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Fossarus ambiguus {Linn.). 



Fossarus ambiguus {Linn.); Tryon, 'Man. Conch./ vol. 

 ix, p. 271, PI. lii, figs. 3-5. 



Hab. — Tongaatj Natal. 



A single specimen inseparable from this variable species. 



It ranges from the Mediterranean along the north and 

 north-west coast of Africa, and has been recorded as far 

 south as St. Helena. 



Fossarus cap en sis Pilshrij. 



Fossarus capensis Pilshry : Smith, ' Proc. Malac. Soc./ 

 vol. V, p. 382. 



Hab. — Scottburgh, Natal (Burnup). 



Some specimens with three keels as figured by Pilsbry, 

 others with four. 



Heliacus crenellus {Linn.). 



Turbo crenellus Linn.; Hanley, 'Ipsa Linn. Conch./ p. 

 337. 



Solarium inf undibulif orm e {Gmel.) ; Philippi, 'Conch. 

 Cab./ p. 1],P1. II, figs. 8, 9; Hanley in Sowerby's ' Thes. 

 Conch:,' vol. iii, p. 243, PI. CCLIV, figs. 91-93, var. strigata, 

 fig. 94; Tryon, as Torinia, 'Man. Conch.,' vol. ix, p. 19, PI. 

 VJ, figs. 97-99. 



Solarium cylindraceum Hanley (non Chemn.), op. cit. 

 p. 242, PI. CCLIV, figs. 98, 99, fig. 100, monstrosity. 



Solarium chemnitzii Kiener, ' Coq. Viv.,' p. 12, PI. IV, 

 fig. 8. 



Hab . — Tongaat, Natal. 



The three small shells from Tongaat are prettily spotted 

 with reddish or blackish-brown at the periphery, one of the 

 spotted keels winding up the spire above the canaliculate 

 suture. The species has been recorded from various localities 

 in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



The generic name Torinia, which has been adopted in the 



