ERATO. 



E. GUTTULA, Sowb. PL 4, tigs. 33, 34. 



Rosy white or ash-color, obscurely fasciate ; narrower and 



more pyriform than E. lachryma. Length, 5 mill. 



Mauritius. 

 Dr. Wemkauff considers this a Marginella. 



E. SANDWICENSIS, Pease. PL 4, fig. 35. 



Pale rosy white, two-banded ; narrower and thinner than E. 

 yuttula, the bands distinct, the lip narrower and not so elevated. 



Length, 4 mill. 



Sandwich Isles. 

 E. PELLUCIDA, Reeve. PL 4, fig. 36. 



Pyriformly globose, transparent white, shining ; whorls slop- 

 ingly angled round the upper part ; aperture narrow, lip swollen, 



varicose. - Length, 3 mill. 



Bombay. 

 Is probably a young shell, and may = E. Sandioicenns. 



E. CALLOSA, Ad. and Reeve. PL 4, figs. 38, 39 ; PL 2-, fig. f. 



Yellowish or rosy white ; whorls swollen around the upper 

 part ; aperture-margin thick, running up the spire. 



Length, 1 mill. 



China Sea; Japan (Lischke). 



E. ivEVJS, Donovan. PL 4, figs. 40, 41. 



Whitish, or tinged with yellow or roseate ; more angular and 

 not so thick as E. callosa, and the outer lip is not so elevated or 

 angular above. Length, 8 mill. 



Great Britain, sandy ground from 12 to 85 fathoms. 



Mediterranean, on coral and madrepore, 8 to 55 fms. 



Plentiful in the European tertiaries. 



Jeffreys cites a var. oblonga, pure white, more elongated, and 

 compressed in front. The animal, says this author, is very 

 livety and active, a great beauty, and b}^ no means bashful. 

 When on the march it carries the branchial tube in an upturned 

 position. One pair, having crawled out of the water in a glass 

 jar, coupled for seven or eight hours. 



E. MAUGERIYE, Gray. PL 4, figs. 42, 43. 



(Iray or livid, polished; smaller, wider and more angular 

 above than K. /=</*. Length, 5-6 mill. 



West Indies ; foss 1 in the tertiary of England. 



