418 Mr. A. Adams on Japanese Species 



lempijij (Ilovsf,), and its aflinod species, concurs with me in the 

 propriety of bestinving a se])arate title on the species inhabit- 

 ing tlie Western Ghauts of India. It is chiefly characterized 

 by the ruddy ground-colour of its plumage, and the tarsal 

 feathers being nearly, if not quite, immaculate. This and 

 Scops fjriseus, Jerd., form two well-marked species, both dif- 

 fering from Javan examples of E. leiujnji, (llorsf.), the first 

 inhabiting the Western Ghauts, the second the Eastern, and 

 also the forests in the vicinity of Maunbhoom, 



XLIX. — On some Species of Prohoscidiferotis Gasteropods 

 ichich inhahit the Seas of Japan. By Artiiuu Adams, 

 F.L.S., Staff-Surgeon, R.N. 



Since I published my paper, in the ' Journal of the Linnean 

 Society' for 1863, on the species of Fusida3 which were found 

 by myself in Japan, I have seen the elaborate work of Dr. 

 Schrenck on the Mollusca of Amur-Land and the Seas of 

 Northern Japan. He there figures a very fine species of 

 Neptunea, a group which seems to have its headquarters in 

 northeni seas, which he has named Buccinum pericochUon^ 

 and which is very similar in form to the elegant shell named 

 by Dr. Baird Chrysodornust ahidafus, from Vancouver's Island. 

 Buccinum yessoensis, Schrenck, which I found in Aniwa Bay, 

 in the island of Saghalien, belongs, I believe, to the genus 

 Urosalpinx, recently established by Stimpson, as does also 

 Eutkria hadia, A. Ad., from Tsus-Sima. The Fusus UneoJatus^ 

 Dkr. {Buccinum Dunkeri, Kiist.), is a Cape species of Comi- 

 nella, but is stated by Schrenck to be also found in Hakodadi 

 Bay. 



In the 'Annals and Magazine of Natural History' for March 

 1863, I described twelve species of Sij/konalia, a Fusoid 

 genus which seems to represent Neptunea in the south of 

 Japan. In the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 

 1862 the species of Muricidaj found in Japan are enumerated ; 

 and in the 'Journal of the Linnean Society,' vol. vii., T have 

 given a list of the species of Mitridai found by myself in 

 Japanese waters. I now present the results of my j^ersonal 

 knowledge of some other families of Proboscidiferous (xastero- 

 pods which inhabit the seas of Japan. 



Fam. Tritoniidae. 

 Genus Tritonium, Link. 

 T. Saulifp, Rve. (Triton), Conch. Icon. Mon. Triton. 

 Ilah. Tatiyama, Tsusaki, Takano-Sima, Bay of Yeddo. 



