TEREBR A. 



Plate XI. 



Species 42. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra monilis. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, fulvo- 

 aurantla aid ferrugined, anfractibus plunnlatis, sulco 

 .interne divisis, ad marginem. crenatis, interslitiis tu- 

 berculin obtusis albidis gemma lis ; aperturd pared, co- 

 lumella reflexa et contorto-recurvd. 



The necklace Terebra. Shell acuminately turreted, 

 fulvous -orange or rust-tinged, whorls flattened, di- 

 vided at the upper part by a groove, crenated at the 

 margin, gemmed in the interstices with whitish ob- 

 tuse tubercles; aperture small, columella reflected 

 and twistedly recurved. 



Quoy and Gaimard, Voy. de l'Astrol. vol. ii. p. 467, 

 pi. 36, f. 21, 22. 



Hub. Marquesas and Society Islands. 



An interesting species, characterized by a coronation of 

 white tubercles on a fulvous-orange ground. As the tu- 

 bercles become indistinct the species passes through the 

 variety Fig. 42 b into T. ciugutifera. 



Species 43. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Babylonia. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, 

 fulvo-rufescente, aurantio tinctd, opaco-albo partim 

 encausticd, anfractibus plano-convexis, varie decussa- 

 lini sulcato-striatis ; aperturd pared, columella reflexa 

 et contorto-recurvd. 



The Babylonian Terebra. Shell acuminately tur- 

 reted, fulvous-red, orange-tinged, partially enamelled 

 with opaque-white, whorls flatly convex, variously de- 

 cussately groove-striated; aperture small, columella 

 reflected and twistedly recurved. 



Lamarck, Auim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 243. 

 Terebra striata, Gray. 



Hub. China ; Dr. Cantor. Tahiti (in coral sand on the 

 reefs) ; Cuming. 



The ground colour of this species is a bright fulvous 

 orange-red, and it is covered, to where one whorl rests 

 upon the other, with a coating of pinkish opaque-white, 

 which is scratched through by the decussating stria 1 . The 

 striae are more open in some specimens than in others. 



Species 44. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra cingulifera. Ter. testa acuminato-turritd, 

 interdum. gracili, sordide alba vel lutescente-ferrugined, 

 anfractibus Iambus, spiraliter superflcialiler sulcato- 

 striatis, slriis minute puuetalis, margine suturali dense 



oblique crenulato ; aperturd pared, columella recta, ad 

 basiin subrecurvd. 



The girdled Terebra. Shell acuminately turreted, 

 sometimes slender, dead-white or yellowish-rust, 

 whorls smooth, spirally superficially groove-striated, 

 stria? finely punctured, sutural margin closely ob- 

 liquely crenulated ; aperture small, columella straight, 

 a little recurved at the base. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. vol. x. p. 247. 

 Terebra punctulata, Sowerby. 

 Terebra punctatostriata, Gray. 

 Terebra crenifera, Deshayes. 

 Terebra pallida, Deshayes. 

 Terebra columnaris, Deshaves. 

 Terebra Chinensis, Deshayes. 



Hab. Philippine and Marquesas Islands, China, etc. 



A plain, yellowish-white shell, encircled with minutely 

 punctured grooved striae, and finely densely crenulated at 

 the sutural margin in an oblique manner. The species 

 has no marking. The shell represented at Fig. 44 a is 

 the type of M. Deshayes' T. pallida. 



Species 45. (Mus. Deshayes.) 



Terebra Deshayesii. Ter. testa lereti, aurantio-rufd, 

 maculis oblique quadralis albis subobscure biseriatim 

 tessellatd, anfractibus subplanatis, sulcis conspicue per- 

 tusis tribus spiraliter ciiigulatis, rugis tenuibus uume- 

 rosis dense concent rice decussatis, margine crenulato ; 

 aperturd subangustd, columella recta, reflexd, ad basin 

 contorto-reflexd. 



Deshayes' Terebra. Shell terete, orange-red, some- 

 what obscurely tessellated with obliquely square 

 white spots, whorls rather flat, encircled with three 

 conspicuously pricked grooves, closely concentrically 

 decussated with numerous fine wrinkles ; aperture 

 rather narrow, columella straight, reflected, twistedly 

 recurved at the base. 



Hab. ? 



Among the specimens of Ten-lira kindly forwarded to 

 me by M. Deshayes, I have been rejoiced to find two of a 

 very characteristic new species, which I have the pleasure 

 of distinguishing by his name. It approaches nearest to 

 T. Babylonia in general resemblance, but in detail it is 

 altogether different. The ground colour is a warm orange- 

 red, and it is tessellated next the suture with obliquely 

 square spots of pinkish-white. Each whorl is encircled 

 with three distinct linear grooves, which are pricked 

 throughout, and they are decussated with fine close-set 

 concentric wrinkles flowing from the crenules of the su- 

 tural margin. 



May, 1860. 



