180 VERMETUS. 



with numerous subdentate longitudinal costellse, and intervening 

 striae ; brownish. Probably identical with the foregoing species. 



Australia. 



Described by Morch under the name of V. sulcatus, Lam., 

 but one of the three types of that species is a fossil and different, 

 the other two appear to be V. siplw, Lain. 



Y. MASTER, Deshayes. PL 53, fig. 65. 



Large and thick, irregularly spiral, not elevated, with about 

 twenty longitudinal grooves ; grayish, yellowish brown or flesh- 

 color, corneous within. Length, 1 foot, diam. 16-18 mill. 



Cape Verde Is. 



Le Masier, of Adanson. It is also V. sipho (Lam. in part), 

 Blainv., and V. arenarius, Daudin. 



Y. BRAZILIENSTS, Rousseau. PL 53, fig. 66. 



Large, solitary, at first spiral, last whorl protected, lightly 

 curved, erect, with slight distant spiral line. 



Diam. apert. 30 mill. Brazil. 



Y. ATRA, Pvousseau. PL 53, fig. 67. 



Usually solitary, thick, spirally twisted, laterally attached, 

 last whorl protracted, rounded, the affixed ones with expanded 

 sides ; surface with close growth-lines, and distant longitudinal 

 lirulre ; black or very dark brown. Diam. of aperture, about 20 



mill. 



Philippines, New Caledonia, East Indies. 



This is Serpula colubrina, Bolten, V. fuscata, Humphr., ? V. 

 ochrea, Gmel. Morch adds vars. ALBINA, brown and blackish, 

 mixed with white towards the aperture, VIOLACEO-FUSCA, LJEVI- 

 USCULA, and AGGLOMERATA. 



y. IMBRICATUS, D linker. PL 53, fig. 68. 



Rather solid, laterally attached, anteriorly sometimes free and 

 erect, light brownish, with longitudinal, subimbricated costnlse. 



Japan. 

 y. NODOSO-RUGOSUS, Lischke. PL 53, figs. 69, TO. 



Whitish, yellowish or violaceous brown, somewhat solid, irreg- 

 ularly twisted, anteriorly shortly erect, flat and attached below, 

 obsoletely carinate and nodosely transversely wrinkled above, 

 becoming smoother towards the aperture. Japan. 



