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FUSUS forceps IVny. riiis shell whkh is more nsually ki...\vii 

 as F. tiirricula Kicn., is smaller than /'.■ lon-icauda Iluiy. an.'l lil.l.cd 

 on the body whorl, the interstices being darker. China. 



Fasciolaria filamentosa l.m. -A prettily-coloured small variety. 

 Red Sea, Ceylon, Philippines, Australia, Loyalty Islands, Central 

 Polynesia. 



Latirus (Peristernia) pulchellus Rv.~ Two, small, but highly 

 coloured, the pale pink mouth being characteristic. 'I'he columella 

 of this Peristernia does not possess folds, at all events, externally, thus 

 separating it from others of the genus. Zanzibar, New Caledonia. 



Family TURBINELLID.E. 



Cynodonta turbinella L. ( = C. corni<^era Lm.). 'i'he spines 

 are unusually well developed. Red Sea, Moluccas, l'hilipi)ines, 

 Mauritius, Central Polynesia. 



Pyrella spirillus L. — Four, one in very young state, showing a 

 very bulbous apex. Trancjuebar. 



Ficula ficus I>. {=^F. Icevigalus Rv.).— Many, all the ordinary 

 form. Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Singapore. 



Ficula reticulata Lm. — Typical examples. Sooloo Archi- 

 pelago, Indian Ocean, I\ast Indies, Japan. 



Rapella (Melongena) paradisiaca Rv.— Showing some varia- 

 tion. Ceylon, Red Sea, Mozambique, Natal. 



Rapella (Melongena) pugilina Porn. — Quite young, but 

 unmistakeable. Indian Ocean. 



Hemifusus lacteus Rv. — Two of this rare form. Philippines. 



Family BUCCINID.E. 



Cyllene fuscata A. Ad.* — Also from Malacca and Singapore. 

 According to Tryon this is a synonym of C. li/gubris Ad. Rv. 



Pisania spiralis Cir.* — Several. Mauritius. 



Tritonidea tranquebarica Gm. — Several specimens. 



Tritonidea undosa L. — Fine, with operculum. Malacca, Aus- 

 tralia, Philippines, Fiji, Paumotus, and Loyalty Islands. 



Engina armillata Rv.— A very fine shell, in a beautiful state of 

 preservation. Philippines, Arakan. 



Engina pulchra Rv.— One, of the pale white wreathed variety. 

 Panama, (ialapagos, and Loyalty Islands. 



Nassaria SUturalis A. Ad.* (=iV: acuminata Rv.).— Five: this 

 Nassaria seems generally, but sparsely, distributed from Karachi 

 through Bombay and Ratnagiri to the Laccadives and Ceylon, and 

 now found in Madras. China Sea, Indian Ocean. 



