157 



very perceptible on the inferior whorls; above tumid, and 

 ornamented with a series of roundish white spots, placed 

 omewhat distant and doubled on the last whoJl ; Aperture 

 squarish and with a short but decided canal; columella 

 naked, twisted, and with a sharp margin. A thin epidSmis 

 covers many individuals. epiaermis 



MduTcaf'''' ^""^ ^'''''^^^ ^"^^""^'^ '" *^^ ^''''^^ P^^^fi^5 



17. T. sPECTABiLis. (pi. xliv. f. 88, 89.) Hinds, 1. c. p. 150 



Test^ subulatd, laevigata, politd; anfractibus superne sulco 



impresso divisis, infra longitrorsum plicatis, interstitiis l^vi- 



gais medio saturate castaneis, inferne albis; cingulo tuber- 



eb^g^'ata' ""' "" ''^'^"'^ ^^'''^'°' ^^^^"^^^^^ ^«"t«'t^ 



An elegant glittering species, well distinguished by its 



fhT^W% ^^^ if-f "'^^ ^^ '^' sculpture. The area above 

 the girdling is white, sometimes of a pale brown; beneath 

 and m the midle of each whorl, of a^dark chesnut; and a 

 narrow portion just above the suture is of a clear milk 

 white, and the last whorl is similarly banded. A very dis- 



^rl^MytstTtlour^'^ '''' '''^'^ ^^^^ ^^ -- 



san^rEmr *^' '^""^'^ Humphreys. Sumatra, on the 



18 T GEMMULATA. (pi. xliv. f. 92.) Kiener, 1. c. p. 15, 



t. a. I. 11. r ) 



Testa subulate, subturritd, fulvescente, anfractibus sub- 

 planulatis, superne sulco impresso divisis, longitrorsum plica- 

 tis supra biseriatim tuberculatis, prope suturam et cum 

 anfractu ultimo albocinctis; aperturd utrinque attenuata; 

 columella nuda, rectiuscula, canali mediocri 



The superior portion of each whorl is rather contracted, 

 and here it is provided with two series of small rounded tuber- 

 cles ; the lower of the two is white, and from each originates 



wht^ b^^H'">'.^ '^^'; 1 '^^^ ^^^* "^-1 ^- ^ conspTcuo: 

 white band, with a dark brown base. 



Native country unknown. 



19. T. COPULA, (pi. xlii. f. 76.) Hinds, 1. c. p. 151. 



Testa elongate turrito-subulata, acuminata, laevigata, nitida 

 saturate castanea ; anfractibus subrotundatis, superne cingulo 

 tuberculato cinctis, infra plico-costatis ; cingulo atro-castaneo 

 fasciato, raro intervallis tantum maculatis, interstitiis lavi- 

 gatis; anfractu ultimo parvo, rotundato, prope basin duabus 



