TRITON. 



Plate XIX. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Triton digitai.e. 'Frit, testa oblongd, varice nulld; 

 spird acuminata; anfractibtis seriatim granulosis, 

 granulis ntimerusis, emtfertis, olitusis : albidd, fusces- 

 cente sparsim punctata ; cana/i brevissimo. 



The thimble Triton. Shell oblong, with no varix ; 

 spire acuminated ; whorls covered with close-set, 

 obtuse granules ; white, dotted here and there with 

 light brown ; canal very short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zoo!. Soc, 1844. 



Hub. Island of Capul, Philippines (found under stones at 

 low water) ; Cuming. 



The sculpture of this shell is much like the grained 

 surface of a thimble. 



Species 87. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Triton concinnus. Trit. testa oblongd, tenuicvld, varice 

 nulla; spirit sitbaeiiminatd ; anfraiiihus longithdi- 

 naliter concent rice costellatis, transversim creberrim'e 

 stria/is ; lutescenle, auran/io-fuscesceitte peculiariter 

 pictd, apice roseo-purpureo ; canali brevissimo. 

 The pretty Triton. Shell oblong, rather thin, with 

 no varix ; spire somewhat acuminated ; whorls 

 longitudinally concentrically ribbed, transversely 

 very closely striated ; yellowish, peculiarly painted 

 with light orange-brown, apex pinkish purple ; 

 canal very short. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 

 ilab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The bright orange-brown painting is peculiarly fes- 

 tooned, as it were, round the upper part of the whorl 

 next the suture. 



Species 8S. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Triton angulatus. Trit. testa oblongd, turritd, varice 

 nulla ; spini acuminata ; anfractibtis superni aiigti- 

 latis, longitudinaliter costellatis, transversim striatis, 

 striis prominentibus, confertis ; luted, aut Ititescente- 

 a/bci, rubido-fusco alboquc sparsim punctata ; canali 

 brevissimo. 

 The angulated Triton. Shell oblong, turreted, with 

 no varix ; spire acuminated ; whorls angulated at 



the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, transversely- 

 striated, striae prominent, close-set ; yellow or yel- 

 lowish white, dotted here and therewith white and 

 dark brown ; canal very short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Sue., 1*44. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found under stones al 

 low water) ; Cuming. 

 Chiefly distinguished by the angular structure of the 



whorls next the suture. 



Species 89. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Triton Scalariformis. Trit. testa fus'ti'tirmi-oblonga, 

 tenui, varicibus acta, fimbriatis, prominentibus ; spun 

 turritd , /infract Urns /iris angttstis eleva/is, crenu/alts. 

 crebre vittatis, interstitiis striis longitudinalibus cla- 

 thratis; albd, pcllucidd ; lamina columellari sube.i- 

 pansd ; canali brevi, recarvo ; labro fimbriate-. 



The Scalaria-shafed Triton. Shell fusiformly ob- 

 long, thin, with eight prominent fimbriated varices ; 

 spire turreted ; whorls closely bound or filleted 

 with narrow, crenulated, raised ridges, interstices 

 latticed with longitudinal stria; ; white, transparent ; 

 columellar lamina rather expanded ; canal short. 

 recurved ; lip fimbriated. 



Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1833. 



Hab. Bay of Montija, South America (found in coarse 

 sand at the depth of ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 



"This elaborately wrought species," says Broderip. 

 " has the varices placed with a regularity that almost 

 entitles it to a situation among the Rane/lee." 



Species 90. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Triton lativaricosus. Trit. testa oblongd, so/it/el. 

 subcompressti, varicibus tribtis vcl quaternis talis . 

 spini siilmbtiisii ; anfractibtis longitudinaliter conceit- 

 trice costellatis. cosle/lis solidis, stibdistantibiis, trans- 

 versim creberrim'e striatis; canali brevissimo. 



The rroad-varix Triton. Shell oblong, solid, a little 

 compressed, with three or four broad varices ; spire 

 rather obtuse ; whorls longitudinally concentrically 

 ribbed, ribs solid, rather wide apart, transversely 

 very closely striated ; canal very short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. ? 



