92 phos. 



oblonga, pyriformi, labio externo profundi sinuato ; columella 

 nudu ; canali recto, rostrato. — A solid, fusiform shell, with distant 

 ribs, which are painted with reddish-brown in two bands. The 

 canal is rather straight and beaked. Western Columbia, Cuming. 



17. gatjdens (f. 30, 31), Hinds, Voy. Sulphur, p. 3S. pi. 10. 

 y.5, 6. — P. testa elongata, acuminata, fusiformi, cinereo-nigrescente 



seu pallide fulva 1'usco bifasciata, inter costas laevigata; costis 

 distantibus, nodulis albis variegatis ; apertura brevi ; canali recto. 

 — The distant ribs are enlivened in both varieties by white or 

 light-coloured nodules, while the interstices are smooth. Gulf of 

 Tehuantepec, western coast of Mexico. 



18. Terebra (f. 28, 29), Sowb. Th.—V. testa elongata, acumi- 

 nata, longitudinaliter costata, spiraliter striata, varicibus albis 

 raris ornata, fulva seu grisea fusco variegata. — A pretty little 

 elongated species, ornamented with occasional white varices. 

 Sydney. 



19. eascia-tos (f. 4), A. Ad. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853.— P. testa 

 ovata, crassa, pallida, trifasciata, longitudinaliter distanter costu- 

 lata, spiraliter costellis ad costas nodulosis cincta ; apertura sub- 

 ovali ; canali lato, recto. — Of an obtuse oval form, partly cancellated 

 by elevated nodulous lines crossing the distant longitudinal ribs. 

 Philippines, Cuming. 



20. cancellatus (f. 39, 40), A. Ad. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1850.— 

 P. testa ovata, albida, obscure fusco fasciata, subaequaliter cancel- 

 lata, cancellis ad angulos acute nodosis ; interstitiis planis ; canali 

 brevi, recto. — Distinctly and regularly cancellated, with nodules 

 at the crossing of the lines. Hab. ? 



21. "Veraguensis (f. 41), Hinds, Voy. Sulphur, p. 37. pi. 10. 

 f. 13, 14. — P. testa quam P. cancellatus magis elongata, inter- 

 stitiis costellarum spiraliter striatis.- — Of a more elongate form 

 than P. cancellatus, and differing from that species in being 

 striated spirally between the costelke. Puebla Neuva, west 

 coast of Veraguas. 



22. filosus (f. 15), A. Ad. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853.— P. testa 

 ovali-acuta, subcancellata, pallide fusca, costellis spiralibus elevatis 

 rubris.- — This species resembles P. reticoms in the colour of the 

 cross raised lines, but it wants the distinct nodules which adorn 

 the ribs in that species. Hab. — — - ? 



23. i.igatus (f. 16), A. Ad. Pro. Zool. Soc. 1853.— P. testa 

 ovali-subfusiformi, pallide fulva seu fusca albo variegata, sub- 



