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aiifractibus nmnerosis, planulatis, superne cingulo lavi lined im- 

 pressd diviso, infra cingulo minor e, ared inferior e transversim 

 striata ; anfractu ultimo brevi, medio sulco unico ; aperturd parvd, 

 concolore ; labio interno subcalloso, producto. Axis 23 lin. 



Hub. ? 



Cab. Belcher and Cuming. 



Terebra fenestrata. Ter. testd elongate conico-subulatd, pallide 

 fulvd ; anfractibus planulatis, superne cingulo nodulifero, infra se- 

 cundo minore, inferne cancellatis ; apice subpapillari ; anfractu 

 ultimo quadrato ad basin abrupte contractato ; aperturd parvd ; 

 labio interno subcalloso, producto. Axis 15 lin. 



Hub San Nicholas, island of Zebu, Philippines ; sandy mud at 

 low water. 



Cab. Cuming. 



Terebra eburnka. Ter. testd obeso-subulatd, alba ; anfractibus 

 IcEvigatis, nitidis, superne lined impressd, inferne uni- vel biseriutim 

 lineis punctatis cinctis ; anfractu ultimo quinis seriebus linearum 

 punctarum ; ajjerturd elongatd ; columelld Icevi, breviusculd. Axis 

 16 lin. 



Hab. Seychelles. 



Cab. Belcher. Unique. 



Terebra amanda. Ter. testd elongate conico-subulatd, nitidd ; 

 anfractibus planulatis, superne cingulo tuberculato margaritaceo 

 cinctis, infrh secundo minore concolore, inferne aurantiacis bise- 

 riatim punctato-lineatis, ultimo brevi ; columelld contortd. Axis 

 11 lin. 



Hab. Straits of Macassar; in eleven fathoms, coarse sand. 



Cab. Belcher. 



An uncommonly pretty shell, offering an elegant contrast between 

 the row of pearly tubercles and the general orange colour. 



Terebra violascens. Ter. testd turritd, cylindraceo-subulatd, 

 violaced; anfractibus rotundatis, longitrorsum oblique plico- cos ta- 

 tis, superne lined impressd obsolete cinctis ; costis subconfertis, 

 interstitiis crebre striatis ; aperturd parvd, elongatd; labio interno 

 producto. Axis 15 lin. 



Hab. New Guinea ; in seven fathoms, mnd. San Nicholas, Zebu, 

 and Mindanao, Philippines ; in twenty to thirty fathoms. 



Cab. Belcher and Cuming. 



Tne Philippine specimens are of a different colour, and disposed 

 to be banded, but they have the appearance of dead shells. The 

 species is very like an American fossil from Alabama, T. venusta. Lea. 



Terebra armillata. Ter. testd turrito-subulatd, acuminatd, fused ; 

 anfractibus planulatis, longitrorsum subdistanter plico -costatis, 

 transversim lineis definitis impressis, superne cingulo noduloso, 

 cetate valde notabili ; anfractu ultimo subquadrato, ad basin albo 

 fasciato ; aperturd atro-fuscd ; columelld contortd. Axis 22 lin. 



Hab. Al)undant in various localities on the west coast of America 

 between Panama and the Bay of Magdalena in Lower California, 

 in from five to thirteen fathoms ; also at the Galapagos, in ten fa- 



