434 THE CEUISE OF THE ' CUIiAQOA.' 



PLATE XXXVII. Figs. 1, 2. 

 FUSUS (COLUS) BBENCHLEYI, Baird. 



Shell fusiform moderately ventricose in the middle, spire 

 and canal about equal in length ; -whorls 11 or 12 in number, 

 closely noduled round the centre of each, spirally grooved and 

 ridged ; ridges irregular, some consisting of 2 strise, others of 3 

 or 4 spiral ridges crossed longitudinally with numerous, small, 

 raised strise, giving them the appearance, under a low power, of 

 being reticulated. Shell white with numerous chesnut-coloured 

 blotches and lines, the blotches more decidedly marked between 

 the nodules and outside of canal ; lower extremity of canal 

 marked with a large deep orange-coloured spot. 



Length 3^ inches. 



Greatest breadth 1 inch 3 lines. 



Hob. South Sea Islands. 



PLATE XXXVII. Figs. 3, 4. 



BEFBANOIA ALBO-STEIGATA, Baird. 



Shell turreted, fusiform, white ; whorls 8^, longitudinally cos- 

 tate, the costse or ribs transversely striated ; the first 2^ whorls 

 very small, smooth, and very gradually increasing, the rest rough 

 with prominent ribs and striae, increasing rapidly, the succeeding 



