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which at present bears this name in the British Museum, is 

 T. nebulosa, and this most probably Mr. Gray means. On the 

 authority of Mr. Sowerby, the author of both these species, 

 T. nubecidata is not to be identified. The name of M. Quoy 

 has priority, but happens to be previously occupied in a fossil 

 species. Feejee Islands ; Seychelles. 



64. T. VARIEGATA. (pi. xliii. f. 33.) Gray, 1. c. p. 61. T. 

 africana. Gray, Griffiths, ed. Cuvier, t. 23, f. 5. 



Testa conico-subulata, turrita, alba vel cinerea, maculis lon- 

 gitudinalibus atro-rufis ornata ; anfractibus planulatis, superne 

 sulco impresso divisis ; area superiore tuberculato-plicata, in- 

 terrupe fusco picta, inferiore sulcis tribus cincta ; anfractu 

 ultimo albo fasciato ; apertura subquadrata ; columella nuda, 

 contorta ; canali brevi. 



Shell conical subulate, turrited, white varying to ash ; whorls 

 flat, girdled, the superior area with tubercular folds, inter- 

 ruptedly painted with dark red spots, the lower area polished 

 with the regular grooves, ornamented with longitudinal spots ; 

 last whorl banded. Aperture rather square ; columella naked, 

 twisted. A short canal. 



Guayamas, Gulf of California ; in ten to twelve fathoms, 

 sandy mud : Cuming. 



65. T. iNTERTiNCTA. (pi. xliv. f. 81.) Hiuds, 1. c. p. 155. 

 Testa conico-subulata, acuminata, turrita, pallida vel 



caerulescente ; anfractibus planulatis, politis, duabus vel 

 tribus lineis transversis, superne cingulo tuberculato, inferne 

 obsolete tuberculo-plicatis, interstitiis tuberculorum fusco 

 maculatis ; anfractu ultimo subrotundato, uniseriatira tu- 

 berculato, interstitiis nebulosis ; apertura ovali ; columella 

 nuda, contorta. 



The whorls are surmounted by a row of tubercles, with 

 small brown spots in the intervals ; beneath the area is 

 polished, with some obsolete folds, which, descending to the 

 suture, gradually develope, and terminate in a small tubercle ; 

 and, tracing them round the whorls till the lip ceases, they con- 

 tinue over the middle of the last whorl as a row of small 

 tubercles. Gambia ; among sandy mud. 



66. T. ARMiLLATA. (pi. xliii. f. 49.) Hinds, 1. c. p. 154. 



Testa turrito-subulata, acuminata, fusca; anfractibus planu- 

 latis, longitrorsum subdistanter phco-costatis, trans versim 

 lineis definitis impressis, superne cingulo noduloso, aetate valde 

 notabili ; anfractu ultimo subquadrato, ad basin albo fasciato ; 

 apertura atro-fusca ; columella contorta. 



Shell subulate, turrited, acuminate, brown varying to ash 

 colour; whorls flat, rather distantly plicate, witli transverse 



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