TEREBRA. 27 



*** Cylindrically many whorled, whorls with revolving sculp- 

 ture, with or without less prominent longitudinal striae. 



T. MYUROS, Lam. PI. 7, fig. 30. 



Whorls flattened, closely scabrously latticed with striae, the 

 revolving striae much the most prominent, above with two 

 obliquely plicate sutural bands, the inferior one of which is 

 often more or less obsolete ; light yellowish brown, usually lon- 

 gitudinally striped with broad chestnut maculations. 



Length, 4-5 inches. 



Moluccas, New Ireland. 



This may be T. strigilata, Gmel., in part, and is possibly also 

 T. commaculata, Gmel. T. scabrella, Lam,, is undoubtedly a 

 synonym. 



T. PRETIOSA, Reeve. PI. 8, figs. 33, 34. 



Whorls convexly flattened, aicuately striated by growth-lines, 

 the interstices latticed, double-banded and tubercnlated below 

 the suture ; yellowish, with broad chestnut longitudinal blotches. 



Length, 5*5 inches. 



China. 



I think that T. lima, Desha} r es (fig. 34), from same locality, is 

 identical. 



T. CINGULIFERA, Lam. PI. 8, figs. 35-38. 



Shell smooth, distantly spirally superficially grooved, grooves 

 often minutely punctate, the upper groove a little deeper, indi- 

 cating a sutural band, upon which the growth-lines become 

 oblique and subplicate ; yellowish flesh-color. 



Length, 3'25 inches. 



Philippines, New Ireland, Viti Islands, China. 



The synonyms are T. Chinensis, Desh. (unfigured), T. colum- 

 naris, Desh. (unfigured), T.pallida, Desh. (fig. 36), T. crenifera, 

 Desh. (unfigured), T. punctatostriata, Gray (unfigured), and T. 

 punctulata, Sowb. (unfigured). T. Isevigata, Gray (fig. 37), is a 

 rather narrow form, and T. obsoleta, Desh. (fig. 38), is a wider 

 specimen than usual, with a very faint indication of a brown 

 band near the base. 



T. TRICOLOR, Sowb. PI. 8, fig. 39. 



Shell smooth, yellowish flesh-color with three distant orange- 



