192 PUSiA. 



T. TUMIDA, Reeve. PI. 5G, fiji". r>29. 



Whorls swollen and augulated around the upjx'r part, the 

 angle with a few large nodules ; yellowish white, orange or 

 reddish between the nodules and at the base, with a broad 



central chocolate band. Ijcngth, 1 •;'> inch. 



Australia. 



So close to the i)receding- species that I hesitated about 



separating tlieni. The color is the same, but this shell is wider, 



and the nodules are less numerous and hirger, witii a decided 



shoulder on the whorls. 



'r. TNTERRllPTA, Autou. PI. 50, fig. ()31. 



Whitish, with interrupted revolving lines of chestnut-brown, 



ibrming a ceutral band, with traces of an inferior one. 



Length, "4 inch. 



Habitat unknown. 



Evidently immature. Not included in the genus by either 

 Reeve or Sowerlf}', and 1 am unaccpiainted with it. 



T. NODULOSA, Pease. PI. 5(), lig. ()32. 



White, interruptedly encircled with brown below. 



Length, 10 mill. 



Paumotus. 



Appears to be very closely allied to. if not identical with T. 



interrupta.1 Anton. 



T. ENCAUSTA, Gould. PL 5(i, fig. 038. 



Ash-colored, with eight or nine coarse longitudinnl ribs, and 



deeply incised, regular revolving stria' of a dusky color. 



Length, 'S.^ inch. 



Fiji Islands. 



A young shell, the allinities of which 1 cannot make out, 



neither from the original figure and description, nor from an 



authentic specinuMi befoi-e me. 



T. spEciosA, Reeve. PI. 50, fig. 084. 



Pinkish white, with a central reddish-brown baud, appearing 



only on the tops of the regular longitudin:il iil>s ; a row of spots 



above, and another below it; aj)erture pink within. 



Length, "7 inch. 



miippines, Mauritiun, (7oo/t-^s ami Paitmotus Is. 



