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Show 1885.] 'LIGHTNING'AND 'PORCUPINE'EXPEDITIONS. 39 2. SOLARIUM CAROCOLLATUM, Lamarck. S. carocollatum, Lam. An. s. Vert. vii. p. 6. S. moniliferum (Bronn), Monterosato, Notizie int. Sol. Med. f. 5, 6,7. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 6, 8, 9, 25-30; Med. C. de Gata, 50, Adventure Bank. Distribution. Both sides of the Mediterranean, and off the Azores (' Josephine ' Exp.) : 40-600 fms. Fossil. Miocene: Vienna Basin, Marseilles, and St. Domingo (Homes), Dax and Leognan (Basterot). Pliocene: (?) Biot, Northern and Central Italy, and Sicily. S. moniliferum, Bronn, S. affine, Cantraine (not of Sowerby), S. alleryi, Seguenza. The same remarks as to the sculpture, spire, and umbilicus are applicable to this as well as to the last species. Operculum imbricate. Torinia, Gray. 3. SOLARIUM SICULUM, Cantraine. S. siculum, Cantr. in Bull. Acad. Brux. ix. 2. p. 343 (1843). S. stramineum, Philippi, Conch.-Cab. ed. Kiister, p. 32, t. 4. f. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1869: St. 45a, 45b (two living specimens). 1870: Atl. Setubal B., off C. Sagres ; Med. 50, Benzert Road, Rasel Amoush, Adventure Bank. Distribution. G. Gascony (De Folin), Vigo (McAndrew), Mediterranean, coast of Barbary (Ponsonby), Madeira and Canaries (McAndrew) ; 8-90 fms. Fossil. Miocene : Calabria (Seguenza). Pliocene : (?) Biot, Central and Southern Italy. Post-tertiary : Rhodes (Homes). S. stramineum, Philippi (but apparently not of Lamarck, whose species was founded on the description and figures of Chemnitz for a Tranquebar shell) ; it is also S. fallaciosum of Tiberi. A specimen in Weinkauff's collection, named " S. discus, Phil.," is the young of the present species. 4. SOLARIUM ARCHIM:, O. G. Costa. S. architcE, O. G. Costa, Cat. test. viv. Taranto, in Atti Ace. Sc. iii. p. 40 (1830) ; Fauna del Napoli, p. 5, t. i. f. la, A, B, C (1841). 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. C. Sagres; Med. 50, Benzert Road, Rasel Amoush, Adventure Bank. Distribution. G. Gascony (De Folin) !, and throughout the Mediterranean; 30-120 fms. Fossil. Pliocene: Bolognese (Foresti). S. sowerbyi of Hanley. The operculum is conical and prominent. HOMALAXIS ZANCLiEUS, Philippi. Bifrontia ? zanclaa, Ph. Moll. Sic. ii. p. 225, t. xxviii. f. 11. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 27, 28, 28a; Med. Rasel Amoush, Adventure Bank. |
