TEREBRA.— Plate XXIV. 



crenulis albidis, anfractibus declivi-planatis, laevibus, 

 nitentibus, superne plicato-crenulatis, crenulis longius- 

 culis, distantibus ; aperturd brevi, columella recta, 

 abbreviato-lruncald. 



Salle's Terebra. Shell acicular, livid-green, purple- 

 stained, last whorl encircled with a narrow pale band, 

 crenules white, whorls slopingly flattened, smooth, 

 shining, plicately crenuled round the upper part, 

 crenules rather long, distant; aperture small, colu- 

 mella straight, shortly truncated. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soe. 1859, p. 287. 



Hub. Mexico; Salle. 



This most interesting Mexican species is of a dark 

 purple-stained livid-green, coronated with peculiarly elon- 

 gated distant whitish crenules. 



Species 130. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Terebra textilis. Ter. testa acuminato-subulatd, lu- 

 tesceiite-albd, anfractibus cmvexo-planatis, puncturis 

 superne divisis, oblique arcuate liratis, spiraliter dense 

 lineari-sulcatis ; aperturd pared, columella ad basin 

 productd et contorlo-recurvd. 



The textile Terebra. Shell acuminately subulate, 

 yellowish-white, whorls convexly flattened, divided 

 by punctures round the upper part, obliquely arcu- 

 ately ridged, spirally densely linearly grooved ; aper- 

 ture small, columella produced at the base, and 

 twibtedly recurved. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 156. 



Hah. Straits of Macassar, Hinds. Bay of Manila (in 

 coarse sand and gravel, at from six to thirteen 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A most elaborately sculptured species, of sharply acu- 

 minated growth, twistedly recurved in a marked degree at 

 the base. 



Species 131. (Mus. Gray.) 



Terebra gracilis. Ter. testa subulatd, solidiusculd, 

 molaceo-cinerea, cameo-purpureo fasciatd, anfractibus 

 plano-conveads, sulco superne late divisis, longitudi- 

 ini Uler plicato-liratis, liris complanatis, subobsoletis ; 

 aperturd parvd, columella brevi, contortd et carinatd. 



The slender Terebra. Shell subulate, rather solid, 

 violet-ash, banded with flesh-purple, whorls flatly 

 convex, broadly divided round the upper part by a 

 groove, longitudinally plicately ridged, ridges smooth, 



rather obsolete ; aperture small, columella short, 



twisted and keeled. 

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

 Hub. Africa. 



The whorls of this species are divided rather broadly 

 round the upper part, and the columella is peculiar in 

 being short and keeled. Mr. Hinds accidentally con- 

 founded this species with the following, and M. Deshayes, 

 not having had access to Dr. Gray's type, continued the 

 error. They are quite different shells, from quite diffe- 

 rent habitats. 



Species 132. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Terebra frigata. Ter. testa subulatd, nitente-albd, 

 anfractibus concavo-planatis, sulco pertuso superne 

 divisis, longitudinaliter plicato-costaiis, in interstitiis 

 lineari-sulcatis, costis ad marginem suturalem gemma- 

 tis ; aperturd oblongd, parvd, columella ad basin pro- 

 ductd et paid iilum recurvd. 



The cold Terebra. Shell subulate, shining-white, 

 whorls concavely flattened, divided round the upper 

 part by a pricked groove, longitudinally plicately 

 ribbed, linearly grooved in the interstices, ribs beaded 

 at the sutural margin ; aperture oblong, small, co- 

 lumella produced at the base, and a little recurved. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 162. 



Hab. Galapagos Islands (in coral sand) ; Cuming. 



A strongly but delicately sculptured shell, in which the 

 ribs swell at the sutural margin into an encircling cord of 

 soft, opake white beads. 



Species 133. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Terebra morbida. Ter. testa cylindraceo-conicd, soli- 

 diusculd, purpurascente-carned, maculis rvfesceiilibu.s 

 cingulaid, anfractibus declivi-convexis, sulco superne 

 late divisis, longitudinaliter costatis, costis talis, cim- 

 fertis ; aperturd ovatd, columella brevi, carinatd et 

 contortd. 



The diseased Terebra. Shell cylindrically conical, 

 rather solid, purple flesh-colour, encircled with faint 

 red spots, whorls slopingly convex, broadly divided 

 by a groove at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, 

 ribs broad, close-set ; aperture ovate, columella short, 

 keeled and twisted. 



Hab. ? 



A short cylindrically conoid shell, solidly ribbed, and 

 faintly red-spotted upon a purple-flesh ground. 



