TURBO. 
Puate IX. 
Species 38. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TURBO CRENULATUS. Turd. testa ovatd, imperforata, spire 
suturis excavatis, anfractibus nodulis papillosis obtectis, 
convexis, aut medio subangulatis et liratis, liris ple- 
rumgue squamosis, squamis superioribus prominentibus ; 
alba aut virescente-albd, aurantio-rufo, spadiceo viridive 
radiata, intus argented ; operculo testaceo, crasso. 
CRENULATED TuRBo. Shell ovate, imperforated, 
sutures of the spire excavated, whorls covered with 
papillose nodules, convex or slightly angulated in the 
middle and ridged, ridges generally squamose, the 
upper scales being prominent and erect; white or 
pale greenish white, rayed with fawn colour, orange 
or green, interior silvered; operculum thick, tes- 
THE 
taceous. 
GMELIN, Syst. Nat. p. 3575. 
Fab. West Indies. 
An extremely variable species of which two further 
varieties are represented at Pl. X. Fig. 42., and Pl. XI. 
Fig. 50. The entire shell is covered with small papillose 
nodules, the centre of the whorls being sometimes smooth, 
but mostly adorned with numerous sharp erect scales. 
In colour the 7. crenulatus varies from a bright green to a 
light fawn and orange, and I have every reason to believe 
that the T. castaneus, Gmelin (7. hippocastanum, Lamarck) 
is a worn specimen of an orange-chesnut variety of this 
species. 
Species 39. (Fig. 39. Mus. Taylor, and Fig. 41. Mus. Saul.) 
TurBo articuLatTus Turd. testd ovatd, vix umbilicatd, 
spiré acuminata, anfractibus subtubulosis, spiraliter 
obtuse costatis, costis irregularibus, longitudinaliter 
creberrimé serrato-striatis ; viridi purpureo-nigricante 
marmorata et variegata, intus argented. 
THE ARTICULATED TurBo. Shell ovate, slightly umbi- 
licated, spire acuminated, whorls somewhat tubular, 
spirally obtusely ribbed, ribs irregular, longitudinally 
very closely serrately striated; green, marbled and 
variegated with purple-black, interior silvered. 
Hab. i 
Alhed to the 7. vadiatus in form, but peculiar in its 
articulated style of painting. 
Fig. 3. ¢. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TurBOo FLUCTUATUS. An interesting variety of the 
species described under this name in the preceding plate 
in which the waves are broken up into small ripples. 
Species 33. (Pl. VIII. Fig. 33. and Pl. IX. 
Fig. 33 6. Mus. Cuming.) 
TursBo Japonicus. Turd. testa ovata, imperforata, tenui- 
culd, subinflatd, anfractibus levibus, spiraliter costatis, 
costis nunc prominentibus, regularibus, nunc planius- 
culis, valde irregularibus ; spadiceo-luted, rufo varie 
tincta et maculata, intus argented. 
Tue Japan Turso. Shell ovate, imperforated, rather 
thin, somewhat inflated, whorls smooth, spirally 
ribbed, ribs sometimes prominent and regular, some- 
times rather flattened and very irregular ; fawn yellow, 
variously stained and blotched with red, interior 
silvered. 
Hab. Japan; Siebold. 
Like most shells from the Japanese Islands, this is of 
very peculiar character, and quite different from any of the 
tropical species of the genus. 
Species 40. (Mus. Cuming.) 
TurBo miILiTaRIs. Turd. testa ovata, imperforata, tenui- 
culd, subventricosd, anfractibus levibus, ‘superne decli- 
vibus ; rufescente-albidd, maculis lineisque rufis nitide 
pictd ; columelle margine livido-cinereo, intus argented. 
Tue MILITARY TuRBO. Shell ovate, imperforated, rather 
thin, somewhat ventricose, whorls smooth, slanting 
round the upper part; reddish-white, neatly painted 
with red lines and blotches; edge of the columella 
livid ash-colour, interior silvered. 
Hab. Isle of Annaa, (on the reefs); Cuming. 
An interesting species of rather ight growth exhibiting 
a very distinct and characteristic style of painting. 
March, 1848. 
