370 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLCSCA OF THE [May 20, 



shape of the last whorl, the remarkably flexuous character of the 

 outer lip, and the pinched apex, which resembles that of Stilifer. 

 The apex is more blunt than in E.fusco-apicata. 



12. Eulima abbreviata \ Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. /.) 



Shell, conical, thin, semitransparent, and glossy : sculpture, 

 microscopic, close-set, regular and very fine longitudinal striae; 

 periphery rounded and not keeled or angulated : colour ivory-white, 

 except the three apical whorls, which are light brown : spire short, 

 abruptly graduating to a rather blunt point : iv/iorls 7, convex ; the 

 last occupies three fifths of the shell : suture distinct, nearly straight : 

 mouth oval, curved below : outer lip flexuous, as in other species 

 of this genus : inner lip thick, and spread over the lower part of the 

 pillar. L. 015. B. 00/5. 



'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 17 a. Two specimens. 



13. Eulima subumbilicata 2 , Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 8.) 



Shell forming a short cone, rather solid for its minute size, 

 nearly opaque, and glossy : sculpture none ; periphery obtusely 

 angular : colour creamy white : spire extremely short and termi- 

 nating in a blunt and bulbous point : tvhorls 5, compressed and 

 rounded ; the last occupies nearly two thirds of the shell : suture 

 slight, straight : mouth roundish-oval, projecting beyond the line of 

 the spire, contracted at the upper corner and rounded below : outer 

 lip semicircular : inner Up filmy at the top and narrowly reflected 

 on the bottom of the pillar : umbilicus shallow and exhibiting a 

 small perforation behind the pillar. L. 0"05. B. 0'025. 



'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 27. A single specimen, but 

 characteristic from not merely its minute size, but from its exces- 

 sively short and compact spire, the shape of its mouth, and espe- 

 cially the umbilical perforation. 



14. Eulima minuta 3 , Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 9.) 



Shell club-shaped, thin, semitransparent, and glossy : sculpture 

 none except microscopic and close-set longitudinal stria? or scratches ; 

 periphery rounded : colour whitish, with a slight tint of yellow : 

 spire rather long ; apex blunt : whorls 5-6, compressed ; the last 

 takes up about half the shell : suture slight and oblique : mouth oval, 

 contracted and pointed above, curved below : outer lip somewhat 

 thickened : inner lip also thickened, and somewhat expanding at the 

 base, which slopes gradually. L. 0*075. B. 0025. 



'Porcupine' Exp. 1870 ": Atl. St. 26-29. Six specimens. 



Distribution. Strait of Messina (Granata-Grillo), off Marocco 

 (' Talisman ' Exp.), 18-1192 fms. 



15. Eulima obtusa 4 , Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 10.) 

 Shell somewhat cylindrical, slender, rather thick, semitransparent, 



1 Shortened. 2 Somewhat nmbilicated. 3 Minule. 4 Blunted. 



