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y. Much elongated, conic, acuminated, thin, scarcely shining-, 

 horn-coloured rufous. 

 Auricula myosotis, var. elongata, Kiist. Auric, p. 69. t.8. f. 21,22. 



Hab. Coasts of Mediterranean Sea and in Britain ; also in Ame- 

 rica ; var. j3. in Istria and Dalmatia ; var. y. extremely rare 

 near Zara. 



6. Alexia ciliata. 



Shell ovate-conoidal, brownish-horny, very minutely striated, 

 -with the apex pointed ; whorls seven to eight, narrow, attenu- 

 ated, ciliated beneath the suture, the last one dilated; colu- 

 mella often bearing two teeth. Length 8-0 mill, (illb'r.). 



Auricula ciliata, Morelet, Moll, tlu Portugal, p. 77. pi. 7. f. 4. 

 Alexia ciliata, Pfr. Mon. Auric, p. 150. 



Hab. Portugal. 



7. Alexia ditbia. 



Shell ovate, light, homy ; whorls six, the last the largest ; 

 aperture elongate; columella three-plaited. Height 2| lines 

 (Cantr.). 



Auricula dubia, Cantraine in Bull. Brux. ii. 1836, p. 383. 



Myosotis brevis, Ziee/l. 3ISS. 



Pythia dubia, Beck, Ind. p. 104. n. 3. 



Alexia dubia, Pfr. Syn. Auric, n. 157 ; Mon. Auric, p. 150. 



Hab. Coasts of Dalmatia {Cantr.). 



8. Alexia reflexilabris. B.M. 



Shell imperforate, ovate-conic, rather solid, nearly smooth, 

 shining, dark chestnut-coloured; spire conic, pointed; suture 

 slight, bordered ; whorls eight, moderately convex, the last a 

 little longer than the spire, rounded at base; aperture nearly per- 

 pendicular, wide, ovate ; parietal plait single, compressed, enter- 

 ing; columellar plait twisted, flat, scarcely prominent; peri- 

 stome bordered with white, somewhat expanded; columellar 

 margin dilated, adnate. Length 9, breadth 4 mill. 



Auricula myosotis, D'Orbigny, Synops. p. 23. 



Auricula reflexikbrifl, 2)' Or%ray, Voy.Amer. p. 326.pl.42.f. 1-3. 



Pythia reflex ilabris, Beck, Ind. p. 104. n. 4. 



Alexia reflexilabris, March, Cat. Told. p. 38. n. 786. 



//. and A. Adams inProc. Zool. Sac. 1854, p. 33. n. 3; Gen. 

 rec. Moll. ii. p. 241. 



J'fr. Syn. Auric, n. 159; Mon. Auric, p. 150. 

 Hab. Callao near Lima. 



