TURBO. 833 



This shell appears, by Chemnitz's figures, to be nearly two 

 inches long, and about equally broad ; it is commonly of a 

 brownish white colour vviih brown longitudinal stripes, or 

 sometimes brown with white rays, and the aperture is sil- 

 very. T. argyrost(ymiis of Forskael, p. 23, which Chemnitz 

 has quoted with a mark of doubt, is described * umbiiico 

 brevi.' 



iMPERiALis. 39. Shell with the whirls very con- 

 vex, glabrous, and green with darker trans- 

 verse lines ; pillar-lip callous above. 



Turbo imperialis. Gmeliit, p. 3594. Schreibers Conch, i. 



p. 274. 

 Turbo, No. 24. Schroeter EinL ii. p. 71. 

 Cochlea lunaris imperialis. Chemnitz, v. p. 200. t. 1 80. f. 

 1790. 



Inhabits the coasts of China. Chemnitz. 



Shell about three and a half inches long, and almost equally 

 broad, with six glabrous venlricose whirls ; the colour is 

 glossy pale green, with a few darker transverse lines, and nu- 

 merous character-like spots and longitudinal streaks ; the in- 

 side is silvery. 



coRONATUs. 40. Shell roundish, thick, ventricose, 

 with the body-whirl transversely nodulous, 

 and coronated with spines ; spire depressed, 

 and the pillar produced. 



Turbo coronatus. Gmelin, p. 3594. Schreibers Conch, i. 

 p. 274. 



Turbo, No. 25. Schroefer EinL ii. p. 71. 



Corona reclusa. Chemnitz, v. p. 201. t. 180. f. 1791 and 

 1792. 



La C()uronne fermee. Favanne, ii. p. 84. t. 8. f. O. 



Geve, i. 19. f. 17^i. 

 Varietj/. Shell rather smaller, more depressed, aud spotted 



with brown. 



Turbo, No. 26. Schroeter EinL ii. p. 71. 



Chemnitz, v. t. 180. f. 1793. 

 Inhabits the coasts of the Moluccas. Favanne. Straights of 



Malacca, and Nicobar Islands. Chemnitz. 

 Shell about an inch and a half long, and equally broad, of a 



dirty white colour generally clouded with green, aud the 



summit is orange ; the body-whirl has three transverse rows 



of large nodules, of which one row at the upper margin is 



more pointed than the others. 



