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Penicillus radix; Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 312, 185S. 



Description. — "P. testa valvis ovatis, utrinque subangulatis ; vagina 

 superne conipressa. et longitudinaliter sulcata ; inferne globoso-tuinida, de 

 inde anguste contracts ; fimbria ainpla, tubulis elongatis, confertis, parum 

 irregularibus ; disco parvo, profuse minute perforato." — Reeve. 



Hab. — Amboina. 



Mr. Reeve does not consider tbis species as positively distinct, but states 

 tbat Mr. Cuming possesses tbree specimens, all alike. Judging from tbe 

 figure and description, I do not doubt its specific weight. 



Subgenus Clepsydra. 



4. P. strangulata, Chenu, sp. 



Aspergillum strangulatum, Chenu, Illust. Conch, p. 3, t. 2, f. 4. 

 Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Brechites strangnlatus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Penicillus (S. G. Clepsydra) strangulatus, H. and A. Adams, ii. p. 649, 



1858. 

 Clepsydra strangulata, Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 313, 1858. 

 Description. — "P. vagina longa, clavata, varie picta, superne strangulata; 

 disco piano, tubulis minimis tecto ; fimbria regulariter triplicate ; fissura 

 recta; valvis inaequalibus, incluso-depressis." — Chenu. 

 Hab.—'N. E. Coast of Australia. 



FCEGIA. 



1. F. agglutinans, Lamarck, sp. 



Aspergillum agglutinans, Lamarck, Anim. Sans Vert. v. p. 430, 1818. 

 " (Desh. edit.) Anim. Sans. Vert. vi. 

 p. 21, 1835. 

 Deshayes, Encyc. Meth. Vers. ii. p. 73, 1830. 

 Cuvier, Regne Anim. (Audouin's ed.) 1. 119, f. 1. 

 Hanley, Desc. Cat. p. 2, t. 10, f. 19, 1842. 

 Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Chenu, Illust. Conch. Asp. p. 2, t. 3, f. 2. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 4, f. 18, 1860. 

 Brechites agglutinans, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Fcegia agglutinans, " " " ii. p. 650, 1858. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 313, 1858. 

 Aspergillum Nova Zelandise, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. v. p. 430, 1818. 



" (Desh. ed.) Anim. sans Vert. vi. 



p. 21, 1835. 

 Hanley, Desc. Cat. p. 2, t. 9, f. 54, 1842. 

 Chenu, 111. Conch. Asp. p. 2, t. 2, f. 6, 7, 8, 9. 

 Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 4, f. 17, I860. 

 Penicillus Nova Zelandise, Bosc. Hist. Nat. des Moll. i. p. 154, 1824. 

 Brechites (S. G. Fcegia,) Nova Zelandse, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. 



p. 339, 1856. 

 Aspergillum Nova Hollandiae, Chenu, 111. Conch. Asp. p. 4, t. 4, f. 8. 



Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Brechites (S. G. Fcegia,) Nova Hollandiae, H. and A. Adams, ii. p. 339, 



1856. 

 Description. — "F. testa, valvis (obtectis) ; vagina clavata, arenulas, cal- 

 culus, et conchas dense agglutinante ; fimbria vix nulla, tubulis brevissimis, 

 subamplis, irregularibus ; disco convexo, sparsim perforato, perforationibus 

 subamplis, subpapillaribus. ' ' — Reeve. 

 Hab. — New Holland. 



