VIER TN AY 
Prats VI. 
Species 37. (Mus. Cuming.) 
ViTRINA CASTANEA. Vit. depressé ovali, castaneo-oliva- 
ced, pellucida, nitente, anfractibus angustis, convexius- | 
culis, ultimo basi membranaceo-marginato ; apertura 
parum obliqua, lunari-ovali. 
THE CHESTNUT Virrina. Shell depressly oval, chestnut- 
olive, transparent, shining, whorls narrow, rather 
convex, the last membranaceous-edged at the base; 
aperture but little oblique, lunar-oval. 
Preirrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1852, p. 56. 
Hab. Australia; Verreaux. 
A bright transparent shell, of a rich chestnut-olive hue. 
Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 
ViTRINA GRUNERI. 
olivaced, parum nitente, spird vix elevatd, anfractibus 
Vitr. testa depressé globosd, virente- 
convexis, brevibus ; apertura oblique lunari-rotundata, 
marginibus conniventibus. 
Gruner’s Virrina. Shell depressly globose, greenish- 
olive, but little shining, spire scarcely raised, whorls 
convex, short ; aperture obliquely lunar-rounded, mar- 
gins approximating. 
PreiFFer, Symb. pt. iii. p. 81; Monog. Helic. viv. vol. ii. 
p. 498. 
Hab. Arabia. 
A small rounded shell, of a peculiar dull-greenish horny 
substance. 
Species 39. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina Luzonica. Vitr. testa depressé oblonga, aureo- 
carned, pellucido-nitente, spird planatd, anfractibus 
angustis, concentricé plicato-striatis ; apertura perob- 
liquid, lunari-ovata. 
Tur Luzon Virrina. Shell depressly-oblong, golden 
horny, transparent shining, spire flattened, whorls 
narrow, concentrically plicately striated ; aperture very 
oblique, lunar-ovate. 
Pruirrer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1849, p. 132. 
Hab. Island of Luzon, Philippines; Cuming. 
A very thin, bright, almost glassy shell, very obliquely 
produced in form. 
Species 40, (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina FREYCINETI, 
riformi, virescente-olivaced, spird convead, planatd, an- 
fractibus angustis, arcuatim subirregulariter plicato- 
striatis ; apertura subampld, late lunari-ovata, margine 
membranaceo. 
Freyciner’s Virrina. Shell depressly ovate, somewhat 
ear-shaped, greenish-olive, spire convexly flattened, 
whorls narrow, arcuately somewhat irregularly pli- 
cately striated ; aperture rather large, broadly lunar- 
ovate, margin membranaceous. 
Ferussac, Hist. Moll. pl. 94. f. 8, 4. pl. 9B. f. 2. 
Helicolimaz australasica, De Blainville. 
Hab. Sydney. 
A fine, large, obliquely-flattened species, of a greenish- 
olive colour. 
Vitr, testa@ depressée ovata, subau- 
Species 41. (Fig. a, 6, Mus. Cuming.) 
Virrina Bornegnsis. Vitr. testa depresse globosd, tenu- 
issima, aureo-corned, valde pellucidd, spird convexd, 
viz emersd, versus apicem opaco-albd, anfractibus de- 
clivi-convexis, subventricosis, confertim tenué plicato- 
striatis, subtus circulariter malleatis ; apertura lunari- 
rotundata. 
Tue Borneo Virrina. Shell depressly globose, very 
thin, golden horny, very transparent, spire convex, 
scarcely emerged, opake-white towards the apex, 
whorls slopingly convex, rather ventricose, closely 
finely plicately striated, circularly malleated beneath ; 
aperture lunar-rounded. 
PrerFFER, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1856. p. 324. 
Hab. Borneo. 
Extremely thin and transparent, finely malleated around 
the columellar axis, and opake milky-white towards the 
apex. 
Species 42. (Mus. Cuming.) 
VITRINA LEUCosPIRA. Vitr. testa globosd, parwn de- 
pressa, lutescente-hyalind, valdé pellucida, spird con- 
vexd, via emersd, versus apicem opaco-albd, anfractibus 
rotundatis, subventricosis, confertim irregulariter pli- 
cato-striatis ; apertura oblique lunari-rotundata. 
THE WHITE-sPIRE VirriIna. Shell globose, but little 
May, 1862. 
