12 TEREBRA. 



T. ORNATA, Gray. PL 2, fig. 28. 



Shell stout, sutures crenulated towards the apex, with a well- 

 defined sutural band ; yellowish white, with three spiral series of 

 regular chestnut spots, four on the body-whorl. 



Length, 4'5 inches. 



Galapagos Is. 

 T. FORMOSA, Desh. PI. 2, fig. 27. 



Shell rather slender, with a somewhat swollen sutural band 

 not clearly separated from the whorls by an impressed line ; 

 upper whorls longitudinally plicate ; yellowish white, with small 

 chestnut spots on the band, and larger longitudinal markings 

 below it, a third inferior series on the body-whorl. 



Length, 2'75 inches. 



Panama. 



Described from a single specimen, and is possibly a young 

 variety of T. robusta. 



T. STRIGATA, Sowb. PI. 2, fig. 29. 



Whorls divided by a median groove, the upper ones plicate; 

 yellowish white, longitudinally striped with chestnut. 



Length, 3*5-5 5 inches. 



Panama, Realejo. 



Reeve gives Philippines (Gaming) and Moluccas as additional 

 localities which need confirmation. It is T. elongata, Wood, 

 T. zebra, Kiener, and T. flammea. Lesson. 



T. CERETHINA, Lam. PL 2, fig. 30, 14. 



Upper whorls densely plicate, lower ones becoming smooth, 

 with a sutural band bounded by an indistinct impressed line ; 

 flesh-white, rather closely longitudinally strigate with flesh-color 

 or orange, crossed by several distant narrow revolving lines of 

 the same color. Length, 2-3 inches. 



Philippines to Society Is. 



T. pulchra, Hinds (fig. 14), is a synonym. 



T. LANCEATA, Linn. PL 11, fig. 10. 



Whorls smooth, flattened, a little swollen below the sutures, 

 earlier whorls plicated ; white, crossed by narrow chestnut longi- 

 tudinal streaks, interrupted at the periphery of the body-whorl 

 by a white band. Length, 2-2-5 mill. 



Taheiti, Moluccas, Mauritius. 



