ed striae, <>r ii on< considers their interstices by unequal flat lirae; 



n penultimate whorl, of which one, placed at some distance from the suture, has 



the ribs nearlj reach the base of last whorl, where the number 



much m nsiderable; this last whorl is very long, subangularly rounded below, 



ntracted. Aperture elongate, narrow, with a nut very sharp angle above, ending 



in a rather long, curved canal below; peristome not intact, columellar margin consisting of an 



appressed layer of enamel, with a scarcely appreciable groove below, bordering a faint columellar 



Interior <>!" aperture smooth, white 



Alt. 35, lat. 4 1 /,; apert. alt. .\\ r lat. i Mill. 



nearest ally of this species may be '/'. Fortunei Desh. (Journ. de Conch. [857, p. 79, 

 PI. .}. fig. 1), but with probably an equal number of whorls (Deshayes says 20 whorls without 

 the apex, which he suspects may be 5 or 6 more) it is much smaller 1 /'. Fortunei 69 Mill.) 

 an- but 6 spiral striae, of which the firsl borders the subsutural zone, in the nevv species 

 this zone !•> likewise striated, and though the specimen trom Stat. 204 has only 12 spiral striae, 

 this number is stil] twice the number recorded by Deshayes for T. Fortunei. 



Terebra (Strioterebrum) affinis Gray. 



. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1 S34, p. 60. 

 KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. VIII, p. 34, PI. 11, fig. 24^ [pertusa var.). 



WERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. I, p. 172, PI. 46, lig. jS. 



EVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 39. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 14, PI. 2, fig. 22. 



66. Bank between islands of Bahuluwang and Tambolungan, South of Saleyer. S — 10 M. 

 Dead c<iral, Halimeda, Lithothamnion. 1 Spcc. 



Stat. -X. fcumu-Lumu-shoal, Borneo-bank. 34 M. Coral and coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 282. Between Nusa Besi and N.E.-point of Timor. 27 — 54 M. Sand, coral and Litho- 

 thamnion. 2 Spcc. 



Stat. 299. Bnka- or Cyrus-bay, South coast of Rotti-island. 34 .AI. .Mud, coral and Litho- 

 thamnion. 1 Spcc. 



21. Terebra Strioterebrum) itndiilata Gray. 



. Zool. Soc. Lond. [834, p. 60. 

 WERBY. The-. Conchyl. Vol. I, p. 172, PI. 43. fig. 55. 

 REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 84. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 22, PI. o, fig. 4 . 



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



50. Bay "i" Badjo, West coast of Flores. l'p to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells. 2 S] 



Stat. 18.). Near Kampong Kelan ist of Manipa-island. 36 M. Coral, sand. 1 Spec. 



. 2~~. Kulewatti-bay, Dammer-island. 45 M. Sand, white and black mixed. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 313. ! I'. .ir, Saleh-bay. Cp to 56 M. Sand, coral nul Mud. 1 Spec. 



ecimens belong to the form represented by the quoted figures, with white sul i- 

 sutural band, one could think, after Tryon's words, Reevi would have united even T. cinctella Desh. 

 with this unites only /. approximata I)csh. as a synonym, and deals with 



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