72 M.O.A.L.MORCH’S REVIEW OF THE VERMETID. [Feb. 11, 
Var. a. VIOLACEO-FUSCA. 
“‘7', irregulariter contorta, lineis elevatis interruptis, obsole- 
tiusculis, colore violaceo-fusco.”’—Sow. 
More than an inch wide in some parts (Sow.), 1 inch (Wood). 
Serpula fuscata, Geo. Humphr. Coll. (Sow.); Sow. Tank. Cat. 
1825, no. 22. p. 93; Brit. Mus. Wood, Supp. t. 8. f. 3. 1828. 
Var. B. ATRA. 
T. solitaria, crassa, extus et intus picea, spirorbiformis ; anfr. 
primi peripheria acuta, latere affixo plano; anfr. ultimus so- 
lutus, teres, declivis ; lire longitudinales parve, remote, juxta 
umbilicum lira compressa leviter undulata validiuscula ; inter- 
stitia lirulis 5-6 inequalibus, lira mediana majore ; ruge in- 
crementi irregulares, leviter flere, marginem versus incrassate. 
Diam. aperturee 154m. 
Solen, Rumph, Amb. t. 41. f. L. 
Solen clibaniformis, Petiv. Gazophyl. i. t. 20. f. 13 (copy). 
S. corallorum levis clibaniformis, Klein, Tub. Mar. t. vii. 1. (3. p. 5. 
Tubulus vermicularis clibaniformis, Mart. i. pp. 24, 44. f. 10. 
Vermetus ater, Rouss., Chenu, Ill. pl. 5. f. 3. 
Siphonium ater, Chenu, Man. p. 320. f. 2294 (copy). 
? Serpula ochrea, Gm. 8. N. 3744. no. 19. 
Hab. Ins. Philippin. 
In Mr. Cuming’s collection is a specimen growing on a large 
Vermetus cereus, nearly of the size of that figured in Born’s ‘Museum,’ 
p- 435. All the figures are taken from specimens without apertural 
tube. 
Var. y. ALBINA. 
T. precedenti simillima, sed differt anfr. ultimo prelongo torto, 
albo-cinereo et nigricante variegato; anfr. primi badit, strigis 
et fasciis transversis albis; apertura intus alba; faucibus 
castaneis. 
Diam. aperture 173m. 
Hab. Ins. Philippin (Mus. Cuming). 
Very like the preceding variety in sculpture and shape, but more 
slender; the brown and blackish colour become mixed with white 
towards the aperture, which outside and inside is surrounded by a 
broad, pure white band. 
Testa semiadulta? 
? Siphonium giganteum, Adams, Gen. t. 38. f. 7 a. 
? Stphonium carinatum, Q. & G., ibid. p. 371, lin. 17. 
The figure quoted is perhaps from a young specimen of this spe- 
cies. The var. a. of Siphonium margaritarum looks, also, very like 
it, and will perhaps have to be removed to this genus. 
Var. 0. AGGLOMERATA. 
T. contorta, picea, agglomerata, aperturam versus tenuiuscula ; 
apertura subsoluta. 
Diam. specim. maximi 12 m.; diam. specim. minimi 8 m. 
