Eglisia, Callostracum, Mesalin, Sfc. S6o 



Maine. Soc. vol. vi. p. 281, fig. 5), lias somewhat the general 

 aspi'ct of E. tricaiinnta. It is a true Turritella^ allied to 

 T. knysnaensis, Kiauss. 



Eglisia lanceolafa, Reeve. 



1849. Eglisia lanceolata, Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. v. pi. i. figs. 2 «. 2 6. 

 1859. Turritella {Eglisia) lanceolata : Chenu, Man. Cunchyl. p. 317, 



fi?. 2288. 

 1887. Eglisia lanceolata : Try on, Man. Conch, vol. ix. p. 86, pi. xviii. 



fig. 59 (after Reeve). 



Hah. Pasacao, Island of Luzon, Philippines, in sandy mud 

 at a depth of 10 fathoms {Reeve). 



To tlie descrijition given hy Iteeve it may be added that, 

 besides the "obscure longitudinal vaiices^' wliich occur 

 irregularly up the spire, the base of the body-whorl is of a 

 uniform darker brown tint than the rest of the shell. 



Eglisia elegans^ Melvill. 



1909. Eglisia elegans, Melvill, Trans. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xiii. p. 84, 

 pi. V. ifig. 7. 



Hab. Saya de Malha Banks, Statiou C -4, 150 fathoms 

 {'SleUill). 



This locality is situated in the western part of the Indian 

 Ocean, S.E. of the Seychelles Islands. 



This pure white shell exhibits at irregular intervals 

 "obscure longitudinal varices" (former lips), and the 

 columella is united to the end of the outer lip by a thin 

 callus. 



Callostracum, Smith. 



Callostracum, Smith, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1909, vol. iv. p. 229. 

 Smithia (preoc), Maltzan, Nachrichtsblatt deutsch. malak. Gesell. 

 1883, p. 97, tig. 



This genus has been placed in Eglisia by Tryon, and con- 

 sidered a seciion of it by Fischer ; but, in my opinion, it 

 should be held distinct, since the character of the aperture is 

 considerably different, and the operculum is described as 

 multispiralj with subcentral nucleus. 



Callostracum gracile (Maltzan). 

 Sinithia gracilis, Maltzan, /. c. stqn-a, 



Hab. North side of the Island of Goree, Senegambia, 

 ^Vest Airica (Mal(zan\ 



