420 Mr. A. Adams on Jaj^anese Species 



5. S. tringa, A. Ad. 



<S. testa ovato-fusiformi, spira qiiam apcrtura longioro, fusca fulvo 

 rufoque variegata, epidermide tenui, pilosa obtecta ; anfractibus 8, 

 subdistortis, varicibus paucis irregulariter nodoso-plicatis instructis, 

 in anfractu ultimo quatuor, prope aperturam varice unico dupli- 

 cate, prope labrum varicibus duobus nodiformibus sulcis longitu- 

 diualibus et liris trausversis decussatis ; apcrtura ovata ; labio 

 circumscripto, transversim lirato, rostro elongate, tenui, rectius- 

 culo ; labro intus nodoso-plicato, extus valde varicoso. 



Ilab. Uraga. 



A small species, with the aperture resembling the profile of 

 a plover's head, aud with a slender straight beak at the fore 

 part. 



Genus Cabestana, Bolt. 



1. a Iab^osa,^Yood (Triton), Ind. Test. Suppl. pi. 5. f. 18. 

 Tritonium nit Hum, Mke. 

 Hub. Uraga, 21 fathoms. 



2. C. dorsuosa, A. Ad. 



C. testa ovato-fusiformi, epidermide tenui fusca induta, spira quam 

 apertura longiore ; anfractibus 5, varice unico rotundato. nodoso- 

 plicato, plicis in anfractu ultimo antice obsoletis, transversim 

 porcatis, porcis duplieibus, interstitiis liris duabus crenulatis ; 

 apcrtura ovata ; labio antice transversim subplicato. canali recto 

 brevi ; labro extus varicoso, intus nodoso-lirato. 

 Ilab. Tatiyama. 

 A fuscous-brown species, strongly nodose on the back of 



the last whorl. 



Genus Gutteenium, Klein. 

 G. moritmctum, Rve. [Triton), Conch. Icon. sp. 49. 

 Hob. Tatiyama. 



Genus Epidromus, Klein. 

 E. reticosus, A. Ad. 



E. testa ovato-fusiformi, fulva, hiuc et illuc macuhs rufescentibus 

 tincta, spira quam apertura longiore ; anfractibus 7, convexis, longi- 

 tudinaliter plicatis, plicis rotundis, distantibus, in anfractu ultimo 

 nodo magno variciformi instructo, transversim valde liratis, liris 

 sequahbus, regularibus, subdistantibus ; apertui'a anguste ovata ; 

 labio transversim rugoso-plicato, canali brevi, recto, oblique 

 truncate ; labro intus valde lirato, margine extus varice crasso 

 instructo. 



Hab. Japan. Coll. Cuming. 

 A small, reticulate, P^os-like species, with regular plicate 



whorls and a short canal. 



