TURBO. 
Puate XIT. 
Species 54. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
TurBo mMuRREUS. Turd. testd minutd, suborbiculari, vix 
umbilicatd, levigatd, politi ; alba, roseo nitidé macu- 
lati. 
THE PORCELAIN TurBO. Shell minute, somewhat orbi- 
cular, slightly umbilicated, smooth, polished ; white, 
neatly blotched with pale rose. 
Hab. ? 
A minute delicately coloured porcelain shell. 
Species 55. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
TURBO SANGUINEUS. Turd. testé parva, subglobosd, um- 
bilicatd, spiraliter sulcaté; alba, maculis sanguineis 
interruptis cingulata. 
THE BLOOD-STAINED TuRBO. Shell small, somewhat 
globose, umbilicated, spirally grooved; white, en- 
circled with blood-red interrupted spots. 
Linn avs, Syst. Nat., 12th edit. p. 1235. 
Globulus roseus, Chemnitz. 
Turbo coccineus, Deshayes. 
Hab. Mediterranean. 
I am not quite sure that this is the 7. sanguineus of 
Limneeus, but have every reason to believe it is. 
Species 56. (Mus. Metcalfe.) 
TURBO CORALLINUS. Turd. testd parvd, suborbiculari- 
ovata, imperforatd, conspicue spiraliter sulcaté ; roseo- 
purpured, intus margaritaced. 
THE corAL TurBo. Shell small, somewhat orbicularly 
ovate, imperforated, conspicuously spirally grooved ; 
rose-purple, pearly within. 
Hab. P 
Another interesting small species,.of a dull livid rose- 
purple hue, strongly spirally grooved. 
Species 57. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Turpo MarGiINatus. Turd. testé ovatd, solidiusculd, im- 
perforata, spiraliter striata, subsuleatd, apertura parvd ; 
albidd, livido-olivaceo tinctd et maculata. 
THE MARGINED TurBo. Shell ovate, rather solid, im- 
perforated, spirally striated, slightly grooved, aper- 
ture small; whitish, stained and blotched with livid- 
olive. 
Nurratt, MSS. 
Hab. Upper California. 
A solid shell with a peculiarly contracted aperture ; 
externally it is white, with large livid olive blotches here 
and there, having the appearance of so many bruises. 
Species 58. (Mus. Taylor.) 
TurBo Trocnorpss. Turd. testd subpyramidali-ovata, 
perforata ; anfractibus spiraliter sulcatis, superne con- 
cavis, deinde obsolete nodosis ; luteo-albicante, olivaceo 
radiatim maculata, lineolis minutissimis aurantio-fuscis 
oblique reticulatis. 
Tur Trocnorp Turso. Shell somewhat pyramidally 
ovate, perforated; whorls spirally grooved, concave 
round the upper part, then obsoletely nodose ; yel- 
lowish-white, radiately blotched with olive and ob- 
liquely reticulated with very minute orange-brown 
lines. 
Hab. 
A species of peculiar sculpture and marking, partaking 
very much of the generic character of Trochus. 
P 
Species 59. (Mus. Belcher.) 
TurBo pustuLatus.  Turb. testd@ ovaté, subventricosé, 
imperforatd, nodis grandibus papillosis undique notatd, 
aperture fauce argented ; albida, olivaceo-fusco luteo- 
que maculata. 
THE BLISTERED TurBO. Shell ovate, somewhat ventri- 
cose, imperforated, marked throughout with large 
papillose nodules, interior of the aperture silvered ; 
whitish, blotched with yellow and olive-brown. 
Hab. ? 
An interesting species covered with swollen nodules, 
collected by Sir Edward Belcher during the voyage of the 
Sulphur. 
Species 60. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Turso Tursicus. Turb. testd subpyramidali-ovatd, im- 
perforata, spire suturis eacavatis, anfractibus spiraliter 
squamato-liratis, superné declivibus, acute angulatis, 
April, 1848. 
