BALEA §. 1. 583 



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1. perversa L. (Coll. i. — Kiist. Pupa p. 142. t. 



17. f. 29 — 31.) Aloii. 11. p. 387 



p. Major, anfr. 12: long. f 1 '/5 , diam. 273 iiiill. 



2. Tristensis Leach - -- 388. 



3. Sarsi Phil. (Coll. 2.) - - - 388- 



4. ventricosa Lieach - -. 389. 



5. B. Dominicensis Pfr. 



T. subperforata, sinistrorsa, turrita, sublaevigata, iiitida, 

 olivaceo-cornea ; spira regulariter attenuata, apice acuta; anfr. 

 12 convexi, ultimus infra medium subangulatus; aperiura ver- 

 ticalis, subovalis; perist. simplex, rectum, margine columellari 

 verticali, breviter reflexo. — Long. HVa, diam. 3 mill. Ap. 

 ^Ya mill. longa, 1% lata. (Mus. Cuming. An adult.?) 



Balea Dominicensis Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850. 

 Habitat in insula Haiti (Salle). 



6. B. Newcombi Pfr. 



T. sinislrorsa, brevissime rimata , turrita, tenuis, striatula, 

 nitida, pellucida, pallide cornea, fascia 1 rufa ornala; spira 

 elongala, apice acuta; anfr. 7 planiusculi, ultimus y^ longitu- 

 diriis subaequans, ad parietem aperturalem laniella obliqua 

 munitus, basi rotundatus; columella subtorto-plicata; apertura 

 obliqua , semiovalis; perist. tenue, expaiisiusculum , margine 

 columellari superne dilatalo, reflexo. — Long. 7, diam. 3 mill. 

 Ap. 2V3 "'iH- longa. (Mus Cuming.) 



Balea Newcomhi Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 9 Dec. 1851. 

 Habitat in insulis Sandwich. (Newcomb). 



7. B. peregrina Gould. ^ 



T. parva, sinistrorsa, elongata, subfusiformis, solida, opaca, 

 rufo-cinerea, vix striata, perforata; spira ad apicem mamil- 

 lala; anfr. 8 planulati, subtabulati; sutura linearis, profunda; 

 apertura subquadrata; perist. continuum, aequatum, leviter 

 reflexum. — Long. %, diam. Vio poH. (G.) 



Balea peregrina Gould in Proc. Bost. Soc. 1848. p. 198; Ex- 

 ped. shells p. 34 *). Ed. 1851. p. 91. f. 105. 

 Habitat in iNova Seelandia. 



•) I tiave referred tliis shell lo the genus Balea with inuch hesitiition, 

 on account of its locality. It is reinarkable for its fusiform , turreted 

 shape , and for the high walls of its aperture , which rise to a level wilh 

 Iho siirface of Ihe shell. (G.) 



