88 fusus. 



mouth is comparatively short but expanded, and the canal 

 very short. 



104. norvagicus, f. 122, Chemnitz. — Testa ovata, lsevis, 

 porcellana alba aut pallide carnea, spira brevi, apice obtuso, 

 anfractibus 5, rotunde declivibus, ultimo oblongo, ventricoso; 

 apertura subovata, labio externo expanso, canali brevissimo. — 

 Of a somewhat oval form and porcellanous texture, delicately 

 white under the epidermis and often of a beautiful pale 

 flesh tint in the mouth. The outer lip has a volute-like 

 expansion. 



105. antiqucs, f. Ill, 113, 114, 115, 116, 146, Linnceus. 

 — Testa alba, vel rufo fusca, solida, ventricosa, dextralis vel 

 sinistralis, striis insequalibus, raro fasciculatis cincta ; an- 

 fractibus 8 plerumque superne declivibus, plerumque rotunde 

 subangulatis, apice papillari ; apertura pyriformi magna, 

 intus frequenter aurea, margine subexpanso, subincrassato, 

 canali brevi lato, truncato. Variat carinis acutis crenulatis 

 cincta. — Our figs. 113, 114, represent the ordinary form, 

 115 the ordinary sinistral form, young, 111 is from a fine 

 specimen in Mr. Hanley's Collection, in which the whorls 

 are reversed and the stria? collected in bundles. This 

 variety is figured in Reeve for F. contrarius, Lamarck, but 

 the description in Lamarck only refers to the shell being sinis- 

 tral, and the figures cited are those of the common reversed 

 whelk. F. 116 shows a carinated specimen of Mr. Hanley's, 

 which he is inclined to refer to F. carinatns of Pennant, 

 but which shews signs of being very closely connected with 

 this species. 



106. despectcs, f. 107, Lamarck. —Testa subovato-ventri- 

 cosa, tenuiuscula, rudis, spiraliter striata et distanter lirata, 

 superne ad angulum anfractuum acute nodosa ; spira pyra- 

 midata acuminata, anfractibus 8, supra medium angulatis, 

 supra angulum declivibus, infra angulum bicarinatis ; apice 

 papillari ; ultimo anfractu magno, ventricoso ; apertura 

 subrotundo, margine foliatim reflexo, canali brevi. — The 

 growth of this shell is very irregular, in some parts exfoliated, 

 in others tuberculated and keeled. The young is very dif- 

 ferent from the full-grown form. 



107. ltkatus, f. 117, 124, Martyn. — Testa solida, angu- 

 latim subovata, fulva, laevigata, liris fusus spiralibus pro- 

 minentibus costata ; spira turrita, anfractibus angulatis ; 

 apertura subpyriformi, superne angulata.— Some have re- 



