SOLIDULA. 139 



S. PUSILLA A. Adams. 



Shell ovate-conic, small, white, solid, shining; spire exserted, the 

 apex obtuse ; transversely deeply sulcate, the grooves distant, can- 

 cellated ; aperture elongated, narrow behind ; columella biplicate, 

 the posterior fold tubercle-shaped, the anterior fold bilobed. 



Catbalonga, Samar, Philippines, in 8 fms. (Cuming). 

 Solidula pusilla AD., P. Z. S., 1854, p. 61. 



This is a small white solid species, resembling in appearance the 

 Actceon oryza of Reeve ; but the columella is biplicate, and the front 

 plica is double. (Ad.) 



S. INSCULPTA Reeve. PI. 20A, fig. 51. 



Shell ovate, transversely very densely punctured-grooved though- 

 out ; whitish rather obscurely sprinkled with ruddy rose spots; 

 suture rather indistinct. Columella two-plaited, upper plait rather 

 obscure, lower prominent, duplicate. (Rve.). 



Island of Masbate, Philippines (Cuming). 



Tornatella insculpta RVE., P. Z. S. 1842, p. 62 ; Conch. Syst., ii, 

 pi. 206, f. 2 ; Conch. Icon, xv, pi. 3, f. 15. 



A strongly sculptured species, with the sutures less developed 

 than usual, prettily sprinkled with ruddy rose. (Eve.) 



S. SUTURALIS A. Adams. PI. 20A, figs. 65, 66, 67. 



Shell cylindrical-ovate with elevated spire ; whorls rather flat- 

 tened, angulated above, the sutures channelled ; white, frequentlv tes- 

 sellated with ashy spots, longitudinally striated, transversely lirate, 

 the interstices cancellated. Columella uniplicate, the fold bilobed. 

 (Ad.) 



Luzon (Cuming) ; Puerto Galero, Mindoro (Cuming) ; Evans 

 Bay, Cape York, North-eastern Australia, in 6 fms. (Braz.). 



Solidula suturalis AD., P. Z. S. 1854, p. 61. Tornatella suturalis 

 REEVE, Conch. Icon., xv, pi. 2, f. 9. COOKE, Ann. Mag. N. H. 

 (5), xvii, p. 128. Buccinulus suturalis BRAZIER, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 N. S. Wales, ii, p. 77. 



In this species the hind tubercle usually present in Solidula, is 

 wanting. The color varies from pure white to grayish, with gray 

 tessellated markings. The chief peculiarity of the species consists 

 in the canaliculated suture of the whorls, (Ad.) 



