TROCHUS. 765 



Trochus Tentorium. Chemnitz, v. p. gO. t. I69. f. 1628. 



Gmelin, p. 3571. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 252. 

 Trochus, No. 51. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 700. 



inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about an inch long, and equally broad, and is said to be 

 covered with a hyaline epidermis, beneath which the colour 

 is sea-green ; the whirls have concatenated dots in the mid- 

 dle, and the two lower ones are much contracted at the su- 

 tures ; base flat, white, with concentric granules, and a fun- 

 nel-shaped umbilicus in the middle. 



ocHROLEUcus. 11. Shell conical, with transverse 

 obliquely crenated ribs ; base flat, and white 

 with red spots. 



Trochus ochroleucus. Gmelin, j^. 3571. Schreibers Conch. 



i. p. 252. 

 Trochus, No. 52. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 701. 

 Apiarium Chinense. Chemnitz, v. p. 91- t. l69. f. 1629. 



Variety. Variegated with white, dark red, blue, and green. 

 Trochus, No. 55. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 702. 

 Trochus, No. 57. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 252. 

 Chemnitz, v. t. I69. f. 1632. 



Inhabits the East Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



This shell appears, by Chemnitz's figure, to be an inch and a 

 quarter long, and about equally broad, of a pale whitish 

 brown colour, with oblique greenish stripes, and some crim- 

 son spots at the summit ; the variety is more variegated, and 

 has a row of dark red obhque broad longitudinal stripes on 

 the body-whirl. 



STELLATUS. 12. Shell conical, greenish, with 

 wrinkled plaits and concatenated dots, and 

 the sutures of the upper whirls spinous and 

 radiated. 



Trochus stellatus. Chemnitz, v. p. 91. t. 169- f. l630. 



Gmelin, p. 3571. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 252. 

 Trochus, No. 53. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 701. 



Inhabits the Indian Seas. Chemnitz. 



Shell about thirteen lines long, and fourteen broad, and Chem- 

 nitz's figure is painted green, except the body-whirl, which 

 IS pale greenish white with crimson oblique broad longitudi- 

 nal stripes. 



