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cinctella Desh. as a synonym of picta Hinds (1. c. sp. 112). I have no materials to form an 

 opinion, in how far these 4 names ought to be united under one head. 



var. laevior n. var. PI. XXV, fig. 9. 



Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral, Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



Differing from the typical specimens by the wanting of spiral striae between the ribs, 

 which are placed closer together, the subsurutal groove only remaining ; the white colour is 

 persisting also a little below the groove, a difference which I find also, though less clearly, in 

 other specimens. As the only specimen is young, (1 y l /„ Mill.), I prefer to give it only a varietal 

 name, to describing it as a new species. Indeed the differences are rather insignificant. 



22. Terebra (Strioterebriim) columellaris Hinds var. 



HlNDS. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843, p. 151. 



SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. I, p. 172, PI. 44, fig. jj ; PI. 45, fig. 127. 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 113. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 22, PI. 6, fig. 93 {cancellata var.). 



Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral, Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 301. Pepela-bay, East coast of Rotti-island. 22 M. Mud, coral and Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



The specimen from Stat. 240 is somewhat intermediate in colour between Sowerby's 

 fig. 77 and 127, being lighter coloured than the former, darker than the latter figure; that 

 from Stat. 300, which may be bleached, is still lighter of colour than his fig. 127. The other 

 quoted figures are much less characteristic for the Siboga-specimens. 



23. Terebra (Strioterebriim) areolata Adams and Reeve. 



Aüams and REEVE. Zool. Voy. Samarang, p. 30, PI. 10, fig. 23. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 22, PI. 6, fig. 94. 



Stat. 37. Sailus ketjil, Paternoster-islands. 27 M. and less. Coral and coralsand. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 204. Between islands of Wowoni and Buton, Northern entrance of Buton-strait. 75 — 94 M. 



Sand with dead shells. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral, Lithothamnion. 1 Spec. 



The specimen from Stat. 204 is quite bleached and not perfectly identical in sculpture, 

 so its determination is a little doubtful. Most monographers consider this shell as a synonym 

 or slight variety of allied species, but Deshayes considered it to be a valid species. The Siboga- 

 specimens are in accordance with this view. 



24. Terebra (Strioterebriim) conspersa Hinds. 



HlNDS. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843, P- I 5 I - 

 SOWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. I, p. 163, PI. 44, fig. 74. 

 REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 127. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 24, PI. 7, fig. 13. 



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