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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  MALACOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETT. 
  

  

  136. 
  Rissoa 
  auriscalpium, 
  L. 
  Frequent 
  on 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  

  

  depths, 
  dead 
  specimens 
  commonly 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  

   shingle. 
  

  

  137. 
  Rissoa 
  memhranacea, 
  Ad. 
  For 
  some 
  years 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  

  

  more 
  or 
  less 
  common 
  on 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1 
  to 
  4 
  

   fathoms. 
  

  

  138. 
  Rissoa 
  monodonta, 
  Biv. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  frequent, 
  but 
  not 
  

  

  common, 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  beach, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  shingly 
  

   corners 
  of 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  139. 
  Rissoa 
  variabilis, 
  Muhlf. 
  Common, 
  especially 
  on 
  weedy 
  and 
  

  

  rocky 
  bottoms 
  1 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  140. 
  Rissoa 
  ventficosa, 
  Desm. 
  Found 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  species, 
  

  

  but 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  common. 
  

  

  141. 
  Rissoa 
  violacea, 
  Desm. 
  Not 
  common, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge 
  from 
  

  

  weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  deptlis. 
  

  

  142. 
  Rissoa 
  cimex, 
  L. 
  The 
  shells 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  very 
  common 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  143. 
  Rissoa 
  montagui, 
  Payr. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  common 
  amongst 
  

  

  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle 
  ; 
  alive, 
  it 
  is 
  frequently 
  taken 
  from 
  

   weedy 
  bottoms 
  at 
  various 
  depths. 
  

  

  144. 
  Rissoa 
  fusca, 
  Phil, 
  llather 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  fish-ponds 
  of 
  

  

  Marsascirocco 
  Creek. 
  

  

  145. 
  Rissoa 
  micrometrica, 
  Seg. 
  Generally 
  very 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  same 
  locality 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  146. 
  Rissoina 
  brugiiieri, 
  Payr. 
  Only 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  specimens 
  found 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  147. 
  Barleja 
  rubra, 
  Adams. 
  Dead 
  and 
  generally 
  worn 
  specimens 
  

  

  are 
  common 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  148. 
  Vermetus 
  arenaritis, 
  L. 
  Commonly 
  found 
  at 
  and 
  below 
  water- 
  

  

  line 
  ; 
  dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  frequently 
  found 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   pebbles 
  on 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  beach. 
  

  

  149. 
  Vermetus 
  cristatus, 
  Biondi. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  shingle. 
  

  

  150. 
  Vermetus 
  triquetur, 
  Biv. 
  Very 
  commonly 
  found 
  almost 
  all 
  

  

  along 
  the 
  rocky 
  beach. 
  

  

  151. 
  Vermetus 
  glomeratus, 
  L. 
  This 
  species 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  more 
  frequent 
  

  

  on 
  the 
  soft 
  rocks 
  below 
  St. 
  Lucian's 
  promontory 
  and 
  at 
  

   Binghisa 
  and 
  Delimara 
  Points. 
  

  

  152. 
  Turritella 
  communis, 
  llisso. 
  Two 
  dead 
  and 
  very 
  imperfect 
  

  

  specimens 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  shingle. 
  

  

  153. 
  Turritella 
  triplicata, 
  Brocc. 
  Not 
  so 
  rare 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing 
  

  

  species 
  ; 
  the 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  are, 
  however, 
  always 
  dead 
  

   and 
  very 
  imperfect. 
  

  

  154. 
  Truncatella 
  trmicatula, 
  Drp. 
  Alive 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  gregarious 
  

  

  under 
  stones 
  about 
  waterline. 
  It 
  is 
  more 
  commonly 
  found 
  

   in 
  the 
  fish-ponds 
  of 
  Marsascirocco 
  Creek 
  ; 
  dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   common 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle 
  everywhere. 
  

   i55. 
  Scalaria 
  commufiis, 
  Lanik. 
  Very 
  sparingly 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  dredge 
  

   from 
  weedy 
  bottoms. 
  The 
  species 
  ranges 
  almost 
  from 
  water- 
  

   line 
  down 
  to 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  several 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  