SURCULA. 23 7 



S. TORNATA, Dillwyn. PI. 5, fig. 62 ; PL 6, fig. 81. 



Shell smooth, iyory-like, lower portion of boc^-whorl with 

 revolving striae, upper portion of the whorls broadly, concavely 

 channeled, sinus broad and shallow ; whitish or }^ellowish, 

 flexuously strigated with light brown. L. 80, diam. 26 mill. 



East Indies, Java. 



Generally known as P. Javana, Linn., but that author's 

 description is of a ribbed shell which this is not. 



Yar. FULMINATA, Kiener. PL 6, fig. 81. 



Shell smaller, proportionally wider, the revolving striae upon 

 the lower part of the body-whorl stronger ; the color variegated 

 l>y strong flexuous longitudinal strigations or maculations. 



L. 48, diam. 17 mill. 



Java. 



Barely distinguishable as a variety. 



S. JAVANA, Linn. PL 5, figs. 63-65. 



Whorls angular and tuberculated in the middle, the tubercles 

 developing from more or less indistinct oblique folds or ribs, 

 everywhere closely encircled by striae ; light yellowish brown, 

 the tubercles lighter. L. 56, diam. 23 mill. 



Java, Malacca, Japan. 



This is perhaps better known as S. nodifera, Lam., the S. 

 Javana of authors (not Linn.) being the preceding species 

 S. tornata, Dillwyn. S. Coreanica, Ad. and Reeve (fig. 64), is a 

 specimen not fully grown, and S. lurida, Ad. and Reeve (fig. 65), 

 is a small, darker hued, banded variety. 



S. TUBERCULATA, Gray. PL 5, figs. 66, 67. 



Whorls angulated, the angle defined by a row of tubercula- 

 tions, below them are several rows of granular revolving striae, 

 and towards the base the striae are continued but not granular ; 

 yellowish, punctate with chestnut. L. 25, diam. 9 mill. 



Hong-Kong, Japan, Java, Australia. 



With this species must be united S. punctata, Reeve (fig. 66). 



S. OLIVACEA, Sowb. PL 5, figs. 69,70; PL 10, fig. 77 ; PL 34, 



fig. 3. 



Shell with 8-10 coarse, rounded longitudinal ribs, forming a 

 knobbed angle on each whorl, where they terminate, encircled 



