DIAPHAVA* 285 



curved, minute longitudinal striae, \\-liir! . olotely fitonthc 



upper edge of the body whorl ; thr-e >ti I liy a few in- 



distinct spiral lines, hut not >o a> t.. make tin- -urfae.- reticulated; 

 epidermis incODSpioilOUS. Color whitish, with a faint tinire of red- 

 <lisli-l)ro\vn near the outer lip, -pin- -mall, truncated and Hat; 

 whorls ,S, slightly angulated at the top; the last i- disproportion- 

 ately large, and the first or central whorl is oval ami into- 

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

 contracted above hy 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 jf?. obtusct, (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 Ol inch. (Je/r 



Amphitphyra globo*a JEFFR., Ann. Mag. N. H., (3), i, p. 47, pi. 

 2, f. G. Not of Loven. Amphitphyra rfnti-lcnu'i .ICIKR., Rep. 

 Brit. Asso., 1864, p.332. UtriruIit* rentrn.*u. JKFFK., Brit. Conch., 

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



Sars thinks that this may he the same as l*hiline 

 The soft parts are still unknown. 



]\Er. 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- 

 phi<})hiir<i globnsn 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. 



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



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

 very close, impressed longitudinal stria- : >pire concealed, the apex 

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

 row behind, extending above the spin- ; lip acute, arcuate, produced 

 behind: columella sinuate-arcuate, covered with a strong callus, 

 Alt. o', diam. 4 mill. (L>:-,, 



A" '.>-70 fms. 



