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T. ARGUS, Hinds. PI. 2, fig. 24. 



Earlier whorls with a sutural band ; whitish, with three rows 

 of regularly disposed oval light fawn-colored spots, four rows on 

 the body-whorl. Length, 3-4-5 inches. Marquesas, Tahiti. 



This is T. nebulosa, Kiener, not Sowerby. 



T. ROBUSTA, Hinds. PI. 2, figs. 16, 17,25. 



Shell stout, with rugose growth-lines, earlier whorls plicate 

 and with a sutural band; whitish, with longitudinal chestnut 

 flammules, interrupted by a central whife line so as to form two 

 spiral series, with an additional basal series on the bod3'-whorl. 



Length, 4-5'5 inches. W. Coast of Central America. 



T. Loroisi, Guerin (not Desh.) = this species, and T. incom- 

 parabili8 t Desh., is probably a young individual. T. lingualis, 

 Hinds (fig. 17), is also not fully grown, and is a narrow variety 

 in which the juvenile characters persist longer than usual. T. 

 insignis, Desh. (fig. 25) it. 



T. CHLORATA, Lam. PI. 11, fig. 21. 



Shell smooth, whorls somewhat flattened, finely crenate towards 

 the apex, sutural band defined by a superficial groove ; yellowish 

 white, with longitudinal splashes of milky chocolate on and below 

 the band, and two interrupted bands of spots of the same color 

 upon the body-whorl. Length, 3-4 inches. 



Malacca, Seychelles, Mauritius, Sandwich Is. 



T. Knorri, Gray, is a synonym. 



T. ALBIDA, Gray. PI. 12, fig. 29. 



Whorls smooth, with a sutural band separated by a narrow 

 depression ; ivory-white, sometimes faintly stained with rust- 

 color. Length, 2 inches. Australia. 



T. FLAMMEA, Lamarck. PI. 2, fig. 26. 



Shell somewhat more slender than the preceding species, the 

 oblique growth-lines ridge-like ; usually a shallow broad groove 

 in the middle of the whorls ; with occasional impressed spiral 

 lines, of which one which divides the space above the central 

 groove is more prominent ; yellowish white, interruptedly stri- 

 gate with chestnut, often forming two interrupted bands on the 

 spire whorls and three on the body-whorl. 



Length, 3'5-5 inches. Indian Ocean, (Jhina Sea, Madagascar. 



