PUSTA. 191 



T. MURICULATA, Lam. PL 56, fig. 020. 



Orange yellow to dark chestnut, the shoulder and tubercles 



whitish. Length '65 *8 inch. 



Philippines ; Mauritius. 



vT. PATRIABCHALIS, Lam. PI. 56, figs. 621, 622, 625; PI. 58, fig. 689. 

 Nodosely ribbed at shoulder of whorls, ribs becoming evanes- 

 cent lower down; spirally incised, the striae becoming stronger 

 towards the base, and occasionally raised into nodules or riblets ; 

 above, they cross the ribs. Color varying from light yellow, 

 through orange and red to dark chocolate, the ribs and usually 

 upper part of body-whorl and spire white, the base of the shell 

 with one or more interrupted white bands, or entirely suffused 

 with white. Length, '6 *75 inch. 



Philippines ; Viti Islands. 



T. tuberosa, Reeve (fig. 622) is the }^onng of this species, and 

 n. very immature specimen of it appears to be described and 

 figured by Kiister as T. elegantula (fig. 625). 



T. PORPHYRKTICA, Reeve. PI. 56, fig. 626. 



Smooth, plicately ribbed, ribs angular, three or four revolving 

 grauulous striae at base. Ash, chestnut, etc., with a broad white 

 /one around the suture, and narrower ones marking the basal 

 stria*, or entire base white. Length, *6 inch. 



Philippines, Viti and Samoa Islands. 



Differs from the preceding species in the longitudinal ribs 

 being continuous over the body-whorl, less tuberculate above, 

 closer and narrower, in the want of revolving sculpture except 

 at the base ; the coloring is essentially the same, and it may be 

 only a variety of T. patriarchalis. 



T. OSIDIRIS, Issel. PI. 56, iigs. 627, 628. 



White, with a central chestnut or chocolate band. 



Length, '9 inch. 



Red Sea. 



With longer spire and somewhat different coloring, this is 

 very closely allied to the preceding species ; it differs from T. 

 cadaverosa by its broader band and want of revolving sculpture, 

 but appears to be intermediate between it and porphyretica. T, 

 umbonata, Sowb. (fig. 628). is a synonym. 



