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Aspergillum Javanum, var. Chenu. 



Description. " B. testa valvis ovatis, antice subattenuatis ; vagina angusta, 

 obscure annulosa ; fimbria perampla, profuse raniosa,' tubulis prselongis 

 minutis, crispatis, numerosissimis, irregulariter dichotomis, disco minute 

 perforato, pertbrationibus spinoso-tubulosis." Reeve. 



Hab. Singapore. 



B. pulchrus is remarkable for the profusion of twisted tubuli constitut- 

 ing its fringe. It is a smaller shell than B. Javanus, and is apparently 

 a good species. 



Subgenus Warnea. 



4. B. Australis, Chenu, sp. 



Aspergillum Australe, Chenu, Illust. Conch, p. 3, t. 3, f. 1, la. 



Catlow, Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Brechites Australis, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 "Warnea Australis, Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 310, 1858. 

 Aspergillum Cumingianum, Chenu, Illust. Conch, p. 3, t. 3, f. 4. 4a. 



Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. Conch. Icon. t. 2, f. 7, 

 a, b, 1860. 

 Brechites Cumingianus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1S56. 

 Aspergillum incertum, Chenu, Illust. Conch, p. 4, t. 4, f. 5. 



Catlow, Conch. Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 4, f. 19, 1860. 

 Brechites incertus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Description. " B. vagina longa, recta, subclavata, arenas et zoophyta ag- 

 glutinante ; disco piano, irregulariter fimbriato, tubulis extus minimis et 

 subprominulis perforate ; fissura profunde incisa, limbis foleaceis inferne 

 decorata; valvis sequalibus, inclusis." Chenu. 

 Hab. Australia. 



The three species quoted above may not be the same, but more specimens 

 will require to be examined to prove their distinctness. 



5. B. v aginifer us ,* Lamarck, sp. 



Aspergillum vaginiferum, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert. v. p. 430, 1818. 



" (Desh. ed.) Anim. sans Vert. vi. 



p. 21, 1835. 

 Sowerby, Genera, f. 1, 2. 

 Hanley, Desc. Cat. p. 1, t. 9, f. 23, 1842. 

 Ruppell, Atlas. Reise, Nord. Afric. t. 12, f. 2. 

 Savigny, Expl. Egypt, Moll. t. 14, f. 9. 

 Guerin, Iconog. du Reg. Anim. t. 33, f. 7. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst. t. 17, f. 1, 2, 1843. 

 Chenu, Conch. Illust. Asp. p. 2, 1. 1, f. 1, a, 6, c, 



t. 4, f. 9, a, b, c, and t. 5, f. 1-9. 

 Gray, Figs. Moll. Anim. t. 341, f. 2, 1857. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. Conch. Icon. t. 1, f. 2, 1860. 

 Brechites vaginiferus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 339, iii. t. xci. 



f. 4, 1856. 

 " (S. G. Warnea,) vaginiferus, H. and A. Adams, Genera, ii. p. 649, 



1858. 

 Warnea vaginifera, Gray, Zool. Proc. p. 339, 1858. 

 Aspergillum Delessertianum, Chenu, Conch. Illust. Asp. p. 3, t. 1, f. 2. 



Catlow, Nomenc. p. 1, 1845. 

 Reeve, Monog. Asp. t. 2, f. 6, 1860. 

 Brechites Delessertianus, II. and A. Adams, ii. p. 339, 1856. 

 Description. U B. testa valvis oblongo-ovatis, concentrice tenuissime lirato- 



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