182 PUSiA. 



Described from a specimen in the Hanley collection. Three 

 examples, withont locality, are also in tlie collection of the 

 Philadelphia Academy. 



T. SPRETA, A. Ad. ri. 54, iio-. ;');');■). 



Liy-ht ycllowisli l)r<)wn. Length, '25 inch. 



A juvenile shell. It is not at all in'olmltle that it is distinct 

 from one of the previously described species : judging from the 

 figure it could he safely referred to an}' one of half a dozen 

 species. iMcludiiig the last. 



T. KOSEocAUDATA, Hanley. PI. 54, fig. 556. 



Ijight yellowish l)rowu. Length, '2 inch. 



Hahitat inikuown. 



Probably a starve(l, rugose, young specimen of T. cadarerutia. 



T. LATERcuLATA, Sowb. PI. 54, fig. 557. 



YelloAvish brown, with a central band, bordered on each side 



by a row of brown spots. Length, '7 inch. 



Hdhifat inil.-iioinii, 

 T. /ELOTYi'A, lleeve. PI. 54, fig. 558. 



Alternately baudt'd witli ycllowisli brown ;iud white. 



Length, 1 inch. 



Ilab it at xmhiioirn. 



Section Fusia, Swninson. 



Shell small, ovate, more or less ribbed or nodulous ; spire 

 usually short, convex, with obtuse apex; outer lip sometimes 

 thickened. 



T. DERMESTiNA, Lam. PI. 54, figs. 559-566. 



Chestnut or chocolate-brown more or less spotted with yellow- 

 ish white on the ril)s, with a superior interrupted white band and 

 an inferior narrow^er one. Length, '75 inch. 



Wist Indies ; Paumotus ; Sandwich Islands ; Red Sea ? 



The West Indian hal.)itat of this species is established by 

 Morch, Krebs, Swift, etc. ; the Paumotus are given on the 

 authority of Hugh Cuming; Mr. Pease reports it from the 

 Sandwich Islands, M'Andrew from the lied Sea. Probal)ly the 

 latter is a mistaken identification ; but specimens from the two 

 oceans are alike and cannot be specifically distinguished. The 



