206 TURBO. 



produced at base ; color pale green, with chestnut maculations, the 

 line white and brown articulated. Alt. 26, diam. 21 mill. 



Itis. Basilan, Philippines. 



T. GEMMATUS Reeve, 1848. PI. 44, figs. 68, 69. 



" Shell somewhat depressly ovate, imperforated, sutures of the 

 spire somewhat deeply channelled, whorls beaded throughout with 

 small nodules, light coral red, interior silvered." (Reeve.) 



Habitat unknown. 



I have added Sowerby's figure (69) to the original one of Reeve. 

 I do not know the species. 



T. PARVULUS Phil., 1848. PI. 44, figs. 73, 74. 



Shell ovate-conoid, imperforate, with strongly convex whorls, en- 

 circled by flat line, which are wider than the striate interstices, 

 smooth, the incremental striae scarcely marking them ; aperture sub- 

 circular; coloration variable; in one example green predominates, 

 marbled with black and yellowish-white flecks ; another is reddish- 

 brown mingled with olive-green, nearly unicolored. 



Alt. 20, diam. 17 mill. 



Liewkiew Is. 



The description and figures are taken from those of Philippi. 



T. SEMICOSTATUS Pease, 1860. PI. 63, fig. 19. 



" Shell depressly ovate, finely striated, obliquely and longitudi- 

 nally ; spire and upper part of last whorl ridged, lower half smooth, 

 ridges irregular in size, somewhat angulated at the centre, aperture 

 circular, lip slightly effuse at base, imperforate, color light brown i.-h 

 red, marbled and variegated with darker, and ornamented with a 

 broad yellowish spiral band below the periphery of the last whorl." 

 (Pease.) Ins. Capul. (Cuminy.) 



I copy the original description of Pease, and the figure given by 

 Sowerby. The species Inay be a Leptothyra. 



T. S.MITHI Sowerby, 1886. PI. 44, figs. 64, 65. 



Shell ovate-conic, imperforate, yellowish brown, or yellow clouded 

 with orange-brown ; spire elevated, acute ; whorls 5, sloping above, 

 convex, longitudinally irregularly striate, spirally costate, the costie 

 rugose, irregular, slightly elevated, about four on penultimate, twelve 

 on body-whorl ; aperture circular, peristome simple, columella 

 white. 



Ins. Capul. (Cutninr/.) 



