OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM. 143 
have seen a specimen of a nearly allied species, kindly submitted 
to our inspection, with other minute shells, by Mr. Barlee, which 
has “much finer longitudinal ribs or striz,” and on this account 
agrees better with Montagu’s description; our species having 
the ribs scarcely finer than in his 7’. interstinctus, with which he 
compares it. We leave the matter for further investigation. A 
shell in the British Museum named “ 7’. indistinctus, Mont.,” ap- 
pears to be a worn specimen of C. fulvocincta. 
3. C. unica, Mont. 
Turbo unicus, Mont. Test. Brit. 299, t. 12, f 2. 
In shell sand, rare. Tynemouth, Whitley, and Cheswick.— 
hy ale 
4, C. nrvrpisstma, JZont. 
Turbo nitidissimus, Mont. Test. Brit. 299, t. 12, f. 1. 
We obtained a specimen of this exquisite little shell out of 
sand from Cheswick, sent us by our friend, Dr. Johnston.— 
Though always described as smooth, and even appearing so un- 
der a common magnifier, on closer inspection with the micro- 
scope, we find the vestiges of delicate spiral striz. The species 
has never been obtained alive, but in that state we have no doubt 
that it will be found to be distinctly striated. 
5. C. actcuna, Phil. ? 
Shell turreted, slender, cylindrico-subulate, tapering to a ra- 
ther obtuse point, of a semi-transparent white, with eight smooth 
whorls, rather flattish, but well defined by a deeply-impressed 
suture; the first whorl is placed at right angles to the rest; the 
last whorl is a good deal rounded at the base. Aperture about 
one-fifth the length of the shell, ovate, scarcely angulated by the 
projection of the body whorl; outer lip thin; pillar lip nearly 
straight, slightly arched outwards in the centre, and rounded 
below; behind it is a slight impression, but no umbilicus. 
Length scarcely 12 tenths; breadth about one-fourth the length. 
Hulima acicula, Phil. Enum. Moll. Sic. ii. 135, t. 9, £ 62 
This species come very near to the Hwlimella gracilis, Jeff. in 
Ann. Nat. Hist. xix. 311 (Zulima afinis, Phil 2), but it is rather 
smaller, flatter in the whorls, and the apex is not so much produ- 
ced, in consequence of the first whorl being a little more sunk in 
