TEREBRA. 



Plate V. 



Species 15. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra lingualis. Ter. testa subulato-turritd, suban- 

 gitslii, aurantio-albidd, jlammis castaueo-fuscis conspi- 

 citis ornatd, anfractibits plano-concavis, lineis dttabus 

 impressis divisis, superne tumidiusculis, biseriatim tu- 

 berculato-crenatis ; columella contorto-recurvd. 



The tongued Terebra. Shell subulately turreted, ra- 

 ther narrow, orange-white, ornamented with conspi- 

 cuous chestnut-brown flames, whorls flatly concave, 

 divided by two impressed lines, rather swollen round 

 the upper part, doubly tubercularly crenated ; colu- 

 mella twistedly recurved. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 153. 

 Terebra insignis, Deshayes. 



Hob. Gulf of Papagayo and Bay of Moutija, west coast of 

 America (at a depth of from ten to seventeeu fa- 

 thoms) ; Hinds, Cuming. 



A well-marked species, distinguished from its nearest 

 allies, T. flammed and formosa, by the more roughly cre- 

 nated sculpture of the whorls, and by the two impressed 

 lines by which they are divided. M. Deshayes' T. insignis 

 is a large-spotted variety. 



Species 16. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Senegalensis. Ter. testa acute subulatd,fr- 

 rugineo-spadiced, purpureo-castaneo strigatd et macu- 

 latd, aiifractibus convexo-planis, primis dense valide 

 acute plicatis, cateris nunc striatis, nunc Iambus, ver- 

 sus partem super iorem lined impressd cingulatis ; co- 

 lumella obesd, recta. 



The Senegal Terebra. Shell sharply subulate, rusty 

 fawn-colour, streaked and blotched with purple-chest- 

 nut, whorls convexly flattened, the first densely 

 strongly sharply plaited, the rest sometimes striated, 

 sometimes smooth, encircled towards the upper part 

 with an impressed line ; columella stout, straight. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. s. p. 244. 

 Le Fatal, Adanson. 

 Terebra striatula, Lamarck. 

 Terebra fusco-macitlata, Sowerby . 

 Terebra cingula, Kiener. 

 Terebra speciosa, Deshayes. 

 Terebra festiva, Deshayes. 



Hab. Senegal and mouth of the Gambia, West Africa (in 

 sandy mud in deep water). 



T. speciosa and /estiva, described by M. Deshayes in 

 the 'Journal de Conchy liologie ' for 1857, are different 

 forms of this well-known species in an early stage of 

 growth ; and M. Kieuer's T. cingula is a variety in which 



the later whorls are smooth and shining. The blunt 

 straightness of the columella and the plan of colouring are 

 characteristic in all. 



Species 17. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra succinea. Ter. testa pyramidali-turritd, suc- 

 cined, minute sparsim biseriatim rufo-punctatd, aiifrac- 

 tibus plano-concavis, superne tumidiusculis, sulco di- 

 visis, infra irregulariter dense arcuato-corrugatis, ul- 

 timo ad basin subaiigu/ato, delude contracto ; colu- 

 mella coutorlo-recurvd. 



The amber Terebra. Shell pyramidally turreted, am- 

 ber-coloured, minutely sparsely red-dotted in two 

 rows, whorls flatly concave, rather swollen, and di- 

 vided by a groove at the upper part, below irregu- 

 larly closely arcuately wrinkled, last whorl slightly 

 angled at the base, then contracted, with the colu- 

 mella twistedly recurved. 



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



Hab. Matnog, province of Albay, Island of Luzon, Phi- 

 lippines (found on a coral bank, thrown up in a gale 

 of wind) ; Cuming. 



There are three specimens of this species in the Cumin- 

 gian collection, and one in that of Mr. T. Lombe Taylor. 

 They are of a uniform semitransparent amber-colour, en- 

 circled by two distant rows of minute red dots, the whorls 

 being concave and sculptured towards the lower part with 

 an irregular gathering of arched shrivelled wrinkles. 



Species 18. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra ocdlata. Ter. testa elongato-turritd, solidius- 

 culd, fulvescente-spadiced, macu/is grai/dibtts albis uni- 

 seriatim, ad basin biseriatim, cinctd, anfraclibus primis 

 crenulatis, delude lavibus, infra plants, supra tumidis ,■ 

 columella subcontortd. 



The eyed Tehebra. Shell elongately turreted, rather 

 solid, fulvous-fawn, encircled with a row, at the base 

 with two rows, of large white spots, whorls, the first 

 creuulated, then smooth, flat below, swollen above ; 

 columella slightly twisted. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 242. 

 Terebra lacis, Gray. 



Hab. Isle of Annaa, Society Islands (in sand, on coral 

 reefs, at low water) ; Cuming. 

 There is no species of the genus in which there is so 



little variation either of form or colouring as in this. In 



dwarf specimens the white spots are often obscure. 



March, 1860. 



