160 CONCHOLOGY. 



T. muscaria. T. cingulifera. 



T. subulata. T. myuros, 



T. oculata. T. scabrella. 



T. duplicata. T. slrigilata. 



T. Babylonia. T. lanceata, 



T. corrugata, T. aciculina. 



T. Senegalensis. T. granulosa. 



T. caerulescens. T. vittata. 



T. Buccinoides. The Buccinum-shaped Terebra. PL 

 27, fig. 3. 

 Answers to the above description. 



T. vittata. The filleted Terebra. 



Species smooth, pale fawn coloured ; transversely striated, 

 with transverse purplish fillets. 



T. maculata. The spotted Terebra. PI. 27, fig. 1. 



Species very long, spire pointed ; aperture oval, small, 

 widely notched anteriorly ; the external edge thin and sharp, 

 the left with an oblique thickening at its extremity. 



FAMILY XIX. 

 CoLUMELLARiA. Five gcneia. 



1, Columbella. Eighteen species. 



The shells of this genus are short, small, and rather thick ; 

 found in the seas of hot countries. 



The C. mercatoria is very common on the shores of the 

 Atlantic in warm latitudes, and was formerly used as money. 



Shell thick, turbinated ; spire short, obtuse ; aperture nar- 

 row, elongated, terminated by a very short canal or notch, 

 rendered narrow by an inflation at the inner side of the 

 right edge, and by some plaits on the columella; a very 

 small horny operculum. 



Columbella strombiformis. Columbella flavida. 



C. rustica. . C. semipunctata. 



C. mercatoria. C. bizonalis. 



C. Hebraea. C. reticulata. 



