528 LIST OF IRISH TESTACEx\. 



24. elegans. Plate xxiv. fig. 9- Shell sub-pellucid, some- 



what glossy, with sevea ventricose and very 

 deeply divided volutions, tapering to rather 

 an obtuse apex : the first, or body whorl, is 

 much inflated: a white band runs spirally 

 from the base to the apex, giving it a strong 

 appearance of being carinated, and the volu- 

 tions are slightly wrinkled across : It is fur- 

 nished with a deep and wide umbilicus, which 

 viewed directly from the base, is partly hid 

 by the reflected lip of the shell : aperture sub- 

 rotund, lip very thin, and reflected on the 

 columella. The colour is of a dirty white, 

 ' with several interrupted dark umber-coloured 

 bands, which run spirally from the base to 

 the apex. Length, f ths of an inch ; breadth, 

 eighths. 



One specimen of this very elegant shell, was 

 found in a field beyond Kilmainham Jail, 

 near the turnpike of Golden Bridge, Dublin, 

 by Mr Edward Stephens, and is now in the 

 cabinet of M. J, O'Kelly, Esq. who kindly 

 favoured me with it to describe and draw 

 from. 



There is a shell in Turton's Linne, vol. iv. 

 p. 524. which bears the name of Helix ele- 

 gans ; but the learned authors of the Cata- 

 logue of the Brit. Test, in the 8th vol. of the 

 Linn. Trans, have superseded that name, by 

 calling the shell Dr Turton refers to in Lis- 

 ter's Conchology, tab. 6l. fig. 58. Trochus 

 terrestris. Under these circumstances, I may 

 be justified in adopting this name, as no other 

 could be more appropriate. 



25. Cochlea. Plate xxiv. fig. 10. Shell of a dark horn co- 



lour, with seven tapering rounded volutions ; 



