TURBO, 215 



handsome species, so different from any other that it needs 

 little in the way of description, but may be recognised by a 

 glance at the accompanying figure. — Hab. New Zealand. 



88. LONGISPINA, pi. xi. f. 1.31, 132, Lamarck (Trochus), 

 Anim. sans Vert. vol. ix. p. 122 — Trochus Solaris Indise, 

 Chemnitz — Calcar majus, Chemnitz — Trochus heliaceus, 

 Philijypi — T. inermis, Gmelin — T. aster, Philippi — T. 

 armatus, Philippi. — Testa depresse conoidea, anguste pro- 

 funde umbilicata, aureo-ferruginea ; anfractus circ. 6, su- 

 perne Isevissime convexi, interne concaviusculi, acutimar- 

 ginati, ubique rugis squamatis crenulatis promiscue sculpti, 

 ad marginem squamis subnumerosis (in anfr. ult. circ. 13) 

 planatis acutiusculis radiati ; basis convexa, circulariter tri- 

 lirata, radiatim dense striato lamellata. Operculum ovale, 

 extus album, crassum, obsolete granosum, ad marginem 

 excavatum. — A very pretty species, of a flattish form, with 

 the margin ornamented with largish flattened scales ; the 

 whole surface is irregularly crisply scaled. — Hab. West 

 Indies. 



89. COSTULATUS, pi. xi. f. 130, Lamarck, Anim. sans Vert, 

 vol. ix. p. 127. — Testa sublate conica, obtecte umbilicata, 

 aureo-ferruginea aut fulvescens; anfractus convexo declives, 

 superne rugoso plicati, deinde obscure spiraliter costati, 

 oblique lamelloso striati, ad marginem squamis numerosis 

 breviusculis acutis planulatis radiati ; basis convexa, radiatim 

 dense striati-lamellata, circulariter obscure quadrilirata. — 

 Nearly allied to longispina, but more conical, with umbilicus 

 closed, and marginal scales smaller and more numerous. — 

 Hab. West Indies. 



90. BREVISPINA, pi. xii. f. 138, Lamarck (Trochus) — auri- 

 pigmentum, Jonas — Uvanilla brevispina, Chemnitz — Calcar. 

 brevispina, Fischer. — Testa abbreviato-conoidea, imperforata, 

 lutea et virente, albo minute taeniata ; anfractus circ. 7,, 

 planato declives, spiraliter seriatim granulati, striis obliquis 

 plus minusve rugosis sculpti, acutimarginati, ad marginem 

 squamis brevibus planatis acutis radiati ; basis levissime 

 convexa, radiatim dense lamellato-striata, circulariter obscure 

 lirata, callo centrali am'eo-rufo ; apertura ol)liqua, infra 

 angulata. Operculum ovale, extus albidum, imicostatum, 

 granoso-striatum. — More regularly conical than the last 



