TEREBRA.— Plate VI. 



and divided by a groove ; columella short, slightly 



twisted. 

 Buccinum subulatum, Liuneeus, Syst. Nat. p. 1205. 

 Hab. Society and Philippine Islands (in sand, on coral 



reefs, at low water) ; Cuming. 

 Chiefly distinguished from T. muscaria by its more slen- 

 der proportions, and in being encircled by only two rows 

 of spots, while the early whorls are not plicated longitudi- 

 nally, as iu that species. 



Species 23. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra consobrina. Ter. testa elongato-subidatd, cie- 



rulescente-alba, maculu quadratis spadiceo-fuscis bise- 



riatim, in anfractti ultimo triseriatim, cinctd, anfrac- 



tibus plannlatis, spi.raliter pertitso-striatis, primis sulco 



divisis et nodoso-crenulatis ; columella brevi, siib- 

 recta. 



The cousin Terebra. Shell elongately subulate, blu- 

 ish-white, encircled with two rows, in the last whorl 

 with three rows of fawn-brown square spots, whorls 

 flattened, spirally pricked-striated, the first divided 

 by a groove, and nodosely crenuled ; columella short, 

 nearly straight. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 308. 



Hab. Red Sea. 



Well distinguished by M. Deshayes from T. subulata, 



with which species it had been previously confounded. It 

 is of a more conically subulate form, with the spots more 

 delicately stained, whilst the surface of the whorls is en- 

 circled at regular intervals with pricked strise. 



