158 Dr. A. Philippi on the genus Scrpula. 



carinis omnibus excurrentibus tricuspidata ; carina dorsali serrata. 



Diam. 11'". 

 Ayiimal album ; fasciis duabus fuscis in branchils ; filis circa 9 in 



utraque ; pedunculo operculi simplici. (Fig. D.) 

 Serpula crystallina, Scac. Catalogo, p. 18. 



Lives in great depths upon corals. 

 2. PI. fimhriatus, Delia Chiaje, testa teretiuscula, seriebus 4 — 7 lon- 



gitudinalibus appendicum falcatarum, pectinatarum, confertissi- 



marum ornata. Diam. 1 — 1^'". 

 Animal album ; branchiarum coccinearum filis utriaque circa 9 ; pe- 

 dunculo operculi appendice aucto. (Fig. E.) 

 Serpula fimbriata, D. Ch. Memorie, iii. p. 226. t.4S. f. 19, 20, testa 



(animal cl. auctori non innotuit). 



3. Vermilia, Lamk. 



1. V. triquetra, Lamk., testa triquetra, flexuosa, alba, altero latere 

 adnata. Diam. 1'". 



Animal branchiarum albarum, fusco-articulatarum filis numerosis ? 

 (saltern ultra 7); operculo elongate, subcylindrico, obtuso ; pedun- 

 culo utrinque filum gerente. (Fig. F.) 



Vermilia triquetra, Lamk. nr. 2. " Son opercule est conique." 



Eare. See the pre^•ious observation respecting Linuseus^s Ser- 

 pula triquetra. 



2. V. infundibulum, Gm., testa tereti, alba, multoties varicosa, quas 

 ex infundibulis sese recipientibus conflata ; ore quam maxime pa- 

 tulo. Diam. (oris) A^"". 



Animal branchiarum albo coccineoque fasciatarum fihs multis ; oper- 



culo elongate -conico. (Fig. G.) 

 Serpula infundibulum, Gm. p. 3745 ; Lamk. nr. 9. excl. var. ; Deles- 



sert, RecueU, 1. fig. 8. ad specimen malum. 



3. V. clavigera. Ph., testa tereti, lineis longitudinahbus elevatis quin- 

 que ornata. Diam. ^"''. 



Animal .... operculo valde elongato, subcylindrico. (Fig. H.) 

 The dry animal did not exhibit the branchiae distinctly on being 

 softened. 



4. V. calyptrata, Ph., testa tereti, crassa, transversim corrugata. 

 Diam. li'". 



Animal fuscescens, collar! lineaque in filis branchiarum Adridibus, 

 filis branchiarum 1 1 ; ciliis rufo-fuscis ; operculo conum obliquum 

 truncatum referente. (Fig. J.) 



5. V. multicristata, Ph., testa tereti, lamellis 5, longitudinahbus, 

 plerumque pectinatim incisis cristata. Diam. f"". 



Animal albidum ; operculo parvo, conico, basi camosae, multo cras- 



riori, subglobosse insidente. (Fig. K.) 



I likewise possessed only a dried specimen of this species, the 

 branchise of which could not be disentangled. 



6. V. elongata, Ph., testa obscure quandrangula, crassa, transversim 

 rugosa, linea impressa dorsaU. Diam. f"". 



