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anfractuum parte inferiori fusco inter nodos arliculutd ; columelld 



excavatd, vLr rucjosd ; canali brcvisaiino. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 17. f. 71. 



Huh. ? 



Care must be taken not to confound this shell with the lesser New 

 Holland species, Triton Quoyi. 



Triton tohtuosus. Trit. testd oblonyo-turritd, subungustd, vari- 

 cibus octo oblique invicem subsequentibus ; spird tortuosd ; unfrac- 

 tibus granitlis parvis subtiliter reticiilutis ; httescente, maculis 

 fuscis grandibus, longitudinaliter undatis, elegantcr pictd ; colu- 

 mella excavatd, subgranulosd ; canali brevissimo, recurvo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 17. f. 74. 



Hub. Island of Burias, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



This interesting species approximates very closely to the Triton 

 distortus ; it differs in being of a more delicate and slender form, in 

 the granules being less prominent, and in the jjcculiar waved style 

 of the painting. 



Tritox sculptilis. Trit. testd oblong o- turrit d, varice nullo ; spird 

 ejcsei'td ; anfractibus longitudinaliter costellatis, costellis anyusiis, 

 inie7-stitiis striis elevatis cancellatis, anfructus ultiini parte infe- 

 riori conopeo carinteformi prominente peculiariter ornutd ; ulbidd, 

 suturis fuscis ; columelld Ictvi ; canali brevissimo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 18. f. 76. 



Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



In addition to the above account of this beautiful species, it may 

 be noticed that the transverse stria? are brown upon the ribs and 

 white in the interstices ; the sutures are brown in consequence of the 

 whorls being encircled with a brown line just at the point where one 

 whorl lodges in its spiral growth upon the other, over the basal 

 canopy, as if to mark out the exact plan of convolution. 



Triton kximius. Trit. testd oblongo-turritd, varice nullo ; spird 

 acuminata ; anfractibus costellis minutis eximie cancellatis , longi- 

 tudinalibus majoribus, valde i-emotioribus ; albd,fuscescente obscure 

 fascial d ; canali brevissiyyio. 



Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 18. f. 77. 



Hab. Lord Hood's Island, Pacific Ocean (on the reefs), and island 

 of Capul, Philij)pines (under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



A neatly cancellated, almost colourless, shell. 



Triton egregius. Trit. testd elongato-ovatd, varice nullo; spird 

 acutd ; anfractibus longitudinaliter costatis, striis elevatis trans- 

 versis cancellatis ; alba, cost is medio albis, supra et infra fuscis; 

 canali brevi, recurvo. 

 Conch. Icon., Triton, pi. 18. f. 78. 



Hab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The style or arrangement of the sculpture not much unlike the 

 preceding species ; the shell is however larger, more globose, and 



