274 EULIMA. 



E. IOTA, C. B. Ad. PI. 69, fig. 42. 



Yery small, conical, white ; whorls few, flat, the last wide and 

 angulated on the periphery ; apex acuminated and a little curved ; 

 aperture subrhomboidal ; outer lip sharp; columella perpendicu- 

 lar. Length, 2 mill. 



Jamaica. 



Evidently a young shell. 



E. INTERMEDIA, Cantraine. PI. 69, fig. 43. 



Rather solid, very smooth, semipellucid, white tinged with 

 light chestnut, narrow ; whorls 13, flattened ; spire subulate ; 

 apex acute ; body-whorl long, a little tumid, about one-third the 

 length of the shell; aperture narrow. Length, 7 '5 mill. 



Norway to Mediterranean, Canary Is., N. England to Florida. 



Is E. nitida^ Phil, (not Lamarck.) 



E. POLITA, Linn. PL 69, figs. 45, 46. 



Pyramidal, acuminated, straight, or a little curved, solid, 

 opaque, very shining, white, more or less tinged with fawn or flesh 

 color; whorls about 10, a little convex, nearly flat, narrow, last 

 whorl obsoletely angulated ; aperture small, rather narrow. 



Length, 17 mill. 



Europe. 



It is Melania Bosci, Payr. ; E. anglica, Sowb. ; E. elegantissima 

 and E. glaberrima, Risso ; Melania Gervillei, Collard ; Turbo 

 j Donovan. 



Var. INFLEXA, Monts. 

 Spire slightly curved. 



Var BREVIS, Requien. Fig. 46. 



Shorter, more conical, periphery obtusely angulated. 



? E. Petitiana, Brusina and E. minor, Monts., are synonyms. 



E. INCURVA, Renieri. PI. 69, figs. 48, 47, 51. 



Thin, diaphanous; spire aciculate, composed of 10 nearly flat 

 whorls ; flexuous, body-whorl long, attenuated below. 



Length, 2-8 mill. 



Europe. 



The following are synonyms : E. distorta, Phil., et auct., non 

 Defrance (which is a fossil of the Paris basin, and a different 



