S T R :\i B u s . 



Species 41. (Fig. a, h, iMus. Cuming.) 



Stuombis elega.ws. Sirumh. Usildfii^ljornu-turritu, spird 

 e.fufrtd, anfraclibiis tninsversim k-Duiliraiis, stipen/e 

 III!!' migidatk, ad antjnluni pUcnto-nodatis, casta tmnidd 

 Jlexiiosd pone lahnmi, colmuelld cruaiii laminatd, siqim 

 el bifra corrmjatd, aperturd siihcontractd, funce dense 

 corrnijuld; alhidu, riifo-fusco fusciald et punctata, co- 

 in nielld et apertures fauce purpureis vel intense rujs. 



I'm. ELEGANT Steombus. Shell fusifoi-mly turreted, 

 spire exserted, wliovls trausversely finely ridged, 

 Ijroadly angled at the ujiper part, plicately nodded 

 at the angle, with a swollen flexiions rib behind the 

 lip, columella thickly laminated, wrinkled above and 

 below, aperture somewhat contracted, interior densely 

 wrinkled ; whitish, banded and dotted with red-brown, 

 cohunella and interior of the aperture purple or deep 

 red. 



SowEUBY, Thesaurus Conch, p. 30. pi. 7. f. i'i and 4S. 



Hcdj. Eed Sea; Kuppell. Philippine Islands (in coarse 

 sand at the depth of eight fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 Very closely allied to .S'. rni/usiis, from w hieli it dill'crs in 



being of a more fusiform turreted slianc. 



Species i-}. (Mas. Ciuniiig.) 



Strombus Japomcus. Strohih. trs/ii /W^if,jn,ii-t/irritd, 

 spird vatde exsertd, anfracti/jus iiiid/r^n,/ m-iirrrin/e el 

 regulariler sulcatis, superne declici-concafi.s, ud nngii- 

 luiii subobscure plicato-nodatis, apicem versus loiir/itndi- 

 naliter tenuicostatis, cohunelld callosd, laminatd, labro 

 alato, intus conspicue nidint/ni rorniijnto ; albd, rufo- 

 fnxco tincld et variegatd, :u/iii/i>i dtldx, maeulis sai/it- 

 tariis interruptis, cinyidatil. fiiliinieUii el aperlune fauce 



The Japan Strombes. Shell fu-ifnrml\ tiirrel 

 much exserted, whorls trau.sversely very ele 

 regularly grooved throughout, slantingly 

 round the upper part, somewhat obscurely plicately 

 uoduled at the angle, longitudinally finely ribbed 

 towards the apex, columella callous, laminated, bp 

 winged, conspicuously radiately wrinkled within; 

 white, stained and variegated with nd-linnvn, en- 

 circled with narrow white zones, intiiriiptiil with 

 arrow-headed markings, columelhi ami ml'-rior of 

 the aperture ivory-white 



Ilah. Japan. 



This species is certaiidy distinct from 6'. viltatus and 

 CampbeUi, chiefly in the slanting concavity of the upper 

 portion of the whorls and in their close transverse 

 uroo\'ing. 



Species 43. (Mus. Ciuning.) 



Steombus succinctus. Slromb. testa oldongo-ovatu,std)- 

 fusiformi, spird acuminata, npice acuta, anfractihis 

 Icevibus, superne decUvibtis, anfractu ultimo obsolete rude 

 tuberculttto, labro alato, ad spiram producto, columella 

 callosd, aperturd subangustd, superne conspicue cauali- 

 culatd, fauce radiatim corrugatd ; fuho-spadiced, fusco 

 eximie lentiginosd, lonulis albis, maculis sagittarik 

 interrujitis, ciugulatd, columella et apertura fauce ebur- 

 neis. 



The girdled Steombus. Shell oblong-ovatc, some- 

 what fusiform, spire acuminated, apex sharp, whorls 

 smooth, slanting round the upper part, last whorl 

 obsoletely rudely tuberclcd, lip winged, produced 

 upon the spire, colimiella callous, aperture rather 

 narrow, conspicuously channelled at the upper part, 

 interior radiately wrinkled ; fulvous fawn-colour, de- 

 licately freckled with brown, encircled with white 

 zones, interrupted with arrow-headed marks, colu- 

 mella and iutrriiir of the aperture ivory-white. 



LiNN.EUS, Syst. Xat. (Ix'tlicdit.) p. 1^12. 

 Strombusacciiictus, Horn. 



Ilab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (on the reefs at low 

 water); Cuming. 

 Chiefly characterized by the channelled growth of the 



lip upon the spire, and the slanting form of the whorls 



round the upper part. 



Species 44. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming ; 

 Fig. b, Mus. Saul.) 

 Steombus vittatus. Stromb. testd elomjatn-tnrrild, basi 

 conspirui xiilratd, inifnielUius mil hrnhnx aid trans- 

 versii,! Ii-iiiiiflruili'i. liiiKjilinlnwliler Siuhlil'iler costatis, 

 superne niiirgiiiiitia el depri'ssis, aiifrurhi ultimo tantum 

 Icevigato, columelld callosd, labro alato, intus obscure 

 corrugate, ad anfractus penultimum producto ; rufo- 

 fusco, viftis liir illir interrupfo, tincld et variegata, 

 cohiiiielld et aperlurte fanee niceis. 



January, ls.51. 



