CHEMNITZIA. 251 



This very scarce shell, the anirnal of which has not as 

 yet beeu observed, was first dredged, though dead, in seven 

 fathoms at the entrance of Dartmouth Harbour (M' An- 

 drew and E. F.). It has since been taken alive in Torbay 

 near Brixham (S. H. and Dr. Battersby). It lias been 

 taken in Asturias by Mr. M'Andrew. 



C. scALARis, Philippi. 



Scalar, rather short, white, with two tawny revolving fillets ; 

 ribs very prominent, narrow, straight, their rather broad intervals 

 adorned with several raised spiral lines, basal declination flattish ; 

 mouth subquadrate. 



Plate XCIV. fig. 5. 



Melania scalaris, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 157, pi. 9, f- 9. 



Chemnitzia „ Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. ii. p. 137. 



Odostomia „ Jeffreys, Ann. Nat. Hist, new series, vol. ii. p. 34G (var. a.) 



Among collectors this shell has generally been distin- 

 guished by the manuscript name Jeffreysii^ a merited com- 

 pliment to one, Avhose ardour in collecting the materials 

 for the fitting study of the British Testacea is only equalled 

 by the liberality with which he throws open his stores to 

 all who, like himself, have devoted their earnest attention 

 to the advancement of Conchology. 



This elegant shell is turreted-scalariform, not particu- 

 larly slender, and tapers rather quickly to a bluntish 

 point. It is moderately strong, more or less glossy, and 

 girt on a white ground, with spiral bands of fulvous, of 

 which hue there are two bauds, one narrow and subsu- 

 tural, the other broader and inframedial, on each of the 

 principal whorls of the spire, with a third additional one 

 on the body that revolves from the posterior end of the 

 suture to the anterior base of the aperture. The worn 



