64 



Vermetus tulipa Bouss. Chen. lllust. t. I fig. 2. 

 — — Adaras Gen. p. 358. 



Patria: California. 



var. 4. Bridge sii Mörch. 



T. agglomerata, verticaliter aftlxa, irregulariter spiraliter torta; anfr. latiusculi, plerum- 

 que contigui, liris et taeniis saepe evanescentibus, rugae incrementi versus marginem promi- 

 nentes, crassae; anfr. primi 10—12 angusti, obliqui., depressiusculi, laeviusculi, badii, liris 

 obsoletissimis vel omnino evanescentibus, suturis pallidis. 



Diam. 5 — 9 mm. 



Patria: Panama. 



5. Vermetus conicus Dillwyn. 



La trompe d'Eleph. Favanne p. 644 t. 5 fig. 6 (1788). 

 Serpula N. Schroeter Einl. II p. 557. 



— lurabricalis var. ß Gmel. p. 3742. 

 Tubulus testaceus solitarius anguinus Mart. I fig. 15. 

 Vermetus conicus Mörch. Proc. 1861 p. 341. 

 Shell subcylindrical, flexuose and spirale at the base. Tube rather thick, brownish 

 white, and coiled into a conical spire of about 8 whorls at the base to which the Shell ad- 

 heres; but the length is probably thrice as great, and the] diameter of the tube is 

 about 2\ lin. 



var. 1. personata juv. (Tylacodes) Mörch. 1. c. p. 341. 



T. lateraliter affixa, spiraliter regulariter torta, nitida, badia, anfr. 6—7 contigui, ob- 

 liqui, convexiusculi, liris longitudinalibus obsoletissimis, striis incrementi prominentioribus, 

 varicibus linearibus impressis in seria subobliqua dorsali digestis; anfr. pone varice inflati; 

 anfr. ultimus solutus suberectus, peristomate inflexo, postice rotundato-lobato, inde apertura 

 coarctata, reniformi. 



Long, axis c. 8 mm, diam. anfr. ult. l 1 ^ mm. 



Patria: Ins. St. Croix. 



var. 2. (Tylacodes) Mörch. 1. c. p. 342. 



T. pallide ferruginea vel albescens, lateraliter affixa, spiraliter torta; anfr. contigui ( 

 tenuiusculi, liris longitudinalibus et rugis transversis reticulati, columella lira mediana et 



