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ovate-oblong, lip thin, canal rather short. Scarborough. 

 Extremely like Fusus Turricula but is more inflated, 

 the strics, twice as many, and has a distinct notch at 

 the upper angle of the outer Up. 



P. SMITHII. Forbes in Annals Nat. Hist. 5* p. 107. 

 t. 2.f. 14. Fusiform, turreted, when magnified seems 

 most delicately striated, yellowish white with numerous 

 spiral bands of yellowish brown; whorls eight, slightly 

 rounded, slightly angulated above, with twelve strong 

 longitudinal ribs, sutures deep ; aperture oblong lan- 

 ceolate, much shorter than the spire, lip thickened by a 

 rib, canal short and slightly inclined. 0,40. Arran. 



P. COARCTATA. Forbes Annals Nat. His. 6. t. 2. 

 /. 15. p. 107. Dusky white, with obscure rufous spiral 

 bands, narrow fusiform, strong, spirally striated ; whorls 

 seven, slightly rounded, with seven strong longitudinal 

 ribs ; aperture narrow lanceolate, beak moderate. 0,40. 

 Arran. Narrower than the last, and the mouth and 

 beak longer and much more attenuated. 



P. DECUSSATA. Macgyl. Alter, p. 172. Elon- 

 gated, fusiform, rather thick, yellowish white, with the 

 spire tapering to a fine point ; suture distinct ; whorls 

 rounded, with longitudinal ribs narrower than their 



