TURBO. 201 



33. iiiSTRio, pi. viii. f. 79, Reeve, Conch. Icon., sp. 32. — 

 Testa subo'lobosa, tumida, solidiuscula, imperforata, albida, 

 castaneo lati-radiata ; spira abbreviata, sutiira canaliculala ; 

 anfractus convexi, spiraliter squamato-costati ; anfr. ultimus 

 tumidus, costis (civc. 8), erecto-squamosis, interstitiisque 

 minute squamoso liratis cingulatus ; apertura subcircularis ; 

 columella arcuata subdepressa ; labrum crenulatum. — A 

 species of rather solid growth, of which the body-whorl is 

 about twice the length of the spire, armed with strongly 

 scaled ribs. 



34. L^TUS, pi. xiii. f. 165, Philippi, Men. p. 71, pi. xvii. 

 f. 1. — Testa conoidea, imperforata, tx-ansversim cingulata, 

 la3vi, carnea seu pallide fusca, ferrugineo et fusco maculata ; 

 cingulis in anfractu penultimo circa novem,alternis minoribus, 

 tertio magis elevato, angulum prominentibus formante, 

 basalibus parum elevatis, albo et nigro articulatis ; area 

 aurantia extus columellam cingente ; apertura subcirculari, 

 argentea. (Philippi.) — An excellent species, only known to 

 me by the figure and diagnosis which I have copied from 

 Philippi's Monograph. — Hab. East coast of Africa. 



35. FERRUGiNEUs, pi. xiii. f. 164, Anton ; Philippi, p. 75, 

 pi. xvii. f. 5. — Testa ovato-conoidea, perforata, transversim 

 cingulata, lutea, flammis latis ferrugineis picta ; anfractibus 

 parum convexis ; cingulis transversis 6 in anfractu penultimo, 

 quarto subnodoso, angulum distinetum formante, circa 14 

 in anfractu ultimo, octavo pariter angulum formante, valde 

 elevatis, interstitia superautibus ; striis incrementi regu- 

 laribus validis ; apertura circulari, basi aliquantulum pro- 

 ducta, subsulcata. (Philippi.) — Another species, only known 

 to me by the figure. 



36. riLOSDS, pi. xiii. f. 167, Fischer i)i Kiener, Species 

 Creneral, Turbo, pi. xiii. f. 2. — Testa umbilicata, ovato-conica ; 

 spira acuta, sutura profunda ; anfractibus 6, ad suturas sub- 

 canaliculati ; priores transversim lirati, liris tenuiter gra- 

 nulosis ; ultimo liris spiralibus, numerosis, approximatis, 

 granulosis cinctus, superne plauo canaliculatus ; apertura 

 ovata, intus argentea ; columella umbilicum partim tegens, 

 inferne parum I'eflexa. — Color aurantiacus, inferne pallidior. 

 Operculum extus album, convexum, minutissimegranulosum. 

 (Fischer.) — Hab. — ? Allied to T. Cailleti (Fischer and 

 Bernardi), but probably distinct. 



