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paucis intus instructo ; canali brevi recurvo fere clauso ; fauce 

 castanea. Axis 30 milliin. ; diam. 16 millim. Inhabits Hako- 

 dadi. W. S. 



Closely allied to T. crassas, which has the suture channelled 

 and the lip dentate ; young specimens have the laminae quite 

 prominent, with small spines at the angles. 



Tropiion suppositus. T. pyriformis, turrita, tenuis, sordide 

 alba, laminis erectis remotis clathrata, interspatiis concavis laevi- 

 bus ; anfr. 6 convexis postice tabulatis ; ultimo bulboso antice in 

 rostrum tenuem recurvum protracto. Apertura ovata § longit. 

 testa? adaequans ; columella porcellana. Axis 30 millim. ; diam. 

 15 millim.; aperturae long. 20 millim. Inhabits ? 



Triton (Monoplex) fossatuii. T. solida, subglobosa, flavida ; 

 spira brevis, anfr. sex fossa lata, profunda sejunctis et costulis 

 duabus cinctis (costulis stria mediana impressisj et undulas longi- 

 tudinales noduliferas remotas gerentibus : apertura angusta, per- 

 obliqua postice rotundata ; labro varicoso, denticulato intus sulcato ; 

 labio erecto sulcato, sulco postico majori ; rostro brevi. Axis 

 35 ; diam. 30 ; apert. 20 millim. Habitat, Hong Kong. W. S. 



Like T. canaliferus this would be at once noticed for the deep 

 sutural channel ; but it is altogether of a short, ventricose form, 

 with a very short canal. It approaches, in form and sculp- 

 ture, to T. doliarius, which lacks the canal and has a longer 

 beak. 



Terebra bipartita. T. parva, subulata, gracilis, tenuis, ni- 

 tida, ubique striis exilibus confertis cincta, et plicis modicis flexuo- 

 sis ad 15 munita; anfr. 14 convexiusculis postice leviter instrictis, 

 postice flavidis antice castancis, ultimo filo flavo cincto : apertura 

 lunata; rostro curto, lato. Axis 15; diam. 4-f- millim. Inhabits 

 Hakodadi Bay, 20 fathoms. W. S. 



Terebra arguta. T. parva, gracilis, turrita, ad apicem lan- 

 ceolata, ex stramineo rubescens ; anfr. 12-j- convexis, plicis ad 

 20 eminentibus acutis, ad interspatia lineis volventibus impressis 

 et postice stria profunda incisis ; ultimo antice cancellato ad ros- 

 trum constricto : apertura perangusta, flexuosa ; columella vio- 

 lacea. Axis 25 ; diam. 5 millim. Inhabits Porto Praya. W. S. 



Closely allied to T. violascens, Hinds, from New Guinea. 



