TEBEBBA.— Plate XII. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Conch. 1837. 

 Hab. Panama. 



Tliis shell, known only by the single specimen here 

 figured, partakes very much of the characters of T.fium- 

 mea and lingualis. It would, however, be premature to 

 pronounce it a variety of either species. It is not in the 

 best condition, and further specimens are needed before 

 offering any very critical comment upon its specific value. 



Species 50. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra lima. Ter. testa elongato-turritd, flavicante- 

 albd, Jlammis pallidissime ferrugineis tinctd, circa co- 

 lumellam fascial '«' ; au/'raclibus numerosis, subangustis, 

 undique decussatim granoso-liratis, superne sulco di- 

 visis, margine crenulatis ; apertura parvd, columella 

 brevi, contorto-recurrn. 



The file Terebra. Shell elongately turreted, yellowish- 

 white, painted with very pale rust flames, banded 

 around the columella, whorls numerous, rather nar- 

 row, decussately grain-ridged throughout, divided at 

 the upper part by a groove, crenulated at the margin ; 

 aperture small, columella short, twistedly recurved. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Conch. 1837. 



Hab. China Seas. 



An excellent species, elaborately rasped throughout with 

 a decussation of granular ridges, and painted with faint 



rust flames, which become rather darker towards the 

 aperture. 



Species 51. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra interlineata. Ter. testa subulatd, versus 

 basim obesiusculd,flavicante-albd, sanguineo-roseo pal- 

 lidissime flammatd, punclis rttjis biseriatim, in an- 

 fractit ultimo conspicue triseriatini, pictd, lineis rufis 

 internodosis marginalibus, aufractibus convexis, con- 

 centrice dense corrugato-plicatis, superne sulco late 

 divisis, ad marginem iuberculato-nodatis ; apertura 

 oblongii, effusd, columella obesd, brevi, subrectd. 



The interlined Terebra. Shell subulate, rather stout 

 towards the base, yellowish-white, very faintly flamed 

 with blood-rose, and painted with two, in the last 

 whorl conspicuously three, rows of red dots, and red 

 lines between the marginal nodules, whorls convex, 

 concentrically closely wrinkle-plaited, broadly divided 

 by a groove at the upper part, tubercularly noduled 

 at the margin ; aperture oblong, effused, columella 

 stunt, short, nearly straight. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 277. 



Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



Of this species the shell represented is the only speci- 

 men known, but it is a very characteristic and well-marked 

 one. The marking a little resembles that of the larger 

 T. crenulata, but in form and detail of sculpture it belongs ' 

 almost to another sectional type. 



