BALEA §.1. 583 



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



17. f. 29 — 31.) Mon.II. p. 387. 



(3. Major, anfr. 12: long. i^%, diam. i^ mill. 



2. Tristensis Leach _ __ 388. 



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



4. ventricosa Leach _ _. 339. 



5. B. Dominicensis Pfr. 



T. subperforata, sinistrorsa, turrita, sublaevigata, nitida, 

 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. IIV2, diam. 3 mill. Ap. 

 2Y2 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. sinistrorsa, brevissime rimata, turrita, tenuis, striatula, 

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

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

 dinis subaequans, ad parietem aperturalem lamelia obliqua 

 munitus, basi rotundatus; columella subtorto-plicata; apertura 

 obliqua , semiovalis; perist. tenue, expansiusculum , margine 

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

 Ap. 2V3 uiill. longa. (Mus. Cuming.) 



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

 Habitat in insulis Sandvs^ich. (Newcomb). 



7. B. peregrina Gould. •{* 



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

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

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

 apertura subquadrata; perist. continuum, aequatum, leviter 

 reflexum. — Long. %, diam. Vjo poll. (G.) 



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

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

 Habitat in Nova Seelandia. 



•) I have referred this shell to the genus Balea with much hesitation, 

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

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

 the surface of Ihe shell. (G.) 



