VITRINA. 
Puate ITT. 
Species 14. (Mus. Cuming.) 
VITRINA VIRENS. 
rescente-olivaced, corned, parum nitente, spird subpla- 
natd, suturd impressd, anfractibus obscuré striatis, ad 
peripheriam rotundatis ; apertura oblique lunari-ovatd. 
THE GREENISH VirrIna. Shell depressed, somewhat au- 
riform, greenish-olive, horny, but little shining, spire 
rather flattened, suture impressed, whorls obscurely 
striated, rounded at the periphery ; aperture obliquely 
Vitr. testa depressd, subauriformi, vi- 
lunar-ovate. 
Preirrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1848, p 108. 
Hab. Moreton Bay, Australia. 
A yather dull greenish-olive shell, with little indication 
of striae. 
Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina Cuviert. itr. testd depresso-auriformi, flavi- 
cante-olivaced, corned, nitente, spird planatd, anfrac- 
tibus angustis, dense subtilissime plicato-striatis ; aper- 
turd peroblique lunari-ovatd, margine membranaceo. 
Cuvinr’s ViTRINA. 
olive, horny, shining, 
densely very finely plicately striated; aperture very 
obliquely lunar-ovate, margin membranaceous. 
Helixarion Cuvieri, Férussac, Prod. p. 20; Hist. pl. 9. 
f. 8, and pl. 9a. f. 1, 2. 
Vitrina Cuvieri, Gray. 
Helicarion Cuvieri, Beck. 
Hab. Madeira. 
A pale yellowish-horny shell, highly polished, though 
crowded with fine plicated strize. 
Shell depressly auriform, yellowish- 
spire flattened, whorls narrow, 
Species 16. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina RUPPELLIANA. 
pellucido-corned, spird subemersd, anfractibus declwvi- 
Vitr. testd subsemiglobosd, tenui, 
convevis, arcuatim corrugato-striatis, peripherid obtuse 
angulatd ; apertura oblique lunari-rotundatd. 
RuppeLt’s Virrtna. Shell subsemiglobose, thin, trans- 
parent horny, spire rather emerged, whorls slopingly | 
convex, arcuately wrinkle-striated, periphery obtusely 
‘angled; aperture obliquely lunar-rounded. 
Prerrrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1848, p. 107. 
Hab, Abyssinia. 
The periphery of the last whorl is pressed down towards 
the base in a peculiar manner into an obtuse angle. 
Species 17. (Mus. Taylor.) 
Virrina maGnNirica. Vitr, testd depressd, subauriforii, 
pellucido-olivaced, variegati, spird convexd, vie emersa, 
anfractibus radiatim corrugato-striatis, ad peripheriam 
rotundatis ; apertura lunari-ovata, oblique transversim 
producta. 
THE MAGNIFICENT Virrina. Shell depressed, some- 
what auriform, transparent olive, variegated, spire 
convex, scarcely emerged, whorls radiately wrinkle- 
striated, rounded at the periphery, aperture hmar- 
ovate, obliquely transversely produced. 
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Hab. 
This fine species, of which there is a fine example in 
Mr. Cuming’s as well as in Mr. Taylov’s collection, comes 
nearest to VY. Fleming. t differs slightly in form, and 
there is a peculiarity in the radiately-wrinkled sculpture 
and variegated manner of colouring. 
Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina Miuuieant. Vitr. testd subgloboso-ovatd, nigri- 
cante-olivaced, politissind, spira parca, conveat, mo- 
dicd emersd, anfractibus declivi-ventricosis ; aperturd 
oblique ovatd, marginibus conniventibus. 
Mrutrean’s Virrtna. Shell somewhat globosely ovate, 
blackish-olive, very polished, spire small, convex, mo- 
derately emerged, whorls slopigly ventricose ; aper- 
ture obliquely ovate, margins approximating. 
Preirrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 56. 
Hab. Tasmania (at a small island in Macquarie Harbour) ; 
Milligan. 
An unusually dark swarthy-olive shell, remarkably shin- 
ing, named im honour of its discoverer, the Secretary of 
the Royal Society of Tasmania. 
Species 19. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina CUMINGII. 
albido-corned, semipellucidd, nitente, lined conspicud 
Vitr. testa globosd, parum depressd, 
rufé supra peripheriam cingulatd, spird convent, parum 
May, 1862. 
