28 TEREBRA. 



red revolving lines, one of them defining a sutural band, which 



is often white. Length, 2 inches. 



Friendly Islands. 



Closely related to both the preceding and following species 

 which may need to be united when we know more about them. 

 T. t&niolata, Quoy, is a synon3 r m. 



T. BABYLONIA, Lamarck. PL 8, figs. 40, 41. 



Flesh-red, overlaid more or less with white ; smooth or spirally 

 striated, with distant grooves, becoming closer at the base of 

 the body-whorl, the grooves often darker - colored ; aperture 

 orange-brown. Length, 2'5 inches. 



China, Viti Islands. 



T. Deshayesii, Ileeve (fig. 41), is a synonym. 



T. STRAMINEA, Gray. PL 8, figs. 42-45, 47, 48. 



Yellowish brown or livid ash-color, the upper sutural band 

 generally lighter -colored ; surface crossed by revolving grooves 

 and strife, the latter sometimes granulated by the intersection 

 of growth-lines, the former rather distant; with two sutural 

 bands, the upper one swollen, the inferior one much smaller, and 

 both covered by oblique plications. Length, 2'5 inches. 



Philippines, China. 



Will probably prove to be a variety of the preceding species. 

 It is T. Babylonia, var., of Kiener, T. circinata, Desh. (fig. 44), 

 T. acuta, Desh. (fig 45), and T. monilis, Quoy (figs. 47, 48). 



T. CUMING.II, Desh. PL 8, fig. 49. 



Sharply granosely cancellated throughout, with two tubercu- 

 latcd bands next the suture, the lower one much the smallest; 

 straw-colored. Length, 3'75 inches. 



China. 



Probably only a variet}^ of the preceding species. 



T. FENESTRATA, Hinds. PL 8, fig. 46. 



Strongly latticed throughout, with a crenated sutural band; 

 transparent fulvous or fulvous brown. Length, 35 mill. 



Ilab. unknown. 



This shell does not appear to have any marked specific char- 

 acter. 



