194 PUSIA. 



T. SEMITICA, Jickeli. PI. 56, fig. 623. 



Gray, lower half of body-whorl ferruginous. Length, 16 mill. 



Red N '/. 



I only know this species through the original description and 

 figure. 



T. FESTA, Reeve. PI. 56, fig. 624. 



White, with a broad central brown band. Length, -5 inch. 



Philippines. 



Closely allied to, or perhaps synonymous with T. tusa, 

 Reeve. 



T. PUPULA, Dunker. PI. 57, fig. 643. 



Reddish brown, with a white superior band, appearing on the 



spire. Length, *25 inch. 



Somoan Islands. 



Figured from an authentic specimen, received from the Grodef- 

 froy Museum. 



T. ELEGANTULA, D unker. 



Small, white maculated with reddish brown, forming a tessel- 

 lated series on the last whorl ; spire elate, whorls slightly 

 angulated ; plicated, the interstices with revolving striae. 



Length, 15 mill. 



Samoan Islands. 



Has not been figured and the specimen before me is too 

 immature for illustration. 



T. TRICOLOR, Gmelin. PI. 57, figs. 644-646, 651. 



Spire and upper portion of body-whorl distantly ribbed, 

 sometimes smooth ; yellowish to chocolate, with a white band, 

 and frequently maculated with red-brown or chocolate across or 

 on either border of the band ; occasionally a second maculated 

 band near the base. Length, -25-'35 inch. 



Mediterranean Sea. 



A very variable little shell, of which T. Savignii, Payr. (fig. 

 644), may be considered the typical ribbed form, and T. picta, 

 Sandri, T. granum, Forbes (fig. 645), and T. littoralis, Forbes 

 (fig. 646), smooth varieties. To these must be added a costate 

 variety recently described by Issel, as var. pallida (fig. 651). 

 M. Lowei, Dohrn,an unfigured species, from the Canary Islands, 

 is probably a synonym. 



