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derably increased. In the fossil state many Eidimcc are 

 met with, even in the older formations. 



The animal of Eulima was first made known by 

 Philippi. It has since been examined and described by 

 several malacologists. Yet, strange to say, by more than 

 one recent writer it has been treated as amongst those im- 

 perfectly understood groups of which only the shell has as 

 yet been made known. 



E. poLiTA, Linnseus. 



Moderately large, lanceolate, solid, uniform white, scarcely at 

 all arcuated, not compressed : mouth ovate or oval, but peaked 

 above. 



Plate XCII. fig. 1, 2, 3, and (Animal) Plate K K. figs. 2 and 3. 



Ildia: polita, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. 12, p. 1241 (probably). — Pulteney, 

 Hutchins, Hist. Dorset, p. 49. — Mont. Test. Brit. vol. ii. 

 p. 398; Suppl. p. 141 (chiefly). — Maton and Rack. Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. vol. viii. p. 210. — Rack. Dorset Catalog, p. 55, pi. 19, 

 f. 15. 

 Stromhiformis alhus, Da Costa, Brit. Conch, p. 116. 

 Turbo alius, DoNOV. Brit. Shells, vol. v. pi. 177. 

 „ po/j<i<s, TuRT. Conch. Diction, p. 217 (chiefly). — Dillw. Recent Shells, 

 vol. ii. p. 881.— Wood, Index Testae, pi. 32, f. 159. 

 liissoa Uoscii, Payreaudeau, Moll. Corse, p. 112, pi. 5, f. 15, 16. 

 rhasiu7iella poliia, Fleming, Brit. Animals, p. 301. 

 AMania Boscii, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 157. 

 Eulima Aiiglica, Sovverby, Zool. Proc. 1834 ; Conch. Illust. Eul. f. 8. 



„ polita, Brit. Marine Conch, p. 187, f. 49. — Brown, Illust. Conch. (J. \i. 

 p. 14, pi. 9, f. 59, 60. — Desh. Lam. Anim. s. Vert. vol. viii. 



p. 453. — Reeve, Conch. Icon. pi. 209, f. 5 Philippi, IMoll. 



Sicil. vol. ii. p. 134. — Searles Wood, Crag Mollusc, vol. i. 

 p. 96, pi. 19, f. 1 (fossil). 



The chief character by which the shells of this genus 

 are distinguishable from each other is the pro])ortion of 

 their parts. For all the species are alike lustrous, smooth, 

 and flat-surfaced, and very few of the known species 

 are otherwise than snowy white. Hence considerable 



