VITRINA.—Prate II. 
THE BXCELLING Virrina. Shell depressly semiglobose, | 
reddish-horny, spire small, rather flat, whorls slop- 
ingly convex, longitudinally densely striated, last 
whorl largely inflated, periphery depressed, obtusely 
angled towards the base. 
GotLp, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Boston, vol. iv. p. 456. 
pl. 24. f 2. 
Hab. Tavoy, Burmah; Gould. Moulmein, India; Ben- 
son. 
Of quite a distinct type from the preceding, the spire 
being very small, while the last whorl is largely inflated, 
with the periphery pressed down, as it were, towards the 
base into an obtuse angle. 
Species 13. (Mus. Benson.» 
VITRINA SCUTELLA. Vitr. testd valdé depressd, virescente 
corned, spird subimmersd, sulura impressd, anfractibus 
perangustis, subdiscoideis, longitudinaliter dense plicato- 
striatis, ultimo ad aperturam producto. 
Tue saucer Virrtna. Shell very depressed, greenish- 
horny, spire rather immersed, suture impressed, 
whorls very narrow, somewhat discoid, longitudinally 
densely plicately striated, last whorl produced at the 
aperture. 
Benson, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1859. vol. iii. p. 188. 
Hab. Khasia Hills, Hindustan. 
An unusually narrow-whorled shell, with the spire a little 
immersed. 
