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Hab. Ins. Catanauan, pr. Tayabas, ins. Luzon, Philippinarum. H. 

 Cuming legit. 



The whorls are separated, as in Sc. hyaUna, but the varices are 

 numerous and simple. Found in sandy mud at eight to ten fathoms. 



ScALARiA PYRAMiUALis, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 32. f. 4. Seal. 

 testd pyramidali, acuminatd, IcBvi ; anfractibus separatis ; varicibus 

 extantibus 9 subcrenulatis, prope suturam in angulum acvtum 

 productis, ad suturamjunctis ; aperturd ovali ; labio interno crasso ; 

 colore albo. Long. r20 ; lat. 0*50 poli. 

 Hab. Ins. Caminguing, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. 

 Taken in sandy mud at thirty fathoms. 



Resembling Sc. communis, but more pyramidal in form, more ta- 

 pering tovvards the apex, and the some\vhat more laminated and 

 projecting varices have a sharp angle near the centre. The most 

 perfect specimen is in the collection of the Rev. J. F. Stainforth. 



ScALARiA Philippinarum, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 32. f. 1, 2, 3. 

 Seal. testd elongatd, acuminatd, leevi ; anfractibus numerosis, pau- 

 Ivlhm separatis ; varicibus distantibus, tenuibus, obliquis, superni 

 vix angulatis, ad suturamjunctis ; colore inter varices pallide fulvo, 

 vel eastaneo-nigricante. Variat colore albo. Long. 095; Int. 027 

 poli. 

 Hab. Catanauan, pr. Tayabas, ins. Luzon, Phihppinarum ; H. Cu- 

 ming legit : et Amboyna, legit R. B. Hinds. 



An elongated shell, the principai variety of which is of a chestnut 

 colour between the varices. Found in sandy mud at eight to ten 

 fathoms. 



ScALARiA ACULEATA, Thcs. Couch. part 4. pi. 32. f. 35, 36, 37. 



Seal. testd pi/ramidali, l<evi, acuminatd ; anfractibus vix separatis ; 



varicibus laminatis, reflexis, antice subrotundatis, prope suturam 



in dentem acutum productis, ad suturam plicatim junctis. Variat 



varicibus crassis, colore albo, vel pallide fulvo. Long. 0"56; 



lat. 0-22 poli. 



Hab. Hong Kong, China, et Macassar, Malacca, Amboyna ; R. B. 



Hinds legit : ad Bais, ms. Negros,' et ad Catanauan, ins. Luzon; H. 



Cuming legit. 



Some specimens were taken at Bais, isle of Negros, in coarse sand 

 at six fathoms. 



ScALARiA GRACiLis, Thes. Conch. part 4. pi. 32. f. 33, 34. Seal. 

 testd aculeatd simili, sed multiim graeiliori. 



Hab. Dumaguete, ins. Negros, Philippinarum. H. Cuming legit. 



So much narrower in proportion to its length than the preceding 

 species as to justify the distinction, w'hich has not been made with- 

 out hesitation. Found in coarse black sand at seven fathoms. 



ScALARiA MiTRfiFORMis, Thcs. Conch. part 4. pi. 32. f. 30. Seal. 

 testd pyramidali, l<evi, tenui, acuminatd ; anfractibus vix separatis ; 

 varicibus distantibus, laminatis, extantibus, angulatis, ad angulum 

 in dentem acutum elevatis ; colore albo. 



