T E R E B R A 



Plate III. 



Species 8. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Terebra tigrina. Ter. testa conico-subulatd, solidius- 

 culd, carneo-albd, maculis rufis supra suturas uniserii' 

 tiui cinctd, nit basin biseriatd, anfractibus Iambus, 

 sulco divisis ; aperturd breviusculd, columella subcon- 

 tnrtd. 

 The tiger-spotted Terebra. Shell conically subulate, 

 rather solid, flesh-tinted, white, encircled above the 

 sutures with a single row of red spots, at the base 

 two rows, whorls smooth, divided by a groove ; aper- 

 ture rather short, columella somewhat twisted. 

 Buccinum tigrinum, Graelin, Syst. Nat. p. 2G02. 

 Terebra tigrina, Deshayes. 

 Buccinum felinum, Dillwyn. 

 Terebra felina, Sowerby. 

 /lab. "West Indies. 



Of very simple character, encircled throughout imme- 

 diately above the sutures with a neat necklace of rust-red 

 spots. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra muscaria. Ter. testa acute elongato-subulatd, 

 flavi scrub-, maculis rufo-fuscis quadratic triseriatim 

 cinctd, anfractibus convexo-planatis, primis plicato- 

 crenulatis, cateris Iambus, sulco subsuperficiario su- 

 perne divisis .• aperturd ovatd, columella recta. 



The fly-marked Terebra. Shell sharply elongately 

 subulate, yellowish, encircled with three rows of 

 square red-brown blotches, whorls couvexly flattened, 

 the first plicately creimlated, the rest smooth, divided 

 at the upper part by a rather superficial groove; aper- 

 ture ovate, columella straight. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 241. 

 Terebra subulata, Enc. Meth. 



Hub. Island of Ticao, Philippines (in sand, on the reefs 

 at low-water) ; Cuming. 

 Compared with T. subulata, with which this species has 



a very natural resemblance, it may be remarked that the 



shell is less narrowly elongated, and it is encircled by 



three, instead of two, rows of spots. 



rufis irregulariter biseriatim tinctd, anfractidus cm,. 

 vexiusculis subrugosis, versus apicem confertim plicato- 

 crenulatis, sulco centrali obsoleti cingulatis, suturk 

 rude impressis ; aperturd subangustd, columella subex- 

 eanilii ei constrictd, deinde contortd ei recurvd. 



The robust terebra. Shell sharply elongated, glo- 

 bosely stout towards the base, fulvous cream-colour, 

 very irregularly splashed with a double row of chest- 

 nut-red blotches, whorls rather convex, somewhat 

 rough, closely plicately crenulated towards the apex, 

 and encircled with a central obsolete groove, sutures 

 rudely impressed ; aperture rather narrow, columella 

 slightly excavated and constricted, then twisted and 

 recurved. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 149. 



Hab. Panama, Gulf of Nicoya, Gulf of Papagayo, and San 

 Bias (in sandy mud, at the depths of from four to 

 eighteen fathoms) ; Cuming, Belcher. 



It is a notable distinguishing feature of this species that 

 the last whorl assumes a subglobose bulbous growth, so 

 constricted below as to give the columella a recurved twist. 

 The painting is extremely irregularly splashed. 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra robusta. Ter. testa acute elongatd, versus ba- 

 sin globoso-obesd,fulvescente-lacted, mac id is castaneo- 



Speeies 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra chlorata. Ter. testa sububeso-sitbulatd, aliidd, 

 maculis luteo-rufis venosis lacteis biseriatim cinctd, 

 anfractibus convexo-planatis, sulco superficiario su- 

 perne late divisis, prope apicem subtiU plicato-crenula- 

 tis ; aperturd suboblongd, columella parum contortd. 



The yellowish Terebra. Shell rather stoutly sub- 

 ulate, whitish, encircled with two rows of veined, 

 milky, yellowish-red spots, whorls convexly flattened, 

 broadly divided at the upper part with a superficial 

 groove, finely plicately crenulated near the apex; aper- 

 ture somewhat oblong, columella but little twisted. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 246. 

 Terebra Kuorri, Gray. 



Hab. Seychelle Islands ; Dufour. Malacca (in sandy mud, 

 at a depth of about ten fathoms) ; Cuming. 



There is a marked peculiarity in the painting of this 

 species ; the spots, which have a milky appearance, are 

 rather promiscuously splashed, and the red colouring- 

 matter drains from them, as it were, in irregular veins. 



Februarv, 18C0. 



