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Ph. virgatijs, Hinds. PI. 88, fig. 502. 



Light yellovvisli, the ribs crossed l)y iiii pressed brown lines. 



Length, 1*5 inches. 



Ceylon. 

 Spire lo]iger than in its allies. 



Ph. l.^vigatus, A. Ad. PI. 88, fig. 4<i;i. 



Whitish, tinged with orange or brown. Length, 1*5 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 The only species devoid of spiral sculpture. 



Ph. textum, Gmel. PI. 83, figs. 498, 500, 501, 503-505, 507. 



Shell whitish, the aperture and columella deep orange or 

 brown. Length, 1 inch. 



Philippines; Indian Ocean; Andaman Men. 



The richly colored interior is the best character hy which to 

 distinguish this species. It has several synonyms : P. pyrostoma, 

 Reeve (fig. 501 ) ; P. cancellatus, Quoy (fig. 498) ; P. varians, 

 Sowb. (figs. 503, 504) ; P. spinicostatus, A. Ad. (fig. 505) ; P. 

 Blainvillei, Desh. (fig. 500). The last name is adopted by 

 Sowerby for this species, although Deshayes himself considers 

 it a synonym of P. textum in his edition of Lamarck, published 

 36 years ago. P. cyanostoma, A. Ad. (fig. 507), as illustrated by 

 Sowerby in his " Thesaurus," is also a synonym ; but Mr. E. A. 

 Smith says that this is a mistake in identification, the true 

 cyanostoma being different. Adams never published a figure. 



Ph. roseatus. Hinds. PI. 83, figs. 508-511. 



Whorls rounded or scarcely shouldered, the longitudinal ribs 

 small, narrow, rounded. Yellowish, roseate or brown, sometimes 

 three-banded with darker color. Length, 1-1-25 inches. 



Philippines ; Moluccas; Borneo. 



P. Borneensis^ Sowb. (fig. 510), of which a single specimen fur- 

 nished the diagnosis and figure, and P. i^'aricosus, Gld. (fig. 511), 

 are synonyms. 



Ph. Terebra, Sowb. Ph 83. fig. 518. 



Narrow, with long spire; yellowish brown, with brown bands; 



whorls occasionally crossed b}' rounded varices. 



Length, -75 inch. 



Sydney, Australia ; Borneo ? 



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