ZIZYPHINUS.— Plate VI. 



Hab. Australia. 



In this narrow pyramidal sliell, the lower margin of the 

 whorls is more than usually tumidly produced. The paint- 

 inff is too variable to afford the means of definition. 



Speeies 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



ZlZYPHlNUS PULCHELLUS. Zlsj/ph. testd ahbreviato-conicd, 

 ad basin tiimidd, carneo-albd, rosea prof use punctata et 

 interdum sirujatd, anfradibiis concavo-declivihus, spira- 

 liter Uratis, liris leevibiis, insterstitiis spiraliter striatis, 

 avfraclunm margine basalt depresse anijulato-producto. 



TnE PKETTY ZizYPHiNUs. Shell shortly conieal, swollen 

 at the base, flesh-white, profusely dotted, and some- 

 times streaked, with rose, whorls concavely sloping, 

 spirally ridged, ridges smooth, interstices spirally 

 striated, basal edge of the whorls depressly angularly 

 produced. 



TrocJius pnlchellits, Phdippi, Zeitschr. fiir Malac. ISiS, 

 p. 101. 



Hab. — ? 



The scul]5ture in the interstices between the ridges 



runs parallel with the ridges themselves. 



Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 



ZlZYPHlNUS TiCAONlcus. Zizyph. testd subabbremato- 

 cnnicu, versus basin subveiilricosd, pallide cameo-rosed, 

 obscure punctato-articulatd, anfraclibus convexis, spi- 

 raliter teuniliratis, liris Icevibus, alternatim minori- 

 hus. 



The Ticao Zizyphinus. Shell rather shortly conical, 

 rather ventricose towards the base, pale flesh-rose, 

 faintly dot-articulated, whorls convex, spirally finely 

 ridged, ridges smooth, alternately smaller. 



Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1851, p. 167. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (hi sandy mud af a 

 depth of about six fathoms) ; Cuming. 



Remarkable only for the simplicity of its characters. 



Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus scitulus. Zizyph. testd umbilicatd, tumidu- 

 conicd, tenuiculd, auraiilio-fulvd, pimctis satiguineis 

 minute articulatd, kic illic albo-Jloccatd, anfraclibus 

 convexo-declivibus, spiraliter strialo-liratis, lira juxta 

 suturas majore. 



The neat Zizyphinus. Shell umbilicated, tumidly 

 conical, rather thin, orange fah'ous, minutely artir-u- 

 lated with crimson dots, and here and there flaked 

 with white, whorls convexly sloping, spirally striately 

 ridged, ridge next the suture larger. 



Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1854, p. 38. 



Hah. New Zealand ; Strange. 



The painting of this species as above described is cha- 

 racteristic. 



Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus Leanus. Zizyph. testd subacute corded, li- 

 vido-arucd, fusco obscure flammatd, anfraclibus superne 

 concavo-decUvibus, delude tumido-productis, undique 

 valide spiraliter granalis. 



Lea's Zizyphinus. Shell rather sharply conical, livid 

 bronze, obscurely flamed with brown, whorls con- 

 cavely sloping round the upper part, then tumidly 

 bulging, strongly spirally grained throughout. 



Trochus Leanus, C. A. Adams. is •< ^ 



Hab. ? 



A strongly-grained shell of a ]ieculiar livid bronze hue, 

 faintly brown-streaked. 



