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Show 370 DR. GWYN JEFFREYS ON THE MOLLUSCA OF THE [May 20, shape of the last whorl, the remarkably flexuous character of the outer lip, and the pinched apex, which resembles that of Stilifer. The apex is more blunt than in E. fusco-apicata. 12. EULIMA ABBREVIATA \ Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 7.) S H E L L conical, thin, semitransparent, and glossy: sculpture, microscopic, close-set, regular and very fine longitudinal striae; periphery rounded and not keeled or angulated: colour ivory-white, except the three apical whorls, which are light brown : spire short, abruptly graduating to a rather blunt point : whorls 7, convex ; the last occupies three fifths of the shell: suture distinct, nearly straight : mouth oval, curved below : outer lip flexuous, as in other species of this genus : inner lip thick, and spread over the lower part of the pillar. L. 0*15. B. 0075. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 17a. Two specimens. 13. EULIMA SUBUMBILICATA2, Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 8.) S H E L L forming a short cone, rather solid for its minute size, nearly opaque, and glossy : sculpture none; periphery obtusely angular: colour creamy white : spire extremely short and terminating in a blunt and bulbous point : whorh 5, compressed and rounded ; the last occupies nearly two thirds of the shell: suture slight, straight: mouth roundish-oval, projecting beyond the line of the spire, contracted at the upper corner and rounded below : outer lip semicircular: inner Up filmy at the top and narrowly reflected on the bottom of the pillar: umbilicus shallow and exhibiting a small perforation behind the pillar. L. 0*05. B. 0*025. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870: Atl. St. 27. A single specimen, but characteristic from not merely its minute size, but from its excessively short and compact spire, the shape of its mouth, and especially the umbilical perforation. 14. EULIMA MINUTA3, Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 9.) S H E L L club-shaped, thin, semitransparent, and glossy : sculpture none except microscopic and close-set longitudinal striae or scratches ; periphery rounded: colour whitish, with a slight tint of yellow : spire rather long ; apex blunt: whorls 5-6, compressed ; the last takes up about half the shell : suture slight and oblique : mouth oval, contracted and pointed above, curved below : outer Up somewhat thickened : inner lip also thickened, and somewhat expanding at the base, which slopes gradually. L. 0*075. B. 0025. 'Porcupine' Exp. 1870*: Atl. St. 26-29. Six specimens. Distribution. Strait of Messina (Granata-Grillo), off Marocco (' Talisman ' Exp.), 18-1192 fms. 15. EULIMA OBTUSA4, Jeffreys. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 10.) S H E L L somewhat cylindrical, slender, rather thick, semitransparent, 1 Shortened. 2 Spmewbat umbilicated. 3 Minute. 4 Blunted. |
