138 SOLIDULA. 



Buccinulus strigosus GOULD, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist, vii, p. 141 

 (October, 1859) ; Otia Conch., p. Il4.Tornatellastrigosa LISCHKE,. 

 Jap. Meeres-Conchyl. ii, p. 104, pi. 5, f. 12, 13. 



Remarkable for its small size and slender form. Some specimens 

 are much shorter than others, and nearly without the slaty lines ; 

 so that the species appears to be quite variable. ( Old.} 



Lischke has figured this species. His specimens have four spiral 

 cords on the penultimate, 20-21 on the last whorl. The fifth and 

 sixth cords from the suture are much wider than the others, espe- 

 cially than the adjacent cords. The upper fold on the columella is 

 small, the lower strong and split by a deep groove ; between the 

 teeth the columella is deeply excavated. 



S. FRATERCULUS Dunker. PI. 20A, figs. 53, 54. 



Shell small, solid, ovate-oblong, subcylindrical, transversely, evenly 

 sulcate ; banded and dotted with ashy or brown, with two encircling 

 white bands. Spire conic, terminating in a somewhat obtuse apex ; 

 columella bearing two white folds, the larger, anterior one bipartite, 

 separated by a deep sinus from the smaller, posterior fold. Aper- 

 ture dilated, thickened, in front, the lip acute. 



Alt. 12, diam. 5 mill. (Dkr.~) 



Japan. 



Buccinulus fraterculus DKR., Index Moll. Mar. Jap., p. 161, pi. 

 13, f. 21, 22, 23. 



A larger, slenderer shell than B. strigosus Gld., having two white 

 bands, and 30-32 spiral grooves. 



S. ACUTA Philippi. 



Shell sublanceolate, transversely closely punctate-sulcate. Spire 

 acute, two- fifths the total length. Aperture narrow, columella bi- 

 plicate, the upper fold minute, the lower large, bifid. 



Alt. 2J, diam. H lines. (Phil} 



China (coll. Largilliert). 



Tornatella acuta PH., Zeitschr. f. Mai., 1851, p. 125. 



There are about 5 coarsely punctate grooves on the penultimate, 

 about 20 on the last whorl. Col umellar folds exactly as in T. solid- 

 ula. The specimen is white, quite colorless. 



