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iy. Terebra (Strioterebrum) polygyrata Deshayes. 



DESHAYES. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 301. 

 REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 146. 

 Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. 23, PI. 7, fig. 10. 



Stat. 2. Madura-strait. 56 M. Grey mud with some radiolariae. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 4. Ujangkar (Java). 9 M. Coarse sand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91 M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells and stones. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 71. Makassar and surroundings. Up to 32 M. Mud, sand with mud, coral. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 114. Kwandang-bay-entrance. 75 M. Hard sand, very fine. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 142. Laiwui, coast of Obi Major. 23 M. Mud. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 153. o°3'.8N., I30°24'.3E. Bougainville-strait. 141 M. Fine and coarse sand with dead 



shells. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 181. Amboina. 54 M. Coralsand. 1 Spec. 



Stat. 205. Lohio-bay, Buton-strait. 22 M. Sandy mud. 4 Spec. 



Stat. 294. io°I2'.2S., I24°27'.3E. Timor-sea. 73 M. Soft mud with very fine sand. 1 Spec. 



The figure of Reeve is not very characteristic and that of Tryon, which is a rude copy 

 of it, still less fine; amongst the Siboga-specimens, some are of the length recorded by 

 Deshayes (13 MUI.) or even less, but the largest, from Stat. 114, has a length of 28 MUI., 

 another less typical one, without upper whorls must even have been larger. 



18. Terebra (Strioterebrum) viotascetis Hinds var. 



HlNDS. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1843, p. 154. 

 Sowerby. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. I, p. 177. 

 Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. 125. 

 Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. I, p. 35, PI. 10, fig. 98. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. 69 — 91. M. Fine grey sand, coarse sand with shells and stones. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 116. West of Kwandang-bay-entrance. 72 M. Fine sand with mud. 3 Spec. 

 Stat. 285. South coast of Timor. 34 M. Limit between mud and coral. 2 Spec. 



I have not quoted Hinds' figure in the Thesaurus Conchyliorum, as fig. 98 of Plate 45 

 represents the form of New Guinea. The Siboga-specimens agree rather well with Reeve's 

 figure, copied by Tryon, as they are whitish with a yellowish-brown band below the suture, 

 which colour-variety has been mentioned but not figured by Hinds, in Reeve's figure this band 

 is not visible in my copy. I have failed to find the words ascribed to Reeve by Tryon. 



19. Terebra (Strioterebrtim) multistriata n. sp. PI. XXV, fig. 8. 



Stat. 116. West of Kwandang-bay-entrance. 72 M. Fine sand with mud. 1 Spec. 

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

 Sand with dead shells. 1 Spec. 



Shell moderately large, elongate, very slender, white, with faint traces of an interrupted, 

 yellowish, subsutural zone and two still fainter ones on last whorl. Whorls 25, of which about 

 3 form a smooth nucleus, with convex whorls, subsequent whorls strongly convex for the genus, 

 separated by a deeply impressed, undulated suture; sculpture consisting of conspicuous, elegantly 

 curved ribs, 14 on last whorl, the crests of ribs smooth, but their sides and the interstices 



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