2 95 



Reeve. Conch. Ie. Vol. IV, Turbinella, fig. 7. 



KOBELT. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. III, Turbinella, p. 21, 118. PI. 6, fig. 8; 



PI. 31, fig. 6, 7. 

 TRYON. Man. of Conch. Vol. III, p. 93, PI. 69, fig. 159. 



Stat. 234. Nalahia-bay, Nusa-Laut-island. Reef. 1 Spec. 



2. Lat ir ns tur ritus Gmelin. 



Gmelin. Syst. Nat. Ed. XIII, p. 3456. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv, Vol. V, Turbinella, p. 32, PI. 18, fig. 2 [lineata). 



REEVE. Conch. Ie. Vol. IV, Turbinella, fig. 57. 



KOBELT. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. III, Turbinella, p. 19, PI. 6, fig. 4, 5. 



Trvon. Man. of Conch. Vol. III, p. 93, PI. 69, fig. 160, 161. 



Stat. 58. Seba, Savu. Up to 27 M. Sand. 1 Spec. 



3. Latirus Melvilli n. sp. PI. XXII, fig. 9. 



Stat. 91. Muaras reef, inner side, East coast of Borneo. Up to 54 M. Hard coral sand. 1 Spec. 

 Stat. 213. South-island near Saleyer. Reef. 2 Spec. 



Shell ovately-fusiform, spire rather long, conical, with convex sides and short slightly 

 recurved canal. Whorls 7 to 8, upper ones rather convex, last one contracted below the suture, 

 which is distinct and irregularly squamate. Sculpture consisting of broad, rounded, concentric 

 ribs, 8 in number on last whorl, and coarser and finer striae, which make the surface slightly 

 crenulate; this sculpture is crossed by spiral lirae, lour in number on penultimate whorl, of 

 which the subsutural is the broadest, these lirae are separated by grooves which have the 

 character of intermediate lirae. Colour orange brown on the lirae, clark red-brown in the interstices. 

 Aperture o val, angular above, peristome rather thick, undulatecl by the lirae, columellar margin 

 concave. Interior of aperture with ribdike lirae at some distance from the peristome, with a 

 tooth at the entrance of canal ; columellar margin with a thick layer of enamel, its basal part 

 with 3 plicae, of which the most basal one is doublé, its left margin ridgedike, leaving ;m 

 umbilical slit. Canal short, directed to the left. Interior of aperture yellowish, its margin and 

 canal orange, the margin with brown streaks corresponding to the lirae. 



Alt. i;7 3 , lat. 8y t ; apert. alt. 5 1 /., with canal 8 1 /,, lat. 3 1 /., Mill. 



This species is allied to the preceding one, but is easily distinguished by its colour, 

 which is just the reverse of L. turritus, the lirae being lighter than the interstices, moreover 

 it differs in many details of shape and sculpture. In arrangement of colour it resembles much 

 Peristcrnia lauta Reeve, which has the same sculpture and clistribution of colours, but is more 

 slencler and there is no white on the ribs, else the differences seem to me to be of 110 great 

 importance, if compared with the only specimen of lauta in my collection, which is however 

 in no excellent condition. I have named the species after Mr. J. C. Melvill, who has made 

 a special study of the genus and has assisted me by comparing the doubtful specimens, and 

 pointed at the differences between the new species and P. lauta. 



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