TRITON.— Plate XV. 



stitiis striis elevatis decussatis ; cinereo-carulescente, 

 aut fused cinereo balteatd; columelld ritgosd, callosi- 

 tate superni armatd ; canali mediocri ; labro intus 

 dentato, dentibus binis. 

 The wasp-like Triton. Shell shortly fusiform, some- 

 what triangular, with a single varix ; spire acumi- 

 nated ; whorls concavely depressed at the upper 

 part, transversely crenulately ridged, the two up- 

 permost ridges tuberculously knobbed, interstices 

 between the ridges decussated with raised lines ; 

 ashy blue, or brown with a light ash-coloured belt ; 

 columella wrinkled, armed at the upper part with a 

 callosity, canal middling ; lip toothed within, teeth 

 ranged in pairs. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes' edit.), vol. vi. 

 p. 636. 



Hab. New Holland; Menke. 



This is a very characteristic little species, and may be 



recognized without much difficulty. 



Species 62. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Triton amictcs. Trit. testdfusiformi, subpyriformi.va- 

 ricibus duabus ; spird acuminata ; anfractibus tuber- 

 culato-nodosis, transversim liratis et striatis, liris 

 planulatis, subobsoletis ; albidd, epidermide molli 

 sparsim setosd amictd ; columelld leviter rugosd ; 

 canali subelongato ; aperture fauce albd ; labro intus 

 denticulato. 

 The well-clad Triton. Shell fusiform, somewhat 

 pear-shaped, with two varices; spire acuminated; 

 whorls tubercularly knobbed, transversely ridged 

 and striated, ridges flat, rather obsolete ; whitish, 

 clad in a soft sparingly bristled epidermis ; colu- 

 mella here and there wrinkled ; canal rather elon- 

 gated ; interior of the aperture white ; lip denticu- 

 lated within. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 

 Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This is quite a distinct species from the preceding ; 

 the shell is of a more pyriform shape, and the sculpture 

 is of a much less elaborate character. 



