TURBO. 
Puate III. 
Species 8. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBO VARTABILIS. urd. testd ovatd, imperforatd, lavi, 
subporcellaned ; rufescente-luteo et brunneo variabilé 
nebulosd et articulatd, intus argented. 
THE VARIABLE TurBo. Shell ovate, imperforated, smooth, 
somewhat porcellanous; variously clouded and ar- 
ticulated with reddish yellow and brown, interior 
silvered. 
Variety B. (Fig. 8 0.) 
Testa rosaceo-rubra, lineis tenuibus albis, oblique undulata. 
Shell pinkish-red, obliquely waved with fine white lines. 
Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1842. p. 186. 
Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines. 
Extremely variable in its style of painting, but always 
distinguishable from 2. petholatus, to which it is so nearly 
allied by the absence of the spiral articulated bands ancl 
yellow painting of the lip. 
Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Turso petcntr. Turd. iesld ovata, anfractu ullimo sub- 
amplo, centricoso ; anfractibus spiraliter costatis, costis 
subdistontibus, liris tribus pareis ad interstitiis, coslis 
lirisque subiilissime crispalo-laminatis ; luteo-spadiced, 
apicem versus viridescente, lineolis brevibus nigrican- 
tibus vadatis ubique pietd, inins margaritaced 
Tue BEAUTIFUL TURBO. Shell ovate, last whorl rather 
large, ventricos’; whorls spirally ribbed, ribs rather 
distant, with three small ridges in the interstices, 
ribs and ridges very finely crisply laminated ; yel- 
lowish-fawn, greenish towards the apex, everywhere 
painted with short blackish waved lines, pearly 
within. 
Regve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1842. p. 185. 
Hab. Turtle Island, North coast of Australia (on the 
reefs at low water); Dring. 
Remarkable for the exquisite crisply laminated character 
of its sculpture. 
Specics 10. (Alus. Cunting.) 
Turpo crassus. Turd. testdé ovald, anfractibus superne 
concavo-angulatis, ad angulum oblusé carinatis, spira- 
liter sulcatis, sulcis confertiusculis ; ludescenle-albd, 
fusco-nigricante nebulosd et stirigatd, apicem versus 
viridescente, intus argented. 
Tue tuck Turso. Shell ovate, whorls concavely angu- 
lated round the upper part, obtusely keeled at the 
angle, spirally grooved, grooves rather close-set ; 
yellowish-white, clouded and streaked with brownish 
black, greenish towards the apex, interior silvered. 
Gray, Wood, Index Test. Supp. pl. 6. f. 43. 
ab. Port Essington; Jukes. 
Chiefly characterized by the hollow depression of the 
whorls round the upper part. 
Species 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TurBo rnuBicunDus. wid. testa orbiculari, imper foratd, 
suidepressd, apice oblusi, anfractibus rotundatis, liris 
gronulatis undiqueé spiraliter ornatis, granalis apicem 
versus yradatim majoribus, columella medio depressa ; 
rubescente hie illic albipunctatd, intus margaritaced, 
pulchervime irridescente ; operculo lestaceo. 
Tun nuppy Turso. Shell orbicular, imperforated, some- 
what depressed, obtuse at the apex, whorls rounded, 
spirally adorned throughout with granulated ridges, 
granules gradually larger towards the apex, columella 
depressed in the middle; reddish, speckled here and 
there with white, interior pearly, beautifully irrides- 
cent ; operculum testaceous. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst. v. ii pl. 220. f. 11, 12. 
Hab. New Zealand; Earl. 
Of a ruddy chocolate-red colour, speckled here and 
there with white, spirally sculptured with delicately beaded 
ridges, of which the granules become gradually siialler 
and less defined as the shell advances in growth. 
Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Turbo peTHoLatus. Lvrd. testd ovaid, imperforati, levi- 
gota, politd, anfractibus superné depressiuscalis ; rufes- 
cente-spadiced, fusco-rubente nebulata, fasciis viridibus 
aut luteis, nigro vel fusco maculaiis, spiraliter pictd, 
columelli luted, intus aryented ; operculo testaceo, 
Crasso. 
THE RIBAND-BOUND TurBo. Shell ovate, imperforated, 
smooth, polished, whorls rather depressed round the 
upper part ; reddish fawn colour, clouded with brown 
red and spirally paiuted with green and yellow bands, 
blotched with black or dark brown, columella yellow, 
interior silvered ; operculum testaccous, thick. 
Linnaus, Syst. Not. (12th edit.) p. 1238. 
Hab. Island of Burias (on the reefs); Cuming. 
This well-known species may always be recognized by 
its spiral bands of articulated colouring and the yellow 
painting of the columella. 
January, 1848. 
