192 TORNATINA. 



Oooke finds no difference between this and T.fusiformis A. Ad., 

 and considers them synonymous, the latter name having priority. 



T. PLANOSPIRA A. Adams. PI. 25, fig. 45. 



Shell cylindrical, apex truncated (in the very poor type specimen), 

 white, smooth, subpellucid, longitudinally grooved ; spire depressed, 

 level-topped ; whorls 4, grooved, radiately striated ; aperture nar- 

 row, anteriorly dilated; columella callous, with a single plait. 



(A*). 



Sorsagon, Luzon, Philippines, 4 fms. (Cumin g) ; Red Sea (Cooke) 



Tornatina planospira AD. Thes. Couch, ii, p. 568, pi. 121, f. 32; 

 Ann. Mag. (3), ix, p. 153. COOKE, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), xvii, p. 

 130. 



T. INCONSPICUA H. Adams. PI. 22, fig. 26. 



Shell elongate-ovoid, rather solid, delicately transversely striated 

 anteriorly, whitish ; spire little exserted. Aperture narrow, coarc- 

 tate in the middle, dilated below ; columella furnished with a 

 minute fold ; lip margin arcuate. Alt. 3, diam. 1-5 mill. (H. Ad.}. 



Red Sea. 



T. inconspicua H. AD., P. Z. S. 1872, p. 11, pi. 3, f. 12. Conf. 

 COOKE, Ann. Mag. N. H. (5), xvii, p. 130. 



Mr. A. H. Cooke considers this very close to, or synonymous with, 

 T. planospira. The " antice transversim teuuissime striata " of H. 

 Adams' description seems, however, to be a distinguishing character. 



T. BIPLEX A. Adams. PI. 25, fig. 46. 



Shell cylindrical, apex subtruncated, white, solid, shining trans- 

 versely striated ; spire depressed, whorls four ; aperture linear, con- 

 tracted in the middle, anteriorly dilated ; outer lip posteriorly pro- 

 duced, a little receding, reflexed in the middle, anteriorly with a 

 single strong tubercle ; columella with a single plait. (Ad.). 



China Sea (Cuming). 



T. biplex A. AD., Thes. Conch, ii, p. 568, pi. 121, f. 33. BRAZIER, 

 Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ii, p. 82. 



Brazier reports this from Torres Strait. 

 T. POLITA A. Adams. PI. 25, fig. 52. 



Shell ovately cylindrical, rounded above ; apex truncated, white, 

 solid, shining, interiorly transversely striated; spire depressed, 



