T E R E B R A 



Plate XV. 



Species 64. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra CjELAta. Ter. testa acute tereti, pellucido- 

 albd, anfractibus plano-convexis, superne sulco divisis, 

 utrinque sulcum oblique granatin, undique profundi; 

 clafkrato-calalis ; aperturd parvd, columella contorto- 

 recurvd. 



The carved Terebra. Shell sharply terete, transpa- 

 rent-white, whorls flatly convex, divided by a groove 

 at the upper part, obliquely grained on each side the 

 groove, deeply lattice-carved throughout ; aperture 

 small, columella twistedly recurved. 



Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang, p. 30. pi. 10. 

 f. 22. 



Hab. China ; Belcher. 



Remarkable for the high relief in which the elaborate 



lattice-work of this species is carved throughout. 



Species 65. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra albo-marginata. . Ter. testd acute turritd, 

 vivide aurantid, albo-marginata, anfractibus plants, 

 superne sulco divisis, utrinque sulcum oblique crenatis, 

 delude spiraliter liralis, interstiliis pertusis ; aperturd 

 parvd, columella coutorto-recurvd. 



The white-edged Terebra. Shell sharply turreted, 

 bright-orange, edged with white, whorls flat, divided 

 at the upper part by a groove, obliquely crenated on 

 each side the groove, then spirally ridged, the inter- 

 stices pricked ; aperture small, columella twistedly 

 recurved. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 314. 



Hab. Australia ; Cuming. 



Very conspicuous in respect of colour, the shell being 



bright-orange, except round the margin of the whorls, 



where it is edged with white, and encircled throughout 



with ridges, the interstices between which are pricked. 



Species 66. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra serotina. Ter. testa acute turritd, fulves- 

 cente-albd, subpellucidd, anfractibus planis, subventri- 

 cosis, spiraliter striato-liratu, superne biseriatimgra.no- 

 gemmatis; aperturd parvd, columella subproductd, 

 coutorto-recurvd . 



The wreathed Terebra. Shell sharply terete, fulvous- 

 white, somewhat transparent, whorls flat and rather 



ventricose, spirally striately ridged, gemmed round 

 the upper part with two rows of granules ; aperture 

 small, columella rather produced and twistedly re- 

 curved. 

 Adams and Reeve, Moll. Voy. Samarang, p. 30. pi, 10. 



f. 20. 

 Hab. Japan ; Belcher. 



This little Japanese species, collected by Captain Sir 

 Edward Belcher during the voyage of the ' Samarang,' 

 belongs to the same delicately carved type as T. slraminea 

 and triseriata. The shell is composed of fewer whorls 

 than either of those species. 



Species 67. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra pura. Ter. testd elongato-snbulatd, nitente-albd , 

 anfractibus latis, convexiusculis, superne sulco impresso 

 obsolete divisis, oblique concentrice plicatis, plicis sub- 

 distantibus, lenuibus, versus aperluram gradatim eva- 

 nidis ; aperturd oblongo-ovatd, columella subrectd. 



The pure Terebra. Shell elongately subulate, shining 

 white, whorls broad, rather convex, obsoletely divided 

 at the upper part by an impressed groove, obliquely 

 concentrically plaited, plaits rather distaut, thin, gra- 

 dually fading towards the aperture; aperture oblong- 

 ovate, columella nearly straight. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Couch. 1857. 



Hab. Zanzibar. 



Of the same type as T. Senegalensis, from the opposite 



side of the African continent, the characteristics of the 



species being all very feebly developed. 



Species 68. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra radula. Ter. testd subulato-turritd, castaneo- 

 rufescente, sub indistinct e albo-marginata, anfractibus 

 subrotundatis, undique validissime granoso-clathratis, 

 super/iii sulco divisis; aperturd ovald, columella viz 

 recta. 



The rasp Terebra. Shell subulately turreted, chestnut- 

 red, rather indistinctly white-margined, whorls some- 

 what rounded, very strongly grain-latticed through- 

 out, divided at the upper part by a groove ; aperture 

 ovate, columella nearly straight. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 155. 



May, 1860. 



