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Conch., after comparison with the type of that species. T. 

 dnplicatus, Sowerby (fig. 297), does not offer any distinctive 

 characters. 



T. YATESII, Crosse. PI. 30, fig. 294. Length, -4 inch. 



South Australia. 

 T. MoNTFORTii, A. Adams. PI. 30, fig. 295. 



Rose color; the last tube much prolonged. Length, *5 inch. 



Japan. 

 Very closely allied to T. Yatesii. 



T. NITENS. Hinds. PI. 30, fig. 299. 



Distinguished by its quadrangular form. Length, "5 inch. 



Straits of Macassar. 

 T. BELCHERI, Brod. PI. 30, figs. 300, 301. 



This may be regarded as the Atlantic analogue of the Mediter- 

 ranean T. tetrapterus. It is a somewhat larger shell, with the 

 variceal spines much incurved and a rather longer canal. 



W. Coast of Africa, Brazil. 



The latter locality is for Murex Gleryi, Petit (fig. 301), which, 

 notwithstanding his attempt to distinguish it, I cannot consider 

 essentially different. 



T. QUADRATUS, Hinds. PI. 30, fig. 296. 



Chestnut-brown, the varices white ; hooks and tubes short ; 

 canal rather short, bent, wide above. Length, *7 inch. 



W. Coast of Central America. 



T. CLERYI, Sowerby. PL 30, fig. 302. 



This Australian shell is figured by Sowerby in the Thesaurus 

 and also in Conchologia Iconica as T. Cleryi, Petit which is an 

 error, as that species comes from South America and = T. 

 Belcheri, Brod. The name being .thus freed, I adopt it as of 

 Sowerby, not Petit. It is distinguished from all the other 

 species by its elegantly spinous varices. 



New Zealand ; off Sydney Head, Austrlia. 



T. CUMINGTI, Brod. PI. 30, fig. 298. 



The very long, slender, straight canal sufficiently distinguishes 

 this species from all its congeners. Pale fulvous, with bands of 

 darker color crossing the varices. Length, 1 inch. 



Bay of Garaccas, Venezuela. 

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