204 TURRITELLA. 



T. VITTULATA, Adams and Reeve. PL 63, figs. 00, 91. 



Whorls 12, flatly convex, with deep suture, spirally sharply 

 six-ridged and striated, the interstices showing oblique longitu- 

 dinal striae, ridges thin, the two lower ones more prominent; 

 yellowish white to light brown, irregularly interruptedly stained 

 with chestnut. Length, '75 inch. 



China Sea. 



T. canaliculata, Ad. and Reeve (fig. 91), is a bleached speci- 

 men of this species. 



T. MULTILIRATA, Ad. and Reeve. PI. 64, fig. 91. 



Shell delicate, translucent, whorls contracted round the upper 

 part, gently slanting below, channeled round the lower part, spi- 

 rally many-ridged, ridges very finely granulated ; pellucid, white. 



Length, 1 inch. 



China Sea. 



Although described as white, the original figure is decidedly 

 colored a light violaceous brown. 



T. FASTIGIATA, Ad. and Reeve. PL 63, fig. 92. 



Whorls 18-20, narrow, convex, contracted above, slanting, then 

 rounded, very finely ridged and striated, two-keeled towards the 

 apex ; variegated with pale violet and white, and oblique brown- 

 ish streaks, ridges dotted or articulated with light brown. 



Length, 1'75 inches. 



China Sea. 

 T. CONGELATA, Ad. and Reeve. PL>64, fig. 94. 



Whorls 16, convexly flattened, smooth, obscurely three-ridged, 

 ridges narrow, distant ; translucent white. Length, *75 inch. 



China Sea. 

 T. PAGODA, Reeve. PL 64, fig. 95. 



Whorls 14-15, slantingly flattened, spirally sharply ridged, 

 conspicuously encircled with a single sharp rib below, paired on 

 the body-whorl, first few whorls two-ribbed; whitish, obscurely 

 flamed with light fulvous. Length, - 8 inch. New Zealand. 



T. CANDIDA, Reeve. PL 64, fig. 96. 



Whorls 18, spirally ridged, at first two-keeled around the upper 

 part, concave in the middle, then with a single keel, two last- 

 whorls four-keeled, suture excavated ; white, without markings. 



Length, 2 inches. Hab. unknown. 



