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— T. Behringianum, Midd. — Fusus arthriticus, Fisch. Journ. de Conch. 

 1857, pi- 1^- f- 3.— Fusus Cumingii, Crosse, Journ. de Conch.) 

 Hob. Aniwa Bay ; Rifunsiri ; Hakodadi ; Gulf of Tartary. 



3. Neptunea despecta, Linn. (Murex despectus, Linn. — Fusus de- 

 spectus, Rve. Conch. Icon. Fusus, sp. 39. — Fusus carinatus, Lam. — 

 Murex carinatus, Penn. — Fusus tornatus, Gould. — Tritonium de- 

 spectum, Fair.) 



Hab. Aniwa Bay ; Rufunsiri. 



4. Neptunea aistuosa, Gould, Otia Conch, p. 123. 

 Hab. Kagosima. 



5. Neptunea lurida, A. Ad. 



N. testa ovato-ventricosa, cretacea aut sordide alba, epidermide fusca 

 tenui obtecta, spira apertiu-a breviore; anfractibus 4|, convexis, ulti- 

 mo obtusim postice subangulato ; apertura ampla, ovata, intus livida ; 

 labio laevi, convexo, canali brevissimo aperto vix reflexo ; labro intus 

 lirato, prope marginem laevi, postice late subsinuato. 

 Hab. Aniwa Bay J Cape Tofuts. 



This is the common edible Whelk of the Ainos. I cannot refer it to any 

 of the varieties of N. antiqua mentioned by MiddendorfF, most of which, as 

 mentioned above, also occur in Northern Japan. 



Subgenus Sipho, Klein. 



1. Sipho Sabinii, Gray. (Buccinum Sabinii, Gray,Suppl. to App. Par- 

 ry's Voy. 1824, p. 240. — Fusus Sabinii, Gray, Zool. Beechey's Voy. 

 1839, p. 117. — Fusus Bernicensis, King, Ann. 4" Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1846, p. 246.) 



Hab. Aniwa Bay, 17 fathoms. 



2. Sipho dilatatus, Quay Sf Gaim. (Fusus dilatatus, Quay Si- Gaim, Voy. 

 de I'Astr. Zool. pi. 34. f. 15-17; Rve. Mon, Fusus, sp. 49. — Fusus 

 adustus, Phil.) 



Hab. Tsu-Sima. 



3. Sipho plicatus, A. Ad. 



S. testa fusiformi, subtunnta, sordide alba, epidermide pallide fusca ob- 

 tecta, spira apertura longiore ; anfractibus 9, longitudinaliter valde 

 plicatis, plicis distantibus, sequalibus, interstitiis transversim sulcatis ; 

 apertura trigonali- ovata ; labio laevi, arcuato, canali mediocri lato vix 

 recurvato ; labro acuto, margine postice late sinuato. 



Hab. Saghaleen ; Aniwa Bay, 16 fathoms. 



Fusus cretaceus. Reeve, is the only shell at all resembling this species. 

 The spire is very elevated, and the whorls are strongly plicate. 



5. Genus Cominella, Grai/. - 



1. COMINELLA FVCXT\, A. Ad. 



C testa acuminato-ovata, sordide grisea, fusco fulvoque fucata, spira 

 brevi, conoidali ; anfractu ultimo subventricoso ; anfractibus 5, planis, 

 postice coarctatis, suturis corrugato-plicatis transversim striatis ; aper- 



