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  SOCIETY. 
  

  

  148. 
  Cl.VTKUIUNvV 
  XKXUILIRATA 
  (Aiigas). 
  

  

  ClaihuirUa 
  tenuilirata, 
  G. 
  F. 
  .\nii::is, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond., 
  1871, 
  

   p. 
  17. 
  pl.i, 
  f. 
  18. 
  

   ,, 
  ,, 
  Trvou, 
  iMau. 
  Conch., 
  vol. 
  vi, 
  1884, 
  p. 
  281, 
  

  

  pi. 
  xxvii, 
  f. 
  8, 
  9. 
  

   P.G. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  lat. 
  26° 
  10' 
  X., 
  long. 
  82^ 
  50' 
  E., 
  33 
  fathoms, 
  

   mud 
  and 
  rock. 
  

  

  1 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  rtiul 
  tlio 
  spocics 
  so 
  named 
  from 
  the 
  locality 
  

   just 
  given. 
  C. 
  tenuilirata, 
  Angas, 
  type, 
  was 
  tVom 
  Port 
  Jackson, 
  

   Xew 
  Soutli 
  Wales, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  unlikely 
  tliis 
  species 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Persian 
  

   Gulf 
  area, 
  but 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  thus 
  named 
  for 
  ^Ir. 
  Towiisend 
  by 
  

   yiv. 
  Edgar 
  Smitli, 
  1 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  justided 
  in 
  excluding 
  it 
  from 
  this 
  

   enumeration 
  without 
  more 
  proof. 
  

  

  149. 
  CL.vruuiaxA 
  tincta 
  (Reeve). 
  

  

  rieiirotoma 
  tincta, 
  lleevo, 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc., 
  1846, 
  p. 
  5. 
  

  

  ,, 
  ,, 
  ,, 
  Condi. 
  Icon., 
  vol. 
  i, 
  1846, 
  pi. 
  xxxviii, 
  f. 
  347. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Bushire. 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Oman, 
  Muscat, 
  2-8 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  I. 
  Karachi 
  ; 
  occurs 
  at 
  very 
  low 
  tide, 
  amongst 
  mud 
  and 
  weed 
  on 
  

   rocks. 
  Bombay 
  (Abercrombie). 
  

  

  Yar. 
  It'ni!iiscii/(i, 
  G. 
  & 
  H. 
  Xev. 
  

  

  Clathurella 
  lemniscafa. 
  (i. 
  & 
  11. 
  Nevill, 
  Journ. 
  As. 
  Soc. 
  Bengal, 
  

   vol. 
  xliv, 
  1875, 
  pt. 
  ii, 
  p. 
  92, 
  pi. 
  vii, 
  f. 
  11. 
  

  

  P.G. 
  Bahrein 
  Island. 
  

  

  M.C. 
  Gwadiir 
  (W. 
  T. 
  Blanford). 
  

  

  I. 
  Hombay 
  (.\bercrombie), 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  in 
  shell-sand; 
  also 
  

   Bev. 
  S. 
  B. 
  Fairbank, 
  secus 
  G. 
  & 
  H. 
  Xevill. 
  " 
  

  

  Seemingly 
  only 
  ditl'ering 
  in 
  the 
  continuous 
  brown 
  band 
  below 
  the 
  

   sutures. 
  The 
  figure 
  given 
  by 
  Nevill 
  as 
  quoted 
  above 
  is 
  from 
  

   a 
  Mauritian 
  type. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  Ceylon. 
  The 
  typical 
  

   form 
  is 
  widely 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  the 
  eastern 
  tropics. 
  

  

  § 
  Subgen. 
  veprecula, 
  nov. 
  

  

  Shell 
  small, 
  thin, 
  delicate, 
  pale 
  brown 
  or 
  white, 
  fusiform, 
  spire 
  

   either 
  very 
  attenuate, 
  or 
  pagodiform, 
  or 
  broader, 
  and 
  ventricose, 
  

   always 
  much 
  suturally 
  impressed 
  ; 
  whorls 
  10-12, 
  the 
  nuclear 
  being 
  

   4-5, 
  the 
  tirst 
  of 
  these 
  smooth, 
  the 
  second 
  to 
  the 
  fourth 
  or 
  fifth 
  very 
  

   finely 
  longitudinally 
  radially 
  costulate, 
  the 
  remainder 
  either 
  few 
  or 
  

   closely 
  ribbed, 
  crossed 
  by 
  frequent 
  or 
  more 
  distant 
  lirations, 
  acutely 
  

   echinate 
  at 
  the 
  points 
  of 
  junction, 
  interstices 
  apj)earing 
  deeply 
  seated, 
  

   almost 
  smooth, 
  quaiirate 
  or 
  oblong, 
  mouth 
  oblong, 
  outer 
  lip 
  thin, 
  

   sinus 
  deep 
  and 
  wide, 
  situate 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  suture. 
  Canal 
  

   produced, 
  fusiform. 
  

  

  {Veprecititt, 
  dim. 
  of 
  veprfs, 
  a 
  little 
  thorn, 
  from 
  the 
  echinate 
  ribs.) 
  

  

  Tijpe. 
  — 
  Veprecula 
  st/kexii 
  (Mel 
  v. 
  & 
  St.). 
  

  

  This 
  sub-genus 
  of 
  Clathuriua, 
  which 
  I 
  now 
  venture 
  to 
  propose, 
  

   consists 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  abysmal 
  species 
  with 
  a 
  strong 
  resemblance 
  to 
  each 
  

  

  