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S. TORNATA, Dillwyn. PL 5, fig. 62 ; PL 6, fig. 81. 



Shell smooth, ivory-like, lower portion of body-whorl with 

 revolving striae, upper portion of the whorls broadly, concavely 

 channeled, sinus broad and shallow ; whitish or 3'ellowish, 

 flexuously strigated with light brown. L. 80, diam. 26 mill. 



East Indies, Java. 



Generally known as P. Javana, Linn., but that author's 

 description is of a ribbed shell which this is not. 



Yar. FULMINATA, Kiener. PL 6, fig. 81. 



Shell smaller, proportionally wider, the revolving striae upon 

 the lower part of the bodyrwhorl stronger ; the color variegated 

 by strong flexuous longitudinal strigations or maculations. 



L. 48, diam. 17 mill. 



Java. 



Barely distinguishable as a variety. 



S. JAVANA, Linn. PL 5, figs. 63-65. 



Whorls angular and tuberculated in the middle, the tubercles 

 developing from more or less indistinct oblique folds or ribs, 

 everywhere closely encircled by striae ; light yellowish brown, 

 the tubercles lighter. L. 56, diam. 23 mill. 



Java, Malacca, Japan. 



This is perhaps better known as S. nodi/era, Lam., the S. 

 Javana of authors (not Linn.) being the preceding species 

 S. tornata, Dillwyn. S. Coreanica, Ad. and Reeve (fig. 64), is a 

 specimen not fully grown, and S. lurida, Ad. and Reeve (fig. 65), 

 is a small, darker hued, banded variety. 



S. TUBERCULATA, Gray. PL 5, figs. 66, 67. 



Whorls angulated, the angle defined by a row of tubercula- 

 tions, below them are several rows of granular revolving striae, 

 and towards the base the striae are continued but not granular ; 

 yellowish, punctate with chestnut. L. 25, diam. 9 mill. 



Hong- Kong, Japan, Java, Australia. 



With this species must be united S. punctata, Reeve (fig. 66). 



S. OLIVACEA, Sowb. PL 5, figs. 69,70; PL 10, fig. 77; PL 34, 



fig. 3. 



Shell with 8-10 coarse, rounded longitudinal ribs, forming a 

 knobbed angle on each whorl, where they terminate, encircled 



