TEREBRA.— Plate XXVII. 



sometimes obsolete ; aperture oblong, columella con- 

 spicuously keeled, and a little recurved at the base. 



Philippi, Zeitsckrift fur Malac. 1346, p. 53 ; and 1847, 

 p. 181. 



Terebra arguta, Gould. 



Sab. California, Mazatlan, Acapulco, Mexico. 



The species may be at once recognized by its profuse 



linear brown waves. 



Species 152. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Cosentini. Ter. testa obeso-fusiformi, acumi- 

 nata, alba, fulvo-fusco latifasciatd, anfractibus superne 

 declivi-angulatis, ad angulum muricato-tuberculatis ; 

 aperture, oblongd, subampld, columella recta, carinatd. 



The Cosenza Terebra. Shell stoutly fusiform, acu- 

 minated, white, broadly banded with fulvous-brown, 

 whorls slopiugly angled round the upper part, thickly 

 tubercled at the angle ; aperture oblong, rather large, 

 columella straight, keeled. 



Philippi, Enum. Moll. Sicil. vol. i. p. 227. pi. 11. f. 29. 



Terebra nodosoplicata, Dunker. 



Hnb. Naples, West Africa, West Indies. 



The evidence of this species inhabiting the Bay of 



Naples appears to be of very doubtful character. 



Species 153. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Terebra Philippiana. Ter. testa elongato-tarritd, an- 

 gustd, fusco-rubescente et albo agualiler bipartitd, an- 

 fractibus plano-convexis, indivisis, elongate plicato- 

 crenulatis ; aperturd parvd, ovatd, columella brevius- 

 culd. 



Philippi's Terebra. Shell elongately turreted, narrow, 

 1 landed in equal proportions witli fuscous-red and 

 white, whorls flatly convex, undivided, elongately pli- 

 eately crenuled ; aperture small, ovate, columella 

 rather short. 



Deshayes, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1859, p. 289. 



Ilab. Marquesas Islands ? 



A slenderly acuminated glittering shell, in which the 

 upper half of the whorls is transparent-white, the lower 

 bright fuscous-red. 



Species 154. (Mus. Taylor.) 



Terebra polygonia. Ter. testa gracili-turritd, subpgra- 

 midali,fuho-brunned, anfractibus declivi-planatis, snlco 

 superne divisis, valide varicoso-coslalis, costis subdistan- 

 tibus, interstitiis concavis, lineari-sulcatis ; aperturd 

 parvd, columella ad basin productd et paululum re- 

 curvd. 



The many-cornered Terebra. Shell slenderly tur- 

 reted, somewhat pyramidal, fulvous-brown, whorls 

 slopingly flattened, divided at the upper part by a 

 groove, strongly varicosely ribbed, ribs rather distant, 

 interstices concave, linearly grooved ; aperture small, 

 columella produced at the base, and a little recurved. 



Bab. ? 



A minute fulvous-brown species, angled throughout 



with strong rather distant varicose ribs. 



Species 155. (Mus. Brit.) 



Terebra ptjlchra. Ter. testa turritd, comco-subulata, 



acuminata, nitidd, pallida, anfractibus subplanulatis, 

 longitrorsum recti plicato-costatis, superne lined im- 

 pressd divisis, interstitiis lavigatis, anfractu ultimo 

 pallide lineato. 



The beautiful Terebra. Shell turreted, conically su- 

 bulate, acuminated, shining, pale, whorls rather flat- 

 tened, longitudinally straightly plicately ribbed, di- 

 vided at the upper part by an impressed line, inter- 

 stices smooth, last whorl faintly lineated. 



Hinds, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1843, p. 151. 



Ilab. Marquesas (in seven fathoms) ; Hinds. 



This shell, of which there is no other specimen than 

 the original in the British Museum, I had overlooked 

 until it was too late to figure it. It is a small, rather 

 swollen shell, colourless, but characteristic. 



