PH ASIAN ELLA. 



TESTA oblonga^ laevis; spird regulari^ elevataf 

 acuminata ; apertura oblonga^ supra acutangula^ 

 basi rotundata : labium internum parte inferiore 

 iucrassatum : Operculum testaceuni^ crassum^ 

 spirale, extus convexum ; spira ad basim inter- 

 iiam posita. 



Shell oblong, smooth, with a regular, elevated, rather 

 acuminated spire : whorls somewhat ventricose, but the 

 spiral line not very strongly marked : the aperture is 

 oblong, pointed at its upper part, and rounded at its base : 

 the inner lip is white and thickened, particularly at tie 

 base of the Columella : a late Conchological writer prides 

 himself upon having discovered the true character, which, 

 lie says, had escaped all authors, that of having a salient, 

 rather internal, but very apparent fold, running along the 

 Columella^ which, however, we have searched for very 

 carefully, but in vain. We think it more easily distin- 

 guishable from Bulimus, by its thick, shelly, spiral, exter- 

 nally convex, operculum, whose spire is placed on the 

 inside, or that side which is attached to the foot of the 

 animal, and near its lower part. 



The few recent species of this Genus with which we 

 are hitherto acquainted, are all very elegantly coloured •n 

 the outside : the Phasianella varia of Lamarck which we 

 have represented, has of late become rather common, 

 though it was formerly very rare, and sold at an enormous 

 price : it is brought from the coast of New Holland, and is 

 very variable in its colours. A small, but most elegant 

 species is found abundantly on some of our coasts, it is the 

 Turbo Piillus of authors : w e have jadded a representation 

 of it to our plate. 



