TURBINELLA.—Ptate IV. 
I have much pleasure in dedicating this richly painted 
‘species to Capt. Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., Commander 
of the Expedition of H.M.S. Samarang, to whom I am 
indebted for many valuable and interesting new species 
of shells collected during the voyage. 
Species 23. (Mus. Belcher.) 
TURBINFLLA OvoIDEA. Turd. testd oblonyo-ovatd, crassi, 
solidd, spird subacuminaté ; anfractibus levibus aut 
obsoleté sulcatis et striatis, columellé fortiter triplicata ; 
rosaceo-alba, epidermide tenui corned levigatd indutié. 
THE OVAL TURBINELLA. Shell oblong-ovate, thick, solid, 
spire somewhat acuminated ; whorls smooth or obso- 
letely grooved and striated, columella strongly three- 
plaited; pinkish-white, covered with a thin smooth 
horny epidermis. 
Kiener, Icon. coq. viv. p. 7. pl. 17. f. 1. 
Hab. Coast of Bahia; Kiener. 
This is beyond doubt a very characteristic species, easily 
distinguished from the 7. pyrum or rapa, by its oblong 
form, shorter canal, acuminately conical spire and thin 
horny epidermis. 
Species 24. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBINELLA CRENULATA. Turd. testd ovaté, bast con- 
tractd, et leviter recurvd, spire suturis impressis ; an- 
Sractibus rotundatis, longitudinaliter subobsoleté plicato- 
costatis, medio carinatis, liris acutis undique cingulatis ; 
aperture fauce lirata ; ferrugineo-fulvd, maculis ferru- 
gineo-fuscis conspicuis medio intra costas cingulata. 
THE CRENULATED TURBINELLA. Shell ovate, contracted 
and slightly recurved at the base, sutures of the spire 
impressed ; whorls rounded, longitudinally somewhat 
obsoletely plicately ribbed, keeled in the middle and 
encircled throughout with sharp ridges, interior of 
the aperture ridged; rusty fulvous colour, encircled 
round the middle with a row of rusty brown blotches 
between the ribs. 
KiEner, Icon. coq. viv. p. 43. pl. 9. f. 2. 
Hab. Isle of Capul, Philippmes (on the reefs at low 
water); Cuming. 
A very characteristic example of this species is figured 
erroneously by Schubert and Wagner, in their supplement 
to the ‘ Conchylien Cabinet’ for the 7. craticulata. 
M. Kiener’s figure is not a very intelligible one. 
