TEREBRA. 25 



and chestnut-banded at the base ; plications thin, the interstices 

 closely striate spirally. Length, 1 inch. -Philippines. 



T. FICTILIS, Hinds. PL 7, figs. 14, 11. 



Whitish, purple-ash below the periphery, the latter appearing 

 as a narrow band at the base of the spire-whorls. 



Length, 15 mill. Australia. 



A beautiful little species, well distinguished by its contrasted 

 coloring. T. bicolor, Angas (fig. 11;, is a synonym. 



T. TAYLORI, Reeve. PI. 7, fig. 22. 



Rather stout towards the base, purple ash-color, livid, 

 obscurely banded ; sutural band yellowish. Length, 26 mill. 



Torres Straits, Australia. 



The form is swollen below, resembling the preceding species. 



T. MORBIDA, Reeve. PI. 7, fig. 23. 



Stoutly, closely plicate, the sutural band broadly defined by 

 a groove ; purplish flesh-color, encircled by faint red spots. 



Length, 15 mill. Hab. unknown. 



The spots do not appear upon Reeve's figure. The type speci- 

 men was in the Taylor Collection. 



T. BREVICULA, Desh. PL 7, fig. 24. 



Sutural band swollen, scarcely crenatecl, defined by a broad 

 concave depression, below it the body-whorl is slopingly convex, 

 somewhat angulated on the periphery, where it is somewhat 

 distantly plicately tuberculated ; lead-color, white-banded at the 

 suture and on the periphery, the latter filleted with chestnut on 

 both margins. Length, 23 mill. Tasmania. 



T. PROTEXTA, Conrad. PL 6, fig. 98. 



Whorls rather convex, with curved, sharp, numerous small 

 plications, the interstices smooth or very minutely spirally 

 striate, a sutural band is sometimes obscure^ indicated, but is 

 usually absent; chocolate, or dark brownish white, chocolate 

 within the aperture. Length, 18-25 mill. 



West Coast of Florida. 

 T. CONCAVA, Say. PL 7, figs. 25, 26. 



Shell white ; with a prominent row of nodules below the 

 suture, and a less prominent row above it, the last forming a 



