PHILINE. 27 



in height ; outer corner rounded ; inner corner receding and acute 

 angled ; inner lip broad and rather thick on the upper part, occa- 

 sionally forming in the middle a tooth-like process or fold (in one 

 specimen converted into a cluster of minute pearls), behind which 

 is a distinct umbilical groove or depression. (Jeffr.*). 

 Alt. 6 mill. 



Northern British Seas ; Norway. 



Bulla pruinosa CLARK, Zool. Journ., iii, p. 339. Philine pruinosa 

 Forbes & Hanley, Hist. Brit. Moll., iii, p. 549, pi. 114r, f. 1, 2. 

 JEFFREYS, Brit. Conch., iv, p. 454 ; v, pi. 96, fig. 6. SARS, Moll. 

 Reg. Arct. Norv., p. 301, pi. 18, f. 8a, b, e. B. {Philine) pruinosa 

 AD., in Thes.,p. 600, pi. 125, f. 162. P. pruinosa SowB.,in C.Icon. 

 f. 10. Laona pruinosa AD., Ann. Mag. N. H. (3), xv, p. 324. 

 Philine granulosa M. SARS, teste G. O. Sars. 



The latticed sculpture distinguishes this species from others of the 

 N. Atlantic. 



Var. dilatata Jeffreys. Nearly smooth, more expanded and some- 

 what angular at the sides, and abruptly attenuated towards the 

 crown. Alt. '75, diam. '05 inch. (Jeffr.*). 



Section JOHANIA Monterosato. 



Johania MONTS., Nomenclature Generica e Specifica di alcune 

 Conchiglie Mediterranee, p. 147, type B. retifera Forbes=B. vestita 

 Phil. (1884). 



P. VESTJTA Philippi. PL 4, figs. 66, 67, 8. 



Shell oblong, loosely convoluted, tapering towards the spire; 

 lacking transverse striae ; brown, covered with a white net-work ; 

 spire truncated, umbilicate. Alt. 10, diam. 6 mill. (P/w7.). 



Palermo and St. Vito (Monts.) ; ^Egean Sea (Forbes). 



Bulla vestita PHIL., Enura. Moll. SiciL, ii, p. 95, pi. 20, f. 4, 

 (1844). Bulla (Scaphander) vestita A. AD. in Thes. Conch., p. 574, 

 pi. 121, f. 48. S. vestita SOWB.. C. Icon., f. 7. Bulla retifer FORBES, 

 Rep. JRg. Invert., in Rep. Brit. Asso. Adv. Sci. for 1843, p. 187, 

 (1844). Philine retifera MONTS., Journ. de Conch., 1874, p. 281. 



Peculiar in its netted ornamentation. The name given by Phil- 

 ippi was accompanied by figures. The preface of the Enumeratio 

 Molluscorum Sicilies bears date " August, 1843," while the title page 



