1881.] MR. E, A. SMITH ON THE GENUS CHILINA. 84.5 



are of a brownish colour, and not strongly marked, and more like 

 those representeil in the figure of C. acuminata, which is undoubtedly 

 the same species. 



1.3. Chilina angusta, Philippi. 



Chilina angusta, Philippi, Reise durch die Wiiste Atacama, 18G0, 

 p. 185. 



"Ch, testa tenuhiscula, fere lanceolata, strigis flexuosis fuscis in- 

 terduni vix conspicuis ornata ; spirce peracutce anfraclibus paruin 

 convexis, ultimo spiram bis aquante ; apertura pi/riformi, supe- 

 rius peracuta ; plica parum promiaente. Long. 7^ lin., latit. 

 obliqua 4 lin., longit. apevturce 5 lin., latit. ejus 2 lin. 

 " In den meisten Quellen der Kiiste der Wiiste Atacama. Von 

 alien verwaudten Arten unterscheidet sich diese leicht durch hre 

 schlanke Form und die schwache Spindelfalte " (^Philippi). 



14. Chilina globosa, Fraueufeld. 



Chilina alobosa, Frauenfeld, Verhandl. zool.-botan. Gesellsch. 

 Wien, 1866", p. 197 (woodcut). 

 Hab. La Plata {Frauenfeld). 

 This is a very globular form, bearing relationship to C. fluminea. 



15. Chilina patagonica, Sowerby. 



Chilina patagonica, Sowerby, Conch. Icon. f. 11 (bad). 



The outline of the above figure is fairly correct ; but the colouring 

 in the copy of the monograph before me is altogether misleading. 

 The epidermis is olivaceous yellow, marked at intervals with a longi- 

 tudinal brown narrow stripe, indicative of periods of growth. The 

 transverse spotting is in four principal bands ; and a fifth, less con- 

 spicuous, is noticeable immediately beneath the suture. The next 

 beneath is the broadest band. The aperture is not yellow, as repre- 

 sented by Sowerby, but whitish, bluish white, or sometimes tinged 

 with brown. The fold, too, on the columella is not nearly so pro- 

 minent as it appears in the illustration referred to. 



16. Chilina subcylindrica, Sowerby. 



Chilina subcylindrica, Sowerby, Conch. Icon. f. 16. 



Hab. Ancud, on the north of the island of Chiloe, South Chile 

 {Dr. R, 0. Cunningham'). 



The specimen forming the type of this species, together with 

 others, were collected by Dr. Cunningham during the Surveying Ex- 

 pedition of H.M.S. ' Nassau ' in 1868. The figure is incorrect, both 

 as regards outline and colour. The penultimate whorl appears deci- 

 dedly too high, making the spire too elongate. The colour is stated 

 to be " purplish brown," which is altogether imaginary. The spe- 

 cimens which Mr. Sowerby had before him were coated with a 

 blackish earthy deposit. On removing a portion of this, the ordinary 

 greenish-olive epidermis is discovered beneath, while the shell is 

 ornamented with four transverse bands of brown more or less arrow- 

 head-like spots and lines. The aperture is of a somewhat pale 



