114 BRACHIOPODA. 



** Loop two-lobed. Cistella (Gray). 



2. Argiope cuneata. 



Shell very small, transversely subquadrate, with a few obscure 

 radiating ribs ; colour pale, with the interspaces of the ribs bright 

 red ; interior of dorsal valve with a single, central septum and a 

 two-lobed loop. Lon. 2, lat. 21 lines. 



Terebratula cuneata, Risso, Eur. Merid. f. 179, 1826. 



Blainv. D. S. N. hii. 146. 



Philippi, Moll. Sicil. i. p. 96. t. 6. f. 13. 



Sow. Thes. Conch, p. 355. t. 71- f- 83, 84. 

 Anomia Pera, MUhlfeldt, Berlin Gesell. i. p. 205, 1829. 

 Orthis Pera, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. 

 Terebratula Soldaniana, Risso, Eur. Merid. f. 178, 1826. 



Blainv. D. S. N. Uii. 146. 

 Terebratula detruncata, Scacchi, Catal. p. 17 (not Gmel.), 

 Argiope cuneata, Dav. Ann. Nat. Hist. 1852, p. 373. 

 Hab. Mediterranean, 28-69 fathoms. 



3. Argiope Neapolitana. B.M. 



Shell minute, pale brown, translucent, smooth, or obscurely 

 ribbed ; beak produced and pointed ; area narrow ; foramen deep, 

 bordered by the deltidia ; dorsal valve subquadrate, slightly lobed 

 in front ; margins thickened internally ; septum single, central ; 

 loop two-lobed. Lon. 2, lat. 2 lines (fig. 23). 



Terebratula Neapolitana, Scacchi, Oss. Zool. ii. p. 18, 1833. 



Orthis Neapolitana, Philippi, Moll. Sicil. ii. p. 69. 



Terebratula seminulum, Phil. Moll. Sicil. i. p. 97. t. 6. f. 15 (bad). 



G. B. Sow. Thes. Conch, vii. p. 356. t. 71. f. 87, 88. 

 Terebratula lunifera, G. Sow. Thes. Conch, t. 71- f- 85, 86 (not 



Phil). 

 Argiope Forbesii, Davidson, Ann. Nat. Hist. May 1852, p. 373. 

 Ai-giope Neapolitana, Dav. June 1852, Proc. Zool. Soc. p. 



pi. . f. 24, 25. 

 Hab. Mediterranean, in deep water (60-105 fathoms). 



Fossil. Pliocene. Tarentum. 



4. Argiope cistellula. 



Shell minute, smooth, horn-coloured, globular, truncated or 

 slightly indented in front ; beak prominent ; foramen large ; del- 

 ticUa narrow ; interior of dorsal valve with a single median sep- 

 tum and a two-lobed loop. Lon. 1, lat. 1, alt. i line. 



Terebratula cistellula, Searles Wood, 1840, Ann. Nat. Hist. 5. 

 Megathyris cistelhda, Forbes Sf-Hanley, Brii.Mollusca, pi. 57. f. 9. 



