ZIZYPHINUS 



Plate VIII. 



Species 56. (TVIus. Cuming.) 



ZizYPHiNus RUBRO-PHNCTATUS. Zhypli. testcl abhreviato- 

 conicd, lictescente, atifractihts convexis, ad sutiiras im- 

 pressis, liris squamato-spiuulosis ciucfis, hdcrntiliis 

 profundis, minutis, rnbris. 



The red-dotted Zizyphinus. Shell shortly conical, 

 yellowish, whorls convex, impressed at the sntnres, 

 encircled with squamately spiued ridges, interstices 

 deep, luimite, red. 



Adams, Pro. Zool. Soc. 18.51, p. 107. 



Hab. ? 



The sculpture of this little species is developed through- 

 out in erect prickly scales, the minute interstices between 

 which are red. 



Species 57. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus Montagui. Zizyph. testa conicd, flavescente- 

 alba, fuscescente punctata, anfractibus convexis, spira- 

 liter lineari-Uratis, liris lavibus, iiderstiliis late pro- 

 fimde excavatis, minutissime lonijiludinaliter striatis. 



Montagu's Zizyphinus. Shell conical, yellowish-white, 



dotted with pale-brown, whorls convex, spirally 



linearly ridged, ridges smooth, interstices broadly 



deeply excavated, very minutely longitudinally stri- 



- ated. 



Troclms Montagui, Gray, Wood, Ind. Test. Suppl. pi. G. 

 f. 43. 



Troclms striatus, Porbes. 

 ZizypJdnus striatus, Adams. 



Hab. British Seas. Vigo Bay, Gallicia ; M' Andrew. 



Encircled with narrow smooth ridges, the interstices be- 

 tween which are neatly excavated. 



Species 58. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus unicinctus. Zizyph. testa subfiisifurmi- 

 cunicd, flavescente-albd, piirpureo-riifo sparsim articu- 

 latd, unfractibus spiraliter teriuistriatis, supenie de- 

 clivibiis, rude pUcatis, medio angulato-tumidis, ad 

 amjuluiH nodalis, avfractn ultiiiio versus basin, attenua- 

 te, unifuiiiculato. 



The one-girt Zizyphinus. Shell somewhat fiisiformly 

 conical, yellowish-white, sparingly articulated with 



purjDle-red, whorls spirally finely striated, sloping and 

 rudely plicated round the upper part, angularly swol- 

 len in the middle, noduled at the angle, last whorl 

 attenuated towards the base, one-corded. 



Adams, Pro. ZooL Soc. 1851, p. Ifi7. 



Ilab. Lord Hood's Island (on pearl oysters, at a depth of 

 from eight to ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A curiously formed species, of which the character is 

 well given in the accompanying figure. 



Species 59. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus vexillum. Zizyph. tesid conicd, albidd, viridi 

 latistriyatd, anfractibus rude convexis, Itpvibus, spi- 

 raliter lineari-iucisis. 



The flag Zizyphinus. Shell conical, white, broadly 

 striped with green, whorls rudely convex, smooth, 

 spirally linearly engraved. 



Hab. Australia ; Strange. 



A shell of simple form, with no sculpture excepting 

 faintly engraved spiral lines. 



Species 60. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Zizyphinus callichrous. Zizyph. testd subabbreviato- 

 conicd, versus basin late angulato-ventricosd, purpureo- 

 rosed, lineis uiyris dislanlibus cinctd, fusco oblique 

 fiammaid et ariiculatd, anfractibus plano-convexis, 

 spiraliter lineari-incisis, circa apicein obscure granu- 

 lafis. 



The pretty-coloured Zizyphinus. Shell rather shortly 

 conical, broadly angularly ventricose towards the 

 base, purple-rose, encircled with tlistant black lines, 

 obliquely flamed and articulated with brown, whorls 

 flatly convex, spirally linearly engraved, obscurely 

 granulated round the apex. 



Trochus callichrous, Philippi, Zeitschr. fiir Malak. 18-i9, 

 p. 14.9. 

 Zizyphinus strigosus, Adams. 



Hab. Morocco. 



The evidence of this species being Trochis strigosus of 

 Gmelin is insuflicient ; and the figure in Chemnitz, to 



Janiuirv, 1863. 



