/ 'ermetus 



St.it. 25 1. - 2 E. Arafura Sea. 204 M. Hard coralsand. Many specimens. 



A large number of specimens fixed t<> stones and <>ther substances, lias a superficial 

 mblance with / . -. I mi differs by having no interior lamellae. 



4. / 'ermetus sp. 



South point of Kabacna-island. 22 M. Coarse sand. 1 Spec. 



:. Samau-island. Up to 36 M. Lithothamnion. 1 Spcc. 

 St.it. , 1 ;. East 1 >t Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Up to 36 M. Coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Spcc. 



1 can find no figure agreeing with this rather peculiar species, which lias a granular 

 sculpture and seems to agglutinate small foreign bodies. No interna! laminae. 



5. Vermetus maximus Sowerby. 



Si iwerby. Cat. Coll. Tankerv. App. N° 23. 

 CHEMNITZ. 111. Conch. Vermetus, PI. 5, fig. 6 {gigas). 

 TRYON Man. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 1S4, PI. 55, fig. 89, 90. 



Stat. 24S. Rumah Lusi, North point of Tiur-islands. Reef. 4 Spec. 

 The tubes are for a «jood deal imbedded in coral. 



Fam. TURRITELLIDAI . 

 Turritella Lamarck. 



1 . Turritella (s. str.) ierebra Linné. 



LlNNÉ. Syst. Nat. Ed. XII, p. 1239. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 100, PI. 30, fig. M. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. IX, Turritella, p. 4, PI. 3, fig. 4. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. Y, Turritella, fig. 3. 



TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 195, PI. 59, fig. 32, 33. 



Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. I, Turritella, p. 29, PI. 7, fig. 2. 



Stat. 1. 1400 M. trom "Zwaantjes-droogte", Madura-strait. 37 M. Grey mud with small binken 

 shells. 3 Spec. 



2. Turritella 's. s/r. leptomita Melvill & Sykes. 



Mi-.i.vii.i. & SYK1 Proc. Mal. Soc. Lond. Vol. II, p. 171, PI. 13, fig. 12, 12a. 



Stat. 133. Lirung, Salibabu-island. Up to }6 M. Mud and hard sand. 1 Spec. 

 t. 231. Amboina. 40 M. Coralsand. 1 Spec. 



TIn: specimen from Stat. 133 is larger than the type, being 29 MUI. instead of 21,5 (that 

 oina is young), the whorls, if wet, are faintly stained with brown, especiallv on the 



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