813 



P. testa ovato-oblonga, solidu, longitudinaliter plicatu, alba, 

 punctis rufis seriatim cincta ; plicis laivibus ; iiiterstitiis transverse 

 striatis ; ultimo anfractu spird breviore, turgidulo. 



Oval-elongate, solid, last whorl very large, with numerous pro- 

 minent, longitudinal plaits ; the interstices transversely finely stri- 

 ated ; usually three rows of reddish-brown spots. 



Island of Vanikoro. Philippines, etc. (Mus. Cuming.) 



2. Pyramldella corrugata (pi. clxxii. f. 4), Lamarck, 

 Hist. An. s. vert. ed. Desh. vol. iv. p. 56; Kien. Mon. Pyram. 

 pi. ii. f. 6. 



P. testa elongato-turrita, gracili, longitudinaliter plicata, alba, 

 prope suturas punctis luteis varis picta; ultimo anfractu spira 

 multo breviore. 



Elongated, white, with small, sparse, yellow spots; plaits on 

 the whorls, smooth, numerous, regular, with the intervals trans- 

 versely striated ; columella with three plaits. 



Isle of Prance. (Mus. Lara.) 



3. Pyramidella glans (pi. clxxii. f. 6, 7), Reeve, Pro. 

 Zool. Soc. 1842; Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 207. f. 1. 



P. testa cylindraceo-conica, bicolorata; anfractibus longitudi- 

 naliter striatis, inferne albis, superne olivaceo-viridibus ; apertura 

 rotundato-ovali. 



This is a small, obtuse species, of which the whorls are just 

 one-half white, and the other half dark olive-green. 



Philippines. (Mus. Cuming.) 



4. Pyramidella magnifica (pi. clxxii. f. 3), Adams et 

 Reeve, Zool. Voy. Samarang, Moll. p. 53. pi. 10. f. 1. 



P. testa pyramidali-conica, subcylindracea, spirse suturis im- 

 pressis; anfractibus quatuordecim, plano-convexis, superne cana- 

 liculatis, longitudinaliter crebriliratis, interstitiis foveolatis, an- 

 fractu ultimo ecostato, promiscue foveolato; columella fortiter 

 triplicata ; apertura antice subemarginata ; albida, ferrugineo-fusco 

 tincta et maculata. 



The whorls are flattened and foveolate between the longitudinal 

 rib-like plicae, which are produced posteriorly into prominent no- 

 dules ; the outline is more pyramidal than in P. auris-cati. 



Shores of Borneo, China Seas. (Mus. Taylor.) 



5. Pyramidella nodicincta (pi. clxxii. f. 5), A. Adams. 

 P. testa pyramidali-conica, alba, maculis rufis, in seriebus 



