire rather short, whorls longitudinally 



ribbed, ribs somewhat distant, obtusel}^ keeled round the upper 



part, corded with raised lines, alternately smaller. Light brown, 



lines reddish brown. Length, '9 inch. 



Midiilla? (Cuming.) 



Ver}' close to U. Pairse^ Crosse, and very closely allied to U. 



Birilcjfi, above. 



