152 METULA 



E. BICINCTA, Hutton. PL 72, fig-. 234. 



Smooth, white, porcellanous, with two chestnut bands on the 

 body-whorl and one on the spiral whorls. Length, I'l inches. 



Chatham and Auckland Isles. 



E. VITTATA, Quoy. PL 72, figs. 235, 236. 



Yellowish, with two brown bands on the body, and one on the 

 spire ; bands made up of three approximate lines. 



Length, -75 inch. 



New ZeulfUuL 



A smaller, heavier species than the preceding ; lip thickened 

 and dentate within, canal more produced. E. trilineata, fleeve 

 (fig. 236), appears to be the same. 



Undetermined Species. 



E. CHLOROTICA, Martens. Kerguelen's Id. 



E. FUSCOLABIATA, E. A. Smith. 'la pan. 



E. BADIA and LIRATA, A. Adams. Japan. 



E. FUSCATA, Brug. PL 72. fig, 237. 



Reddish brown, brown within the aperture. Length, 31 mill. 



Coast of Peru, abundant. 



I am not able to assign this species to any genus with cer- 

 tainty ; it was described as a Bucvinum, which of course it is not. 



Genus METULA, H. and A. Adams. 



Only four species have been described : they are deep-water 

 shells, conchologically closely related to Pisania, etc., but with 

 finely cancellated surface. The dentition resembles somewhat 

 that of the Turbinellidae. 



M. CLATHRATA, Adams and Reeve. PL 72, fig. 238. 

 Brownish white, obscurely two or three fasciatc. 



Length, 27 mill. 



(Jupe of Good Nope ; 136 fathoms. 



M. MITRELLA, Adams and Reeve. PL 72, fig. 239. 



White, obscurely marked with four subquadrate dark macnla- 



tions. Length, 23 mill. 



f'Jumi Mfis ; from ten fathoms. 



