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vertice submamillato ; anfractibus Ah, planiusculis, longitudi- 

 7ialiter oblique strigillatis, anfractu ultimo magno, superne gla- 

 brato, inferne transversim striata, striis subdistantibus, con- 

 spicuis ; ajjertura acuminato-ovata ; labio arcuato, incrassato, 

 antice subplanato. 

 Hub. Kino-0-Sima. 



Genus Putilla, A. Ad. 



Testa turbinato-conoidalis, rimata, solida ; apertura subquadrato- 

 07'biculari ; labio rectiusculo, incrassato, antice subeffuso, vix 

 dilatato. 



Founded on a little, solid, robust, subpellucid shell, which will 

 neither be affiliated to Eulima nor any other recognized form. 



Putilla lucida, A. Ad. (PI. XIX. fig. 25.) 



P. testa Candida, IfSvi, glabra, sublucida, rimato-umbilicata, 



solida; anfractibus quatuor, convexis ; apertura ut supra. 

 Hab. Gotto Islands : 54 fathoms. 



Fossarina picta, a. Ad. (PI. XIX. fig. 26.) 



F. testa turbinata, depressa, late umbilicata ; spira parva ; an- 

 fractibus 4, convexis, spiraliter liratis, liris simjylicibus, aqua- 

 libus ; lutescente, maculis irregularibus atro-purpureis varie- 

 gata ; anfractu ultimo magno, ad peripheriam rotundato ; 

 apertura orbiculata, patula ; labio arcuato, acuta; labro 'pos- 

 tice dilatato, ascendente. 

 Diam. 3, alt. 2| mill. 



Hab. Tanabe ; Kino-0-Sima : on the shore. 

 A species very similar in form to the type, F. patula. Ad. «& Aug., 

 from Port Jackson ; b\it the lirae are equal and simple, the aperture 

 is nearly circular, and the outline of the shell is more orbicular. It 

 is marked with irregular purple-black radiating blotches, and the 

 umbilical region is generally pale yellow. 



Amathina nobilis, a. Ad. (PI. XIX. fig. 27.) 



A. testa capuliformi, solida, Candida ; apice mediano, dextrorsum 

 inclinato, involuto, acuta; extus valde bicarinata ; apertura 

 subcirculari, amplu, margine posteriore dilatato. 



Diam. maj. 25, min. 22, alt. 17 mill. 



Hab. Cape Notoro, Island of Saghalien. 



I found this very remarkable shell cast up on the shore after a 

 gale, in company with Pilidium commodum, Middendorff, Velutina 

 coriacea, Pallas, and many other fine molluscous exuviee. There are 

 now three species of this group — A. tricarinuta, Chem., A. bicari- 

 nata. Pease, and A, nobilis. 



Macrochisma sinensis, a. Ad. (PI. XIX. fig. 28.) 



Animal very large and elongated, bearing the shell in a sloping 



