156 ACTiEON. 



A. PUsiLLUS (Forbes) Jeffreys. 



Shell ovate-globose, whitish ; whorls 4, regularly and deeply 

 punctate-striate ; aperture oblong. Length 4, breadth 2 mill. 

 (Fbs.). 



Lycia ; Naxia (Forbes); Palermo and San Vito, 90-210 fms. 

 (Monts.) ; Off Havana, 450 fms. (Sigsbee) ; off Sand Key, 111 fms. 

 (Blake) ; off Sombrero L, 450 fms. (Chall.) ; Madeira 20-50 fms. 

 (Watson). 



Tornatella pusilla Forbes, Rep. Aeg. Invert., Rep. Brit. Asso. 

 Adv. Sci. 1843, p. 191. — AdoEon jnisilla Jeffr., Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 (4), vi, p. 84 ; I. c. (5), x, p. 34. — Monterosato Enumerazione, etc.> 

 p. 50; Journ. de Conchy). 1878, p. 160 (A. " pupillus").—SEGV- 

 ENZA, Form. Terz. Calab. p. 251. — Watson, Chall. Rep. Gastr., p. 

 627.— Ball., Blake Gastr., p. 39. 



This species has not, I believe, been figured. 

 A. EXiLis Jeffreys. PI. 19, figs. 4, 5, 6. 



Shell oblong or somewhat spindle-shaped, semitransparent, and 

 glossy ; sculpture, numerous spiral strise or impressed lines, which 

 are quite smooth or plain, instead of being punctate as in other 

 species of this genus; color clear white; spire elongated, with a 

 blunt apex ; whorls three moderately convex ; the last occupies 

 three-fourths of the spire ; the first is mammiform ; suture distinct, 

 margined ; mouth rather narrow, irregularly pear-shaped, expanded 

 at the base; length three-fifths of the shell; outer lip gently curved, 

 and folding inwards; inner lip folded back on the lower part; 

 pillar flexuous; fold strong and cons})icuous. (Jeffr.). 



Alt. 4-7 mill. 



Mediterranean Sea, 92-1465 fms. ; Bay of Biscay, 227-924 fms.; 

 K Atlantic, 227-1456 fms. (Jeflr.) ; off Fayal, 450-500 fms. (Chal- 

 lenger) ; Off e. coast Florida, 150-200 fms. and Campeehe Bank, 

 Gulf of Mexico, 200 fms. (Rush) ; Off Martha's Vineyard, 312-487 

 fms. (Verrill). 



Actceon exilis Jeffr., Ann. Mag. N. H. (4), vi, p. 85, 1870. — 

 Watson, Chall. Rep. Gastr. p. 625, 1886.— Ball, Blake Rep. Gastr. 

 p. 38, 1889. — Dautzenberg, Resultats Campagnes Sci. le Prince 

 Albert I, i, p. 20, pi. 1, f 1. — Auriculina Mtscu/j^to Verrill, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus. iii, p. 381, 1880. — Actceon nitidus Verrill, Tr. 

 Conn. Acad, v, p. 540, pi. 58, f 21, 1882.—?^. nitidusSEG., Form. 

 Terz. Calab., p. 251. 



