TEREBR A. 



Plate XVIII. 



Species 80. (Mas. Cuming.) 



Terebra amcena. Ter. testa, turritd, subangustd, fitted, 

 ad suturas albo rubroque alternatim maculatd el fas- 

 ciatd, anfractibus convexo-planatis, longitudinaliier 

 plicato-liratis, spiraliter lineari-mleatis, sulco pertuso 

 superne divisis ; aperturd parviusciild, columella parum 

 contortd. 



The pleasant Terebra. Shell turreted, rather narrow, 

 yellowish, handed and alternately spotted at the su- 

 tures with white and red, whorls convexly flattened, 

 longitudinally plicately ridged, spirally linearly 

 grooved, divided at the upper part by a pricked 

 groove; aperture rather small, columella but little 

 twisted. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Conch. 1857. 



Tlab. China Seas. 



Described from a single specimen in Mr. Cuming's col- 

 lection, in good condition, and apparently very distinct. 



Species 81. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra hastata. Ter. testa elongato-cylindraced, basi 

 carinatd, interdum gracile exsertd, albd, subporcellaued, 

 fulvo-aurantio varie fasciatd aid tessellate strigatd, 

 anfractibus planatis, indicisis, superne dense plicatis, 

 plicis ad suluras productis, interdum in coslis descen- 

 dentibus ; aperturd para usculd, columella breviusculd, 

 appresse arcuatd. 



The spear-like Terebra. Shell elongately cylindri- 

 cal, keeled at the base, sometimes slenderly exserted, 

 white, somewhat porcellaneous, variously banded or 

 tessellately streaked with fulvous-orange, whorls flat- 

 tened, undivided, closely plicated round the upper 

 part, plaits produced at the sutures, sometimes de- 

 scending in ribs ; aperture rather small, columella 

 rather short, appressly arched. 



Buccinum hastatnm, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3502. 

 Terebra hastata, Kiener. 

 Terebra cos/a/a, Menke. 

 Terebra albuta, Menke. 

 Terebra casta, Hinds. 

 Terebra mera, Hinds. 

 Terebra iucolor, Deshayes. 

 Terebra bipartita, Deshayes. 

 Terebra crassula, Deshayes. 



Hab. Honduras. West Indies. Sandwich and Philippine 

 Islands. Australia. 



This widely-distributed species, varying in slenderness 

 and definition of sculpture according to habitat, has been 

 described seven times over. It is one of the few species 

 that has no encircling groove. 



Species 82. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Pruguieri. Ter. testa pyramidali-turritd, 

 Candida, ad apicem, basinque rosed, maculis grandibm 

 aurantiis obscure tessellald, anfractibus declivi-con- 

 vexis, densissime clat/iralis, superne sulco late divisis, 

 ultimo subventricoso ; aperturd ovaid, columella bre- 

 viusculd, contortd. 



Bruguiere's Terebra. Shell pyramidally turreted, 

 white, pink at the base and apex, obscurely tessellated 

 with large orange blotches, whorls slopingly convex, 

 very densely latticed, broadly divided at the upper 

 part by a groove, last whorl rather ventricose ; aper- 

 ture ovate, columella rather short, twisted. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S59, p. 297. 



Terebra Hindsi, Deshayes (not of Carpenter). 



Hab. China. 



Very closely allied to T. Peasei, from the Sandwich Is- 

 lands ; indeed, it is not improbable that they may prove 

 to be varieties of the same species. 



Species 83. (Fig. 83 and 84, Mus. Deshayes.) 



Terebra undulata. Ter. testa cylindraceo-elongatd, 

 apice acuminata, jlavicante vet aurantid, ad snturam 

 albinodosd, anfractibus dense undato-costatis, superne 

 sulco pertuso divisis, cosfis tumidis, interstitiis an- 

 giitis, pertuso-sulca/is ; aperturd parviusculd, colu- 

 mella subreetii. 



The waved Terebra. Shell cylindrieally elongated, 

 acuminated at the apex, yellowish or orange, white- 

 noduled at the sutures, whorls densely wave-ribbed, 

 divided at the upper part by a pricked groove, ribs 

 swollen, interstices narrow, prick-grooved; aperture 

 rather small, columella nearly straight. 



Gray, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1S34, p. 60. 

 Terebra approximator, Deshayes. 



Hab. Philippine Islands (in four fathoms, sandy mud): 

 Cumins. 



June, 1S60. 



