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curved, minute longitudinal striie, which are very closely set on the 

 upper edge of the body whorl ; these stria? are crossed by a few in- 

 distinct spiral lines, but not so as to make the surface reticulated ; 

 epidermis inconspicuous. Color whitish, with a faint tinge of red- 

 dish-brown near the outer lip, spire small, truncated and flat ; 

 whorls 3, slightly angulated at the top ; the last is disproportion- 

 ately large, and the first or central whorl is oval and intorted ; 

 suture very deep and channelled, mouth expanded, nearly oval, 

 contracted above by the projection of the periphery ; base even 

 and curved, outer lip semicircular ; the upper part is on a level with 

 the spire ; outer corner rounded, inner corner not receding nor in- 

 curved, as in R. obtusa, (but my solitary specimen is imperfect 

 in this part) ; inner lip forming a whitish film, which is spread over 

 the upper part of the under side, it is folded over the pillar, behind 

 which it forms a narrow umbilical groove ; pillar slight and curved, 

 fold obscure. Length 0*125, breadth 01 inch. (Jeffr.). 



AmpJnsphi/ra globoxa JEFFR., Ann. Mag. N. H., (3), i, p. 47, pi. 

 2, f. G. Not of Loven. Amjihixphyra ventncosa JEFFR., Rep. 

 Brit. Asso., 1864, p. 332. Utriculus ventrosus JEFFR., Brit. Conch., 

 iv, p. 425 ; v, pi. 94, f. 5, (1867). 



Sars thinks that this may be the same as Philine velutinoides. 

 The soft parts are still unknown. 



Mr. Barlee procured a single specimen by dredging off Glenelg 

 n Skye ; this is now in my collection. I tried the same ground 

 with Mr. Norman last year, in the hope of confirming the discovery, 

 but we were unsuccessful. Its nearest ally appears to be the Am- 

 phisphyra globosa of Loven (a Scandinavian species). Our shell, 

 however, is ear-shaped, instead of globosely oval, the spire is pro- 

 portionately broader, the mouth much wider, and the sculpture 

 peculiar, U. globosus exhibiting only the lines of growth. (Jeffr.}. 



D. DEXSESTRIATA Leche. PI. 26, figs. 72, 73, 74. 



Shell external, inflated, subglobose, rather solid, pellucid, with 

 very close, impressed longitudinal strise ; spire concealed, the apex 

 .perforated ; aperture ample, rounded but not dilated in front, nar- 

 row behind, extending above the spire ; lip acute, arcuate, produced 

 behind ; columella sinuate-arcuate, covered with a strong callus. 

 Alt. 6, diam. 4 mill. (Leche). 



Karisch Sea, 9-70 fms. 



