80 BOOK OF SPECIES. 
spotted with black; spots quadrangular; whorls 
convex; base rather long. 4. W. 28. 87. 
P. NoDIFERA. Fusiform, turreted, reddish 
tawny; the whorl angulated in the middle by the 
projection of a series of oblong-oblique nodules, 
above which they are finely striated, and beneath 
which deeply furrowed; tail shorter than the 
spire. 12. W. 26. 68. 
P. Graciuis. Fusiform, turreted, with longi- 
tudinal ribs, interrupted by a flat space at the 
sutures, and finely striated transversely; beak 
rather long, and slightly ascending ; fulvous, with 
a white band round the middle of the body-whorl. 
lalea ee W227 AZZ 0 TB. 
TURBINELLA. 
Shell turbinated or sub-fusiform, channelled at 
base ; columella with three to five compressed 
transverse plaits. 
T.pyruM. Ventricose and club-shaped above, 
pyriform, with rather a long beak; pale fulvous, 
with a few rows of chestnut spots; spire short, 
finely striated, and mucronated; beak slightly 
grooved; lip smooth; pillar with four plaits. 33. 
W. 21. 160. 
T. CORNIGERA. Ovate, turbinate, somewhat 
triangular, transversely furrowed, muricated all 
over with transverse rows of thick white spinous 
