62 BOOK OF SPECIES, 
P. DOLABRATA. Conical, turreted; suture 
strongly marked ; whorls smooth, white, convex, 
and girded by yellow spiral lines ; pillar twisted ; 
outer lip of adult specimens toothed; the teeth 
.prolonged. 13. EK. 452. 2. 
P. pticATA. Ovate-oblong, solid, with smooth 
longitudinal plaits, white, with transverse series 
of reddish-brown spots; the interstices of the 
plaits transversely striated ; the last whorl shorter 
than the slightly turgid spire; mouth small; no 
umbilicus. 2#...2. W. 20. 119. 
P. macutosa. Turreted, subulate, longi- 
tudinally striated, white, with reddish scattered 
spots and dots; whorls numerous; body-whorl 
much shorter than the spire; when young smooth. 
2...%. EH. 452. 1 ab. | 
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LES SCALARIENS. 
VERMETUS. 
Thin, tubulose, loosely spiral in the lower part ; 
three or four upper volutions regularly spiral ; 
attached to other substances by the apex of the 
spire; aperture round; margins united and 
operculated. 
V. LUMBRICALIS. Variously twisted, reddish 
brown, sometimes clouded with a darker brown. 
2to3. W. 38. 21. 
