TRITON.— Plate VI. 



lumella ornamented with large spots of very dark 

 brown ; columella smooth or obsoletely plaited ; 

 lip dentated within, teeth very dark brown, interior 

 of the aperture white ; canal rather short, a little 

 turned upwards. 



Reeve. Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. Matnog, province of Albay, island of Luzon (found 

 on the reefs) ; Cuming. 

 This shell appears at first sight to be nothing more 



than a casual variety of the Triton lotorium ; it will be 

 found, however, upon examination to differ materially. 

 The large tuberculated humps of the Triton lotorium. are 

 here represented by regular series of small rounded 

 knobs, which impart a kind of cancellated structure to 

 the earlier whorls which is very characteristic ; the 

 lower part of the shell is not distorted ; and the varices, 

 especially at the back, are vividly painted with large di- 

 stinct brown blotches. 



