194 TURBO. 



Var. REEVEI Phil. PL 40, figs. 15, 16. 



Deep or reddish brown, clouded and minutely flecked with white; 

 peristome white; columella with a heavy callus. Differs from the 

 type in the more obscure, marbled color pattern. 



Red Sea; Philippines. 



It is T. variabilis Rve. (preoc.) 



Var. CALEDONICUS Fischer. PL 45, fig. 99. 



Rufous-orange, spotted with white, variegated with numerous 

 angular maculations; spiral zones obsolete; form slender, elongated: 

 columella white New Caledonia. 



(Senectus.) 



T. CRASSUS Wood, 1856. PL 47, fig. 20. 



Shell large, ovate-conic, heavy ,-solid, imperforate; dirty white, or 

 greenish, maculated with angular, alternating blackish or brown and 

 light patches on the broad flat spiral ribs, the interstices narrow, 

 superficial, whitish ; whorls 6, convex, more or less prominently 

 shouldered above ; ribs obsolete around the axis ; aperture white 

 within, over half the length of shell, ovate, angled posteriorly and 

 at position of carina; its margin more or less green tinged, not 

 fluted ; columella thickened and effuse at base, callous posteriorly. 



Alt. 80, diam. 65 mill. N. Australia; New Caledonia, etc. 



T. canaliculatus of Kiener, (PL 47, fig. 21) and of Reeve (PL 42, 

 fig. 45), and T. psittacinus Phil. ? are synonyms. 



Operculum (pi. 59, fig. 32) subcircular, concave internally, with 

 nucleus one-third the distance across face; outside very convex, 

 centre dark-brown, coarsely granulose, lighter toward outer margin 

 and more minutely granulate; margin of increment white. 



T. SPARVERIUS Gmelin, 1788. PL 47, fig. 26. 



Shell ovate- conic, solid, imperforate ; dirty white or greenish, mac- 

 ulate or tessellate with dark ; whorls 6, convex, rounded, more or 

 less angular around the upper part, with inconspicuous incremental 

 striae and revolving lirse, which on last whorl are wide and flattened 

 with narrow interstices and are obsolete around the axis ; aperture 

 over half the length of shell ; white within, oval, angular above and 

 below; peristome scarcely crenulated, frequently greenish; columella 

 with a heavy white callus, dilated and effuse at base. Alt. 80 mill 



East Indies. 



Operculum (as figured by Gould) green outside. 



T. canalicnlatm Gmel. is probably this species. It cannot be de- 

 termined with certainty. It is T. margaritaceus of Kiener. 



