VITRINOIDEA, LACONIA, VITRINOPSIS. 159 



whorls 3, last whorl narrow below ; aperture large, ovate, showing 

 the spire. Diam. 11, alt. 4 mill. 



Philippines. 



Saul to resemble V. Teneriffae, Quoy, of the Canary Islands. 

 The drawing of the animal shows fasciations on the flanks ; there 

 is no mucous pore. 



Y. AUREA, Pfr. Unfigured. Solomon's Islands. 



V. FUMOSA, Pfr. Unfigured. Habitat unknown. 



Genus VITRINOIDEA, Semper, 1873. 



Y. ALBAJENSIS, Semper. PI. 35, fig. 11. 



Shell globosely depressed, very thin, with horny cuticle and 

 very thin calcareous structure ; whorls 3J. 



Isl. of Albay, Philippines. 



The single specimen was broken in transmission so that a 

 complete diagnosis could not be given. 



Genus LACONIA, Gray, 1855. 



L. FERUSSACT, Gray. PL 35, figs. 12, 13. 



This animal and its shell are only known by a figure in Frus- 

 sac's Hist, des Mollusques. The shell appears to be entirely 

 covered b}^ the mantle, and Yitrinoid in character. 



Habitat unknown. 



Genus VITRINOPSIS, Semper, 1813. 



V. TUBERCULATA, Semper. PL 35, fig. 14. 



Shell membranaceous, flat, with 2 whorls, aperture horizontal. 



Bohol, Philippines. 

 Described from a single specimen. 



V. TIGRINA, Semper. PL 35, figs. 15, 10. 



Shell somewhat more solid than the preceding species, whorls 

 2, flattened, aperture horizontal, lip sharp. Diam. 7 mill. 



Near Manilla, Philippines. 



Described from a single specimen. The shell was broken in 

 extracting it from the mantle-lobes. The name is from tiger- 

 like black and yellow markings on these lobes. 



