210 TURBO. 



spira obtusa ; sutura impressa ; anfractus convexo declives, 

 spiraliter conspicue sulcati ; anfr. ultimus rotundatus inferne 

 leviter compressus ; apertura oblique ovata labrum crassius- 

 culum ; columella callosa inferne minute uni-tuberculatum. 

 Operculum complanatum, extus album, medio corrugatum. 

 — Easily distinguished from others of the group by its strong 

 spiral grooves and uniform colour. — Hab. Mediterranean. 

 Specimens in the British Museum from Hakodadi, Japan. 



63. MUREEUS, pi. viii. f. 84, Reeve, Conch. Icon. sp. 54. — 

 Testa minuta, suborbicularis, vix umbilicata, laevigata, 

 polita, alba, roseo nitide maculata. — A minute smooth shell, 

 delicately spotted with rose colour. — Hab. — ? 



64. VERRUCA, pi. viii. f. 86, Gould, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. vol. ii. p. 27 — Collonia glariosa, Gould — Turbo san- 

 guineus, Reeve, non Linn. — T. roseus, Philippi. — Testa 

 parva, subglobosa, umbilicata, alba, maculis sanguineis in- 

 terruptis cingulata ; spira parviuscula ; anfractus convexi, 

 spiraliter lirati ; apertura subcircularis, fauce sulcata. — A 

 prettily spotted ribbed species, somewhat varying in form. — 

 Hab. Sandwich Islands. 



65. MARGiNATUS, pi. viii. f. 94, Nuttall?, Reeve, Conch. 

 Icon. sp. 56. — Testa subovata, solida, imperforata, albida, 

 livido-olivaceo tincta et maculata ; spira brevis, acutiuscula ; 

 anfractus convexi spiraliter minutissime sulcati ; anfr. ulti- 

 mus ventricosus ; apertura parva oblique ovata ; labrum 

 crassum. Operculum extus politum crassiusculum. — A 

 moderately large species of the Collonia group, thick, 

 whitish, tinged and mottled with livid olive colour. It has 

 a smooth appearance, but is finely spirally grooved through- 

 out. — Hab. Upper California. 



66. AMUSSiTATUS, pi. viii. f. 85, 92, 95, Gould (Turbo), 

 Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. 1861, vol. viii. — Collonia sanga- 

 rensis, Schrenck — Collonia rubra A. Ad. MSS. ? — Testa 

 ovata, imperforata, rufo-purpurea ; spira tumida ; sutura 

 impressa; anfractus convexi, rotundati, spiraliter rugose 

 striati, et costis irregularibus plus minusve nodulosis cingu- 

 lati, lineis obliquis incisis sculpti ; apertura parviuscula, sub- 

 circularis. Operculum subplanatum, extus album, minute 

 granulosum, centro depressiusculo. — Hab. Japan. 



67. SQUAMATUS, pi. viii. f. 88, A. Adams, MSS. ? — Testa 

 ovato-conica, tenuicula, imperforata, sordida ; spira acutius- 



