TEREBRA.— Plate XX 



visis, margine suinrali tumidiusculo, plicis obliqnis ; 

 apertura oblongo-ovatd, columella, vix recta, carinatd. 



The punctured Terebra. Shell conically subulate, 

 rather thick, yellowish-white, stained or tessellated 

 with orange, whorls slopingly convex, longitudinally 

 closely plicately ribbed, pricked in the interstices, 

 divided at the upper part by a groove, sutural mar- 

 gin rather swollen, plaits oblique ; aperture oblong- 

 ovate, columella nearly straight, keeled. 



Deshayes, Pro Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 280. 

 Terebra Team, Deshayes. 



Hub. Sandwich Islands ; Pease. 



A solid closely-sculptured sheU, in which the sutural 

 margin has rather a swollen appearance. 



Species 100. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Tekebra caliginosa. Ter. testa gracili-subulatd, sa- 

 turate livido-purpured, anfractibus declivi-planatis, 

 indiums, longitudinaliter varicoso-costatis ; apertura 

 parvd, columella ad basin subrecurvd. 



The dark Terebra. Shell slenderly subulate, dark 

 livid-purple, whorls slopingly flattened, undivided, 



longitudinally varicosely ribbed; aperture small, colu- 

 mella slightly recurved at the base. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 287- 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



This species is founded on a single specimen in Mr 

 Cuming's collection, of a dark livid-olive or lead-colour 



Species 101. (Fig. a, Mus. Taylor, 

 Pig. b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Buccinulum. Ter. testa subulatd, ad basin ven- 

 tricosd, albidd vel pallide castaned, anfractibus declivi 

 convexis, lavibus, indivisis ; apertura ovatd, columella 

 oppress? arcuaid. 



The Buccinum-like Terebra. Shell subulate, ventri- 

 cose at the base, white or pale chestnut, whorls 

 slopingly convex, smooth, undivided ; aperture ovale 

 columella appressly arched. 

 , Deshayes, Jouvn. de Conch. 1857. 



Hab. East coast of Australia. 



A smooth species, intermediate in its character betw 

 Terebra and Bucciiium. 



