PYRULA. 
Prate III. 
Species 8. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruta LactEa. Pyrul. testd subfusiformi, anfractibus 
transversim tenuiter liratis et striatis, superné angulatis, 
ad angulum nodoso-tuberculatis aperture fauce radiatim 
tenuiliratis ; intus eatusque flavescente-lacted. 
THE CREAM-COLOURED Pyruna. Shell somewhat fusi- 
form, whorls transversely finely ridged and striated, 
angulated round the upper part, nodosely tubercled 
at the angle; interior of the aperture radiately finely 
ridged; yellowish-cream colour within and without. 
Hab. Philippine Islands; Cuming, Belcher. 
Although partaking very much of the form of P. pugilina, 
it is nevertheless distinct, and apparently constant in 
colour; care must be taken not to confound it also with 
young specimens of Fusus colosseus. 
Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruta aNnomaLa. Pyrul. testd solidd, subfusiformi, an- 
fractibus transversim sulcatis et striatis, medio tumidis, 
longitudinaliter plicatis et nodosis ; columella umbi- 
licaté ; labro serrato ; lutescente-alba. 
THE ANOMALOUS PyruLA. Shell solid, somewhat fusi- 
form, whorls transversely grooved and striated, swollen 
in the middle, longitudinally plicated and noduled ; 
columella umbilicated ; lip serrated ; yellowish-white. 
Hab. ? 
This is one of those anomalous forms which has no 
genus exactly suited for its reception, and I merely include 
it under the head of Pyrula on account of its generic 
affinity with the P. subrostrata. Resembling some species 
of Turbinella in general appearance, it wants the columellar 
plaits, by which that genus is characterized. 
Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 
PYRULA CLAVELLA. Pyrul. testd oblongo-pyriformi, canali 
subelongato, anfractibus rotundatis, liris tenuibus 
undique creberrime cingulatis, interstitiis striatis ; 
aperture fauce radiatim sulcata ; albidd, liris aurantio- 
fusco multiarticulatis, intus albd. 
THE LITTLE cLUB PyruLa. Shell eclongately pyriform, 
canal somewhat elongated, whorls rounded, very 
closely encircled throughout with fine ridges, the 
interstices between which are striated; interior of 
the aperture radiately grooved; whitish, ridges pro- 
fusely articulated with orange-brown, interior white. 
Hab, China. 
An interesting species not included in M. Kiener’s mono- 
graph nor hitherto described; it is figured in Griffith’s 
Cuvier Pl. 37. Fig. 4. under the name of P. striata from 
which, it is scarcely necessary to add, it is quite distinct. 
Species 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruta suprostrata. Pyrul. testd ovato-pyriformi, 
crassa, solidd, basi subrecurvd, transversim striata, 
prope basem sulcaté, deinde contracti, spird apicem 
versus fortiter nodulosé ; columella excavatd ; aperture 
fauce profundé sulcaté; eburned, epidermide luted 
levigaté induta. 
THE SLIGHTLY BEAKED PyruLa. Shell ovately pyriform, 
thick, solid, recurved at the base, transversely striated, 
grooved near the base, then contracted ; spire strongly 
noduled towards the apex; columella excavated ; 
interior of the aperture deeply grooved ; ivory-white, 
covered. with a smooth yellow epidermis. 
Gray, Zool. Voy. Blossom, p. 115. pl. 36. f. 15. 
Buccinum subrostratum, Wood. 
Fusus lapillus, Broderip and Sowerby. 
Hab, Bay of Montija, West Columbia (in sandy mud at 
the depth of twelve fathoms); Cuming. 
A solid heavy shell having more the appearance of a 
plait-less Turbinella than a Pyrula. 
Fig. 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 
The shell represented at Fig. 9 is, I think, merely an 
elongated growth of the typical form figured in this place. 
The same name therefore applies to the present which is 
the more characteristic illustration of the species. 
For Sp. 13 see Plate IX. 
Species .13 (Mus. Cuming.) 
Pyruta peRversa. Pyrul. test sinistral, pyriformt, 
ventricosd, canali elongato ; anfractibus stris subdis- 
tantibus leviter undulatis cingulatis, superné angulatis, 
ad angulum tuberculis coronatis, plicis quasi varicibus 
planatis e tuberculis usque ad basem ; luteo-albida vel 
cerulescente, fusco longitudinaliter fasciatd et nebulata, 
intus alba. 
June, 1847. 
