TURBO. 193 



9. MiLiTARis, pi. vii. f. 64, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 40. 

 — Testa conico-ovata, imperforata, tenuicula, subventricosa, 

 rufescente-albida, maciilis lineisque rufis nitide picta ; anfrac- 

 tus superne declives, deinde rotundati : apertuia subeircu- 

 laris ; columella latiuscula, ad basin vix angulata. — Allied to 

 and possibly a variety of T. imperialls. 1 liave seen speci- 

 mens with two or three tubular scales, like those of T. 

 cornutus. — Hab. Island of Annaa, on the reefs (Cuming). 



10. CEPOiDES, pi. vii. f. 65, E. A. Smith, Annals and 

 Mag. of Nat. Hist., November 1880. — Testa anguste se.i 

 profunde perforata, ovato-conica, pallide fusca, viridi strigata 

 alboque variegata. Anfractus 7, valde convexi, superne 

 leviter depressi vel subexcavati, incrementi lineis conspicuis, 

 irregularibup, sublamellosis ornati, striis spiralibus incon- 

 spicuis et sulcis paucis superne sculpti. Apertura fere 

 circularis, spira paulo brevior, intus dilute salmonea, mar- 

 garitacea. Long. 80 millim., diam. max. 70; apertura 

 38 millim. longa. — {Sinith). A very good and distinct 

 species, somewhat allied to T. imperialis, but distinguished 

 among other characters by a deep and narrosv umbilicus. The 

 specimen at present unique is in the British Museum. — 

 Locality unknown. 



Section 2. Senectus. 



11. SETOSUs, pi. i. f. 2, Gmelin, Syst. Nat. p. 3549. — 

 Testa ovato-conica, inferne attenuata, imperforata, crassa, 

 albida, viridi et brunneo radiata, aut tessellata ; spira acuta, 

 sutura impressa ; anfractus 6, convexi, oblique striati, 

 spiraliter lirati ; liris convexis, superantibus lira minore 

 intermedia separatis ; apertura subovata, fauce sulcata 

 argentea ; labrum plicatum ; columella crassa, parum arcuata, 

 ad basin effvisa. Operculum extus valde convexum, obscure 

 granulosum, partim oblique striatum, album, interdum cas- 

 taneo-tinctum. — A well-marked species which there is little 

 danger of confounding with any other. The body whorl is 

 large in proportion to the spire ; the ribs are numerous and 

 prominent, crossed by oblique strise, which in some specimens 

 are almost obsolete. — Hab. Lord Hood s Island, &c., South 

 Pacific. 



12. iNTERCOSTALis, f. 9, 11, 14, 16, Menke—elegnns, 

 Philippi — radiatus. Reeve, non Gmelin — disjunctus, Anton 



