106 Mr. E. A. Smith on Gasteropoda 



64. Cerithium (Vertagus) turritum, Sowerby, Thes. Conchyl. 

 vol. ii. Cerithium, pi. 180. f. 101 ; Conch. Icon. vol. xv. 

 Cerithium } f. 88. 



Hah. Ooshima harbour, 8 fathoms, sandy mud and broken 

 shells. 



The Japanese forms are larger than the types from the 

 Philippine Islands, and of a darker colour. There is a whitish 

 band below the suture, the rest of the whorls purplish brown, 

 the nodules being yellowish ; the aperture is brownish. The 

 largest specimen is 25 millims. long and 6^ broad. 



65. Cerithium rugosum. Wood ; Kiener, Coq. Viv. pi. 15. f. 3. 



Hah. Ooshima. 



There is in the collection a very pretty variety of this 

 species from the above locality. The ground-colour is ashy 

 black, and the rows of nodules are connected by transverse 

 lirations which are white, and likewise the nodules ; those on 

 the body-whorl are tinged with brown. 



66. Lampania zonalis, Brug. ; Kiener, Coq. Viv., Cerithium, 

 pi. 8. f. 1 ; Reeve, Conch. Icon. vol. xv. pi. i. f. 5, a, b. 



Hah. Ooshima. 



There is one specimen only of a pretty variety of this species. 

 It is of a greenish ash-colour, the spiral ribs being dotted with 

 black ; the white infrasutural zone has one orange liration 

 around the middle of it. 



67. Triphoris corrugatus, Hinds, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 



1843, p. 18 ; Voyage l Sulphur,' p. 29, pi. viii. f. 7. 

 Hah. Cape Sima, 18 fathoms, sand and broken shells. 



68. Triphoris conspersus, sp. nov. 

 Triphoris conspersus, A. Adams, MS. 



Testa parva, elongata, lateribus levissime convexis ; anfractus eir- 

 citer 16 granulorum seriebus tribus cincti (suprema albida, hie 

 illic fusco-maculata, mediana quam cgeteris longe tenuiore, albida, 

 infima pallide violacea) ; sutura distincta, canaliculata ; anfr. 

 ultimus infra granula carinis tribus cinctus ; apertura rotunde 

 ovata ; canalis brevis recurvus. 



Long. 8| mill., diam. 2. 



Hah. Cape Sima, 18 fathoms, sand and broken shells. 

 This is a very pretty species, and appears to be undescribed 



