TEREBRA. 



Plate XVII. 



Species 73. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra ustulata. Ter. testa conico-subulatd, pallida 

 castaned, vel albidd ad basin pallide castaned, an- 

 fractibus convexis, longitudinaliter confertim. plicafis, 

 superne late profundi impresses ; aperturd ovatd, colu- 

 mella subcontortd. 



The scorched Terebra. Shell eonically subulate, pale 

 chestnut, or white stained with pale chestnut at the 

 base, whorls convex, longitudinally closely plaited, 

 broadly deeply impressed round the \ipper part ; 

 aperture ovate, columella slightly twisted. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Couch. 1S57- 



Hab. Tasmania. 



The upper portion of the whorls of this species are 

 characterized by an unusually broad excavated depression. 



Species 7-i. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Dillwynii. Ter. testa coiiico-subulald, sub- 

 cylindraced, fulvescenie-carnea, infra suturam purpurea 

 mac/dald, anfractibus declivi-convexis, undique longi- 

 tudinaliter tenuiplicatis, sulco superne divisis, plicis 

 albidis ; aperturd quadrato-ovatd, columella brevi, cou- 

 tortd. 



Dillwyn's Terebra. Shell eonically subulate, some- 

 what cylindrical, yellowish flesh-tint, purple-spotted 

 beneath the suture, whorls slopingly convex, longi- 

 tudinally finely plicated throughout, divided at the 

 upper part by a groove, plaits whitish ; aperture 

 squarely ovate, columella short, twisted. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Conch. 1S57. 



Hab. Japan. 



A delicately sculptured and delicately painted species, 

 partaking, however, somewhat of the character and general 

 aspect of P. Senegalensis. 



Species 75. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra specillata. Ter. testa gracile turritd, valde 

 acuminata, albidd, livido-carneo sparsim amplitertessel- 

 lald, margine suturali rufo irregulariter maculalo, an- 

 fractibus convexo-planis, /iris undique claihratis, sulco 

 superne divisis ; aperturd parviusculd, columella redd. 



The probe Terebra. Shell slenderly turreted, very 



acuminated, whitish, sparingly largely tessellated with 

 livid flesh-colour, sutural margin irregularly spotted 

 with red, whorls convexly flattened, everywhere lat- 

 ticed with ridges, divided at the upper part by an 

 impressed groove ; aperture rather small, columella 

 straight. 



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



Hab. San Bias, Mexico (in seven fathoms, sandy mud) ; 

 Hinds. 



A somewhat roughly carved species, sparingly and more 

 or less obscurely tessellated with large livid-flesh blotches, 

 and spotted at the sutural margin with dark red. 



Species 76. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra plicata. Ter. testa subulatd, versus basin obe- 

 siUsculd, lutescehte-albd, pellucido-Carneo pallide fas- 



ciatd, unfractiljus declivi-planalis, ultimo iumirfo, 

 longitudinaliter flexuose' tenuiplicatis, spiralifer sub- 

 tilissiine pertuso-sulciilis, superne sulco lute divisis; 

 aperturd suboblbngd, columella constrictd, coutorto- 

 recurvd. 



The plaited Terebra. Shell subulate, rather stout at 

 the base, yellowish-white, faintly banded with trans- 

 parent flesh-tint, whorls slopingly flattened, the last 

 swollen, longitudinally flexuously thinly plicated, 

 spirally very finely prick-grooved, broadly divided by 

 a groove round the upper part ; aperture rather ob- 

 long, columella constricted, twistedly recurved. 



Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1834, p. 61. 



Hab. Guayaquil (in seven fathoms, sady mud) ; Cuming. 



There is a transparent delicacy in this shell which can- 

 not be conveyed by a figure ; the plaits are whitish, upon 

 a livid-flesh ground. 



Species 77. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra raphanula. Ter. testa subcylindraceo-tereti, 

 albidd, maculis aurantiis longitudinaliter quadralis 

 tessellatd, margine suturali rufo punctata, nitente, 

 anfractibus plano-convexis, superne sulco acuta divisis, 

 longitudinaliter dense plicaiis, plicis in anfractu ultimo 

 evanidis ; aperturd subangusld, columella recta. 



The little radish Terebra. Shell somewhat cylin- 



June, I860. 



