36 TEREBRA. 



T. TRISTIS, Deshayes. PL 10, fig. 100. 



Whorls convex, plicately ribbed ; yellowish white with a chest- 

 nut band at the suture, and another at the periphery. 



Length, 18 mill. 



Japan. 



The unfigured T. Antarctica. Smith, is referred here by Mr. 

 Gillies, who makes it a New Zealand shell ; he also adds to the 

 synonymy T. Kirki, Hutton which Dr. von Martens refers to 

 T. caliginosa, Reeve. 



T. ASSIMILIS, Angas. , PI. 11, fig. I. 



Whorls somewhat convex, broadly arcuately ribbed, ribs 

 ceasing at the periphery of the last whorl; yellowish brown, 

 chestnut-banded at the suture, lower part of body-whorl chestnut. 



Length, 11 mill. 



Port Jackson, Australia. 

 T. PYGM.EA, Hinds. PI. 11, fig. 2. 



Shell solid, closely ribbed ; yellowish brown, chestnut-banded 

 at the sutures and on the periphery. Length, t mill. 



Straits of Malacca, It fathoms, mud (Hinds). 



T. NANA, Deshayes. PI. 11, fig. 3. 



Yellowish white, with two interrupted bands of chestnut 

 spots, one of them visible on the spire, distantly ribbed, the ribs 

 gradually disappearing. Length, 10 mill. 



Mouth of the Indus. 

 T. METCALFEI, Reeve. PI. 11, fig. 5. 



Shell cylindrically oblong, whitish, faintly tinged with pale 

 white-dotted orange flames, red-dotted at the sutural margin ; 

 whorls convex, the first ribbed, ribs soon fading. 



Length, 12 mill. 



West Indies ? 



Described from a single specimen collected by Rev. L. Guilding. 



T. OBESA, Hinds. PI. 11, fig. 6. 



Cylindrically subulate, whorls convex, the first ribbed, ribs 

 soon disappearing; shining white, with longitudinal orange 

 blotches, interrupted by a white band on the periphery. 



Length, 12 mill. 



Hab. unknown. 





