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A. Ad. (fio-. 52(;), T. Japonica, A. A(\. ((ig. r)30), iiri- all syno- 

 nyms. 

 T. Zkhuensts, Reeve. PL 53, figs. 527-529, 520. 



Yellowish white, blotched or spotted irregularly with chestnut. 



Length, 1-25-1-5 inches. 



Philippines ; Polynesia. 



The synonyms are T. rorala, Gould (fig. 520), T. prsetexfa, 



Sowb. (fig. 529). 



T. RUFOMACULATA, Souverbie. PI. 53, fig. 531. 



Whitish, with four revolving series of chestnut maculations ; 



intervals of the ribs with punctate revolving strife. 



Length, 1 inch. 



Ifetc Caledonia. 

 Described and figured from a single specimen. 



T. AcupiCTA, Reeve. PI. 53, figs. 532, 533. 



White, tinged with yellowish or pink, profusel}' spotted and 

 maculated with chestnut or chocolate color. Length, 1*25 inches. 

 Bed Sed, Andaman Isles, Cocliin China, Zanzibar, Mauritius. 



Sowerby figures a variety in which the ribs are less numerous 

 but more prominent than in the type. 



T. PUNCTURATA, Sowb. PI. 53, fig. 534. 



Pink, maculate and flammulate with reddish brown ; interstices 

 of the ribs profouudl}'^ punctate. Length, 20 mill. 



Habitat unknown. 



Described from a single specimen. 



T. OBELiscus, Reeve. PI. 53, fig. 535. 



Cliestnut-l)rown, with a central white band, and sometimes an 



inferior narrower one. 



Andaman Islands, Philippines, Viti Islands. 



Reeve's figure is from a faded specimen. G. and H. Nevill 

 have described a var. Andamanica, but it has no difierential 

 characters. It is possible that T. obelise us is a non-angulated 

 form of T. cruentata, Chemu. 



T. Macandrewi, Sowb. PI. 53, fig. 53 G. 



Fawn color, lighter on the periphery. Length, -6 inch. 



Bed Sea. 

 A juvenile shell with no distinctive features. It may be a 

 young obeliscus. 



