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maculosus ; it difFers however in not being transversely grooved, in 

 having a difFerent arrangement of the varices, and in other minor 

 particulars. 



Tritox crispus. Trit. testd ovatd, subfusiformi, varicibus duobus 

 vel tribiis ; spira breviusculd ; anfractibus liris crispis prominen- 

 tibus, subdistantibus, dectissatis, liris ad decussationem nodulosis, 

 interstitiis striis crispis elevatis subtilissime cancellatis ; cinereo- 

 ccErulescente, varicibus lirisįue albidis ; columelld excavatd, rugosd, 

 callositate superrie armatd ; canali breviusculo ; labro intus forliter 

 denticulato. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 17. f. 68. 



Hab. ? 



Quite distinct from any hitherto described species. 



Triton eburneus. Trit. testd ovato-oblongd, varicibus tribus vel 



ąuatuor remotiusculis ; spird brevi ; anfractibus liris j)arvis ob' 



tusis creberrimi decussatis ; intus extusque albd ; columelld exca- 



vatd, inferne subrugosd ; canali brevissimo ; labro intus denticulato. 



Conch. Icon., Triton. pi. 17. f. 69. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 Avater) ; Cuming. 



This shell has somewhat the fonn of the Triton Quoyi, an inter- 

 esting little New HoUand species, -vvhich M. Kiener thought to be 

 the recent analogue of Lamarck's fossil Triton viperinum. 



Tkiton verrucosūs. Trit. testd subpyramidali-oblongd, varicibus 

 ąuatuor vel quinque ; spird mediocri ; anfractibus superne impressis, 

 transversim striatis et liratis, liris longitudinalibus prominentiori- 

 bus decussatis, ad decussationem nodosis ; aurantio-fuscescente, 

 anfractuum parte inferiori fusco inter nodos articulatd; columelld 

 excavatd, vix rugosd; canali brevissimo. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 17. f. 71. 



Hab. ? 



Care mušt be taken not to confound this shell with the leseer New 

 HoUand species, Triton Quoyi. 



Triton tortuosus. Trit. testd oblongo-turritd, subangustd, vari- 

 cibus octo obligue invicem subsequentibus ; spird tortuosd ; anfrac- 

 tibus granulis parvis subtiliter reticulatis ; lutescente, maculis 

 fuscis grandibus, longitudinaliter undatis, eleganter pictd ; colu- 

 melld excavatd, subgranulosd ; canali brevissimo, recurvo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 17. f. 74. 



Hab. Island of Buriąs, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 ■water) ; Cuming. 



This interesting species approximates very closely to the Triton 

 distortus ; it differs in being of a more deUcate and slender form, in 

 the o-ranules being less prominent, and in the peculiar waved style 

 of the painting. 



Triton sculptilis. Trit. testd oblongo-turritd, varice nulio ; spird 

 exsertd ; anfractibus longitudinaliter costellatis, costellis angustis. 



