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Care mušt be taken not to confound this species ■with the Triton 

 truncatus, in which the ribs are larger and wider apart, and the colour 

 not interrupted. 



Tkiton digitale. Trit. testd oblongd, vnrice nulio ; spird acumi- 

 natd; anfractibus seriatim granulosis, granulis numerosis, confertis, 

 obtusis ; albidd, fuscescente sjjarsitn jmnctatd ; canali brevissimo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 19. f. 86. 



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

 water) ; Cuming, 



The sculpture of the shell is much likę the granular surface of a 

 thimble. 



Triton concinnus. Trit. testd oblongd, tenuiculd, varice nulio ; 

 spird subacuminatd ; anfractibus longitudinaliter concentrice cos- 

 tellatis, transversim creherrime striatis ; lutescentc, aurantio- 

 fuscescente peculiariter pictd, apice roseo-purpureo ; canali bre- 

 vissimo. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 19. f. 87. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



The bright orange-brown painting is peculiarly festooned, as it 

 were, round the upper part of the -vvhorl nex.t the suture. 



Teiton angulatus. Trit. testd oblongd, turritd, varice ?iullo ; 



spird acuminatd; anfractibus superne angulatis, longitudinaliter 



costellatis, transversim striatis, striis prominentibus , confertis ; 



luted, aut lutescente-albd, rubido-fusco alboque sparsim punctatd į 



canali brevissimo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 19. f. 88. 



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

 ■water) ; Cuming. 



Chiefly distinguished by the angular structure of the -^vhorls next 

 the suture. 



Tkiton lativaricosus. Trit. testd oblongd, solidd, subcompressd, 

 varicibus tribus vel guatuor lutis ; spird subobtusd; anfractibus 

 longitudinaliter concentrice costellatis, costellis solidis, subdistan- 

 tibus, transversim creberrimt striatis ; canali brevissimo. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 19. f. 90. 



The varices of this shell are unusually broad, and the ribs are 

 ■wider apart on the back of the whorls than on the side. 



Triton tessellatus. Trit. testd clongatd, varice nulio ; spird 

 acuminatd, acutd ; anfractibus striis longitudinalibus et ti-ansversis 

 subtilissime reticulatis ; albidd, maculis grandibus rubido-fuscis 

 subirregulariter tessellatd; canali brevi, subrecurvo. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 19. f. 91. 



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

 ■vvater) ; Cuming. 



This shell may be easily recognised by its rude tessellated spots. 



Triton bacillum. Trit. testu elongato-clavceformi, solidd, vartei- 



