TEREBRA. 



Plate VII. 



Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tekebea Gouldi. Ter. testa abbreviato-subulatd, versus 

 basin subventricosd, lacted, fuscescente-spadiceo bifas- 

 ciatd, anfractibus declivi-planulatis, undique valide ir- 

 regulariter dense plicato-liratis, supernl sulco conspi- 

 cuo divisis, ad marginem rude obsolete nodulosis; co- 

 lumelld subrectd. 



Gould's Teeebra. Shell shortly subulate, somewhat 

 ventricose towards the base, cream-coloured, two- 

 handed with brownish-fawn, whorls slopingly flat- 

 tened, strongly irregularly closely plicately ridged 

 throughout, divided by a conspicuous groove at the 

 upper part, rudely obsoletely noduled at the margin ; 

 columella nearly straight. 



Desiiayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 278. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands ; Dr. Newcomb. 



An elaborately sculptured shell, though the sculpture is 

 somewhat irregular in development, while the nodules next 

 the sutures are rather obsolete. The banded colouring is 

 of a uniform light-brown fawn throughout. 



Species 25. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tekebea ligneola. Ter. testa abbreviato-subulatd, ver- 

 sus basin ventricosd, in/its extusque sordide castaned, 

 anfractibus declivi-convexis, longitudinaliter plicatim 

 undato-liratis, depressione superne divisis, ultimo circa 

 basin nodoso-striato ,■ columella contractu et contorld. 



The wooden Teeebra. Shell shortly subulate, ven- 

 tricose towards the base, dull-chestnut within and 

 without, whorls slopingly convex, longitudinally pli- 

 cately wave-ridged, divided towards the upper part 

 by a depression, last whorl nodosely striated round 

 the base ; columella contracted, twisted. 



Terebra castanea, Hinds (not of Kiener), Thes. Conch, vol. 

 l. p. 161. pi. 43. f. 59. 



Hab. China ; Fortune. 



This shell, a very rare and characteristic uew species, 

 was described and figured by Mr. Hinds for M. Kieuer's 

 T. castanea. T. castanea is a red-stained specimen of the 

 common T. cinerea, named by Mr. Hinds, in different 

 states, T. laurina, stylata, and luctuosa, and by Mr. C. B. 

 Adams T. Jamaicensis. 



Species 26. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Tekebea cerulescens. Ter. testa abbreviato-subulatd, 

 crassd, subponderosd, ccerulescente-cinered vel alba, vet 

 alba infra suturam ctsrulescente-cinereo faseiatd, an- 

 fractibus declivi-planulatis, Iambus, longitudinaliter 

 subtilissime undato-striatis ; columella obesd, recta, 

 subtruncatd. 



The bluish Terebra. Shell shortly subulate, thick, 

 rather ponderous, bluish-ash, or white, or white 

 banded beneath the suture with bluish-ash, whorls 

 slopingly flattened, smooth, longitudinally very finely 

 wave-striated ; columella stout, straight, somewhat 

 truncated. 



Lamaeck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 245. 

 Bullia ctsrulescens, Gray. 



Hab. Society and Philippine Islands (in sandy mud, at low 

 water) ; Cuming. Peejee Islands ; Hinds. 



A smooth, solid species, varying in colour principally 

 as represented by the three specimens figured. 



Species 27. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tekebea dimidiata. Ter. testa elongato-subulatd, acu- 

 tissimd, rufo-aurantid, interdum pallida, albo varie 

 strigatd ct faseiatd, anfractibus declivi-planatis, primis 

 perpaucis plicato-crenulatis, cateris lavibus, sulco con- 

 spicuo superne divisis ; columella recta, via contortd. 



The divided Terebea. Shell elongately subulate, very 

 sharp, reddish-orange, sometimes pale, variously 

 streaked and banded with white, whorls slopingly 

 flattened, the first few plicately crenulated, the rest 

 smooth, divided towards the upper part with a con- 

 spicuous groove ; columella straight, scarcely twisted. 



Buccinum dimidiatum, Liunams, Syst. Nat. p. 1206. 

 Buccinum heciicnm, Chemnitz (not of Linuams). 

 Terebra dimidiata, Lamarck. 

 Terebra splendens, Dcshayes. 



Hab. Society and Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A pale variety of this species, in which the colouring 

 is broken up into square spots, has been separated by 

 M. Deshayes under the title of T. splendens. A careful 

 examination of his type, for the loan of which I am greatly 

 indebted, has satisfied me that he has over-estimated its 

 peculiarities. 



March, 1860. 



