PHOS. 217 



PH. VIRGATUS, Hinds. PL 83, fig. 502. 



Light yellowish, the ribs crossed by impressed brown lines. 



Length, 1/5 inches. 



Ceylon. 

 Spire longer than in its allies. 



PH. L^EVIGATUS, A. Ad. Pi: 83, fig. 499. 



Whitish, tinged with orange or brown. Length, 1*5 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 The only species devoid of spiral sculpture. 



PH. TEXTUM, Gmel. PI. 83, figs. 498, 500, 501, 503-505, 507. 



Shell whitish, the aperture and columella deep orange or 

 brown. Length, 1 inch. 



Philippines ; Indian Ocean ; Andaman Men. 



The richly colored interior is the best character by which to 

 distinguish this species. It has several synonyms : P.pyrostoma, 

 Reeve (fig. 501); P. cancellatus, Quoy (fig. 498); P. varians, 

 Sowb. (figs. 503, 504); P. spinicostatux, A. Ad. (fig.. 505); P. 

 BlainriUei, Desh. (fig. 500). The last name is adopted by 

 Sowerby for this species, although Deshayes himself considers 

 it a synonym of P. textum in his edition of Lamarck, published 

 3f> years ago. P. cyanostoma, A. Ad. (fig. 507), as illustrated by 

 Sowerby in his " Thesaurus.' 1 is also a synonym ; but Mr. E. A. 

 Smith says that this is a mistake in identification, the true 

 cyanostoma being different. Adams never published a figure. 



PH. ROSEATUS, Hinds. PI. 83, figs. 508-511. 



Whorls rounded or scarcel}' shouldered, the longitudinal ribs 

 small, narrow, rounded. Yellowish, roseate or brown, sometimes 

 three-banded with darker color. Length, 1-1*25 inches. 



Philippines; Moluccas; Borneo. 



P. Borneensis, Sowb. (fig. 510), of which a single specimen fur- 

 nished the diagnosis and figure, and P. varicosus, Gld. (fig. 511), 

 are synonyms. 



PH. TEREBRA, Sowb. PI. 83. fig. 513. 



Narrow, with long spire; yellowish brown, with brown bands; 

 whorls occasionally crossed by rounded varices. 



Length. -75 inch. 



Sydney, Australia; Borneo? 



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