COSTELLARIA. If 9 



A. Ad. (fig. 526), T. Japonica, A. Ad. (fig. 530), are all syno- 

 nyms. 

 T. ZEBUENSIS, Reeve. PL 53, figs. 521-529, 520. 



Yellowish white, blotched or spotted irregularly with chestnut. 



Length, 1-25-1*5 inches. 



Philippines; Polynesia. 



The synonyms are T. rorata, Gould (fig. 520), T. prsetexta, 

 Sowb. (fig. 529). 



T. RUFOMACULATA, Souverbie. PL 53, fig. 531. 



Whitish, with four revolving series of chestnut maculations ; 

 intervals of the ribs with punctate revolving striae. 



Length, 1 inch. 



New Caledonia. 

 Described and figured from a single specimen. 



T. ACUPICTA, Reeve. PL 53, figs. 532, 533. 



White, tinged with yellowish or pink, profusely spotted and 

 maculated with chestnut or chocolate color. Length, 1*25 inches. 

 Eed Sea, Andaman Isles, Cochin China, Zanzibar, Mauritius. 



Sowerby figures a variety in which the ribs are less numerous 

 but more prominent than in the type. 



T. PUNCTURATA, Sowb. PL 53, fig. 534. 



Pink, maculate and flammulate with reddish brown ; interstices 

 of the ribs profoundly punctate. Length, 20 mill. 



Habitat unknown. 



Described from a single specimen. 



T. OBELISCUS, Reeve. PL 53, fig. 535. 



Chestnut-brown, with a central white band, and sometimes an 



inferior narrower one. 



Andaman Islands, Philippines, Viti Islands. 



Reeve's figure is from a faded specimen. G. and H. Nevill 

 have described a var. Andamanica, but it has no differential 

 characters. It is possible that T. obeliscus is a non-angulated 

 form of T. cruentata, Chemn. 



T. MACANDREWI, Sowb. PL 53, fig. 536. 



Fawn color, lighter on the periphery. Length, *6 inch. 



Red Sea^ 



A juvenile shell with no distinctive features. It may be a 

 young obeliscus. 



