T Y P II I S. 



Platk 11. 



Spucies 5. (I'^ig- ", /', c, Mus. Brit.) 



Typhis Sowkhbti. Ti/p. tfst'l subtiirhiiKild, alh'tM, vcl 

 fused; spird elevatd ; anfractilnts iiijhinttenuatis ; 

 vai-icibus extantilms, la/jiieatis, r.r/i'ni.'ii.<, snpcnie 

 uncinatis, tubis intenncdiis tiltimis , l(iii,jnti.<, siibre- 

 curvis, adcanalem truncalis ; caiin/i (unjuMc. n trorso. 



Sowerbt's Typhis. Shell subturbiiuiteJ, whitish, or 

 brown ; spire clevattid ; whorls rather att(>iiuated 

 below ; varices projectiug, lluted, expanded, hooked 

 above; tubes intermediate, the last elongated, 

 rather recurved, truncated at the canal ; canal 

 narrow, recurved. 



Brodkp.ip. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18.'!2. 



Hab. Mediterranean. 



Tyi 



Species G. (Pig. a, b, JIus. Brit.) 

 MiTESS. Ti/p. te.<td brevi, albido - subrosid, 



nitenli 



spird liltimum anfractum longitiulim; fere 

 aqnanti ; varicibus lamiiuitis, cxtantibus. suprd 

 angulum clevatis, amealis : lubis medianii!, 

 breri, rectiusciilo. 



The shining Typhis. Shell short, pink_\- 

 shining; spire nearly e([ual in length to tl 

 whorl ; varices laminar, standing out 

 above the angle, cuneate ; tubes medial ; 

 short, rather straight. 



Hinds. Voyage of the Sulplmr : M. lluseu. p. Id 



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raised 

 canal 



//«/.. Isl. .St. M 



^__^. Species 7. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Brit.) 



Typhis pinn.^tus. Ti/p. tcatd nlhd, temu, snhoratd, 

 cancellatd ; spird elrvatd ; varicibus lafis, Jaque(iti.% 

 fiinbriatis, infra expamis : canali breviiisculu. 



The piNN.iTED Typhis. Shell white, thin, rather ovate, 

 cancellated ; spire elevated ; varices broad, lluted, 

 fringed, expanded below; canal rather short. 



Bropeimi'. Proc Zuol. Soc, 1802. 



Hab. ' 



The original typie was long a unique shell in Mr 

 Wallace's small collection. It was lost, but there ar 

 now two specimens in the Cumingian collecliou o 

 the British Museum. 



Species 8. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Taylor.) 



Typhis di-pmcatus. Ti/p. testd orato-iiiiimiu<itd inter 

 varices castaned ; varicibus arrualiia rei-urris. rum 

 tubis interKtitialibus conjluentihus. tubus latas 

 dupliratas efformantibus ; spird ncuiitiiiatd, cltcntd; 

 canali latiilsculo, lenni. 



The douuled Typhis. Shell ovate-acuminate, chestnut 

 between the varices ; varices arched backwards, 

 coniluent with the interstitial tubes, forming broad 

 double tubes; spire acuminated, elevated; canal 

 rather broad, thin. 



Soweui;y. I'roe. Zoi.l. Soc. 1S70. 



Hab. China Seas. 



This is the second species discovered in which the 

 varix is so bent hack as to be ' coniluent with the 

 preceding tube, the first being 2'. arcuatus ut Hinds. 



Species 9. (Mus. Brit.) 



Typhis Belcheui. T;/p. tcstd fusifmui, all>idd ; au- 

 frartibus rotundis ; varicibus angustis, taqueatis, 

 infrd jnniiatis, suprcb vniplicatis, arcuatim 

 expansis, ad terminum valde imcinnatis, acu- 

 miniitis : tubis intcrmnliis. rerurvis ; spird 

 elevatd. 



Belcher's Typhis. Shell fusiform, whitish ; whorls 

 rounded ; varices narrow, fluted, pinnated below, 

 uniplicated above, with a curved expansion : 

 much booked and sharpened at the end ; tubes 

 intermediate, recurved ; spire elevated. 



Broherip. Proc. Zool. Soc, 18o2. 



Ilab. Cape Blanco. 



February. 187 



