﻿DESPOTT 
  : 
  MOLLUSCA 
  OF 
  MAKSASCIROCCO 
  HARBOUR, 
  MALTA. 
  179 
  

  

  156. 
  Scalaria 
  temiicosta, 
  Midi. 
  Dead 
  and 
  generally 
  imperfect 
  

  

  specimens 
  occasionally 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  157. 
  Scalaria 
  commutata, 
  Moutr. 
  Occasionally 
  met 
  with 
  along 
  the 
  

  

  rocky 
  beach, 
  but 
  more 
  frequently 
  under 
  St. 
  Luciau's 
  

   promontory 
  and 
  near 
  Biughisa 
  Point. 
  

  

  158. 
  Odostomia 
  plicata, 
  ]\[ont. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  occasionally 
  found 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  159. 
  Mathilda 
  elegantissima, 
  Costa. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  also 
  very 
  

  

  occasionally 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  160. 
  Turbonilla 
  riifa, 
  Phil. 
  More 
  common 
  than 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  with 
  

  

  which 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  found. 
  

  

  161. 
  Menestko 
  humboldtii, 
  Jlisso. 
  A 
  dead 
  specimen 
  found 
  amongst 
  

  

  the 
  shingle 
  at 
  Wied 
  il 
  Buni, 
  and 
  another 
  one 
  picked 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  

   sandy 
  beach 
  of 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  162. 
  Janthina 
  bicolor, 
  Menk. 
  Dead 
  and 
  generally 
  very 
  imperfect 
  

  

  specimens 
  are 
  every 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  cast 
  ashore, 
  especially 
  in 
  

   winter. 
  

  

  163. 
  Ealima 
  polita, 
  L. 
  Frequent, 
  but 
  not 
  common; 
  these 
  shells 
  are 
  

  

  generally 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  shingly 
  corner 
  at 
  Birzebbugia. 
  

  

  164. 
  Eidima 
  interviedia. 
  Cantr. 
  Two 
  live 
  specimens 
  dredged 
  on 
  

  

  a 
  weedy 
  bottom 
  about 
  4 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  165. 
  Ealima 
  distorta, 
  Desh. 
  Dead 
  and 
  generally 
  very 
  imperfect 
  

  

  specimens 
  are 
  occasionally 
  found 
  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  166. 
  Eulima 
  suhidata, 
  Donov. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  occasionally 
  

  

  found 
  with 
  the 
  foregoing. 
  

  

  167. 
  Eulimella 
  acicula, 
  Phil. 
  Found 
  very 
  sparingly 
  amongst 
  the 
  

  

  sand 
  and 
  shingle 
  at 
  Cala 
  Fraua, 
  Birzebbugia, 
  and 
  Cala 
  San 
  

   Giorgio. 
  

  

  168. 
  Natica 
  millepimctata, 
  Lamk. 
  Not 
  common, 
  generally 
  taken 
  

  

  on 
  shingly 
  bottoms 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  1 
  to 
  8 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  169. 
  Natica 
  hmbrea, 
  Mart. 
  Apparently 
  scarcer 
  than 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  

  

  with 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  generally 
  found. 
  

  

  170. 
  Natica 
  dillwyni, 
  Payr. 
  Very 
  scarce 
  ; 
  dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  found 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle 
  ; 
  alive, 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  the 
  muddy 
  bottom 
  of 
  Marsascirocco 
  Creek. 
  

  

  171. 
  Natica 
  ffuilletnini, 
  Payr. 
  Two 
  or 
  three 
  dead 
  specimens 
  found 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  172. 
  Natica 
  intricata, 
  Donov. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

  

  common 
  in 
  some 
  localities, 
  such 
  as 
  Marsascirocco 
  Creek 
  ; 
  live 
  

   ones, 
  however, 
  are 
  very 
  sparingly 
  met 
  with. 
  

  

  173. 
  Adeorbis 
  subcarinata, 
  Mont. 
  Dead 
  specimens 
  are 
  very 
  occa- 
  

  

  sionally 
  found 
  amongst 
  the 
  sand 
  and 
  shingle. 
  

  

  174. 
  Lamellariaperspicua,~L. 
  Not 
  frequent 
  ; 
  inhabits 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  

  

  at 
  various 
  depths 
  ; 
  its 
  shell 
  is 
  occasionally 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  

   beaches. 
  

  

  175. 
  Cerithiiim 
  vulgattim, 
  Brug. 
  The 
  smaller 
  form 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  

  

  very 
  common 
  and 
  widely 
  distributed, 
  but 
  is 
  most 
  abundant 
  

   in 
  the 
  muddy 
  and 
  weedy 
  bottoms 
  of 
  Marsascirocco 
  Creek, 
  in 
  

   which 
  locality 
  the 
  larger 
  form 
  was 
  once 
  also 
  rather 
  common, 
  

   but 
  has 
  now 
  become 
  very 
  scarce. 
  

  

  