TEREBR A 



Plate XX. 



Species 95. (Fig. a, Mus. Crosse, 

 Fig. b, Mus. Curniug.) 



Tereura venosa. Ter. testa gracili-subnlutd, alba, srrpis- 

 sime cceruleo-fasciatd, rufo maculatd ei promiscue ve- 

 nosa, anfractibus plano-convexis, inlerdum undique pli- 

 cato-costatis, inlerdum primis plicato-costatis, carteris 

 Lectbits, punctis superni divisis ; aperturd pared, colu- 

 melld bred, appresse arena Id. 



The veined Terebra. Shell slenderly subulate, white, 

 banded with blue, spotted and promiscuously veined 

 with red, whorls slightly convex, sometimes plicately 

 ribbed throughout, sometimes the first whorls pli- 

 cately ribbed, the rest smooth, divided at the upper 

 part with a row of punctures; aperture small, colu- 

 mella short, appressly arched. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1*843, p. 157. 

 Terebra Crossei, Deshayes. 



Hab. Indian Ocean ; Deshayes. 



This very interesting species M. Kiener confounded 

 with T. lanceata. M. Deshayes on the other hand has 

 described a small richly-coloured plicateK -ribbed speci- 

 men in the collection of M. Crosse, Fig. 95 a, as a new 

 species, T. Crossei. All the varieties are plicately ribbed 

 on the first few whorls. When plicately ribbed through- 

 out, the shell, like the granulated varieties of Cones, is 

 smaller than when it is smooth. 



Species 96. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra lefida. Ter. testa cylindraceo-subulatd, gra- 

 cili, fulvo-spadiced, obscure fasciatd, infra snluras con- 

 spicne purpureo-rufo maculatd, inlerdum omuiuo pel- 

 lucido-albd, anfractibus convexo-planatis, indivitris. 

 longitudinaliter varicoso-plicatis ; aperturd parvd, ap- 

 presse arcuatd, delude redd. 



The pretty Terebra. Shell cylindrically subulate, 

 slender, fulvous-fawn, obscurely banded, conspicuously 

 spotted with purple-red beneath the sutures, some- 

 times altogether transparent-white, whorls convexly 

 flattened, undivided, longitudinally varicosely pli- 

 cated; aperture small, appressly arched, then straight. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1813, p. 158. 



llab. Guinea (on the sands) ; Humphreys. 



In this very delicate species the whorls have no en- 



circling groove, and the longitudinal plaits have the] 

 a continuous varix-like development. 



Species 97. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Jukesii. Ter. testa subobeso-subulatd, livido- 

 cinered vel plumbed, immaculatd, anfractu ultimo pal- 

 lida ulbifasciato, anfractibus latiusculis, convexis, lon- 

 gitudinaliter tenuiplicatis, superne sulco divisis ; aper- 

 turd parvd, subangustd, columella recta, carinatd. 



Jukes's Terebra. Shell rather stoutly subulate, livid- 

 ash, or lead colour, unspotted, last whorl encircled 

 with a faint whitish band, whorls rather broad, 

 convex, longitudinally thinly plicated, divided at the 

 upper part by a groove; aperture small, rather nar- 

 row, columella straight, keeled. 



Deshayes, Journ. de Couch. 1857. 



Ilab. Port Essington, Australia ; Jukes. 



Chiefly distinguished by a delicately plaited \. 

 sculpture on a livid ground. 



Species 98. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra penicillata. Ter. testa subulatd, subcylin- 

 draced, solidiusculd, albidd, lineis rujis longitudinaliter 

 venosa, anfractibus plano-convexis, indivisis, primis 

 plicato-costatis, cateris hevibns ; aperturd parvd, colu- 

 melld appresse arcuatd, recta'. 



The pencilled Terebra. Shell subulate, somewhat 

 cylindrical, rather solid, white, longitudinally veined 

 with red lines, whorls flatly convex, undivided, the 

 first plicately ribbed, the rest smooth ; aperture 

 small, columella appressly arched, straight. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1813, p. 157. 



Ilab. Seychelle Islands. 



This species may prove to be a variety of T. venosa, in 

 which the encircling blue band is wanting. 



Species 99. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra puncticulata. Ter. testa conico-subu 



crassiusculd, luteo-albd, aitranlio linctd vel tessellatd, 

 anfractibus declivi-convexis, longitudinaliter dens 

 calo-costatis, in interstiliis pertum, superne ml 



June, 1860. 



