78 M.0.A.L. MORCH’S REVIEW OF THE VERMETID#. (Feb. 11, 
Een entgestrekte Hornschlange, Rumph, t. xli. p. 126. no. 3, 
Tubulus vermium, Petiv. Gazophyl. Amb. t. 21. f. 18 (copy)= 
Le tuyaux cordé, Favaune, i. p. 676, t. 5. f. F (copy). 
Serpula protensa, Dill. ii. p. 1085. no. 38 (non Gm., nec Wood, 
f/-37)> 
Hab. 2 
As the shell of Rumphius is marked with a number, it need not 
be from Amboina. The description of Favanne has much in common 
with Blainville’s, chiefly in respect of the colours and septa; it is 
perhaps even from the same specimen. It is possible that this spe- 
cies is identical with the two preceding. 
The annular rings in Rumphius’ figure, and the reddish colour 
mentioned by Favanne and Blainville, remind one of T. michaudit, 
var. from the Philippines. 
21. THyLacopes? oryzata, Moérch. 
T. libera, agglutinans, repens, alba vel pallide isabellina, hie illic 
lineis interruptis et punctis obsoletis rufis ; anfr. primi parvi, 
angusti, candidi, oblique spiraliter torti, contigui, liris longitu- 
dinalibus et transversis equidistantibus et subequalibus decus- 
satis, inde interstitiis foveis quadratis ; anfr. ceteri continui, 
sigmoidei, aperturam versus rapide crescentes, liris obsoletis 
longitudinalibus leviter spiraliter tortis, tuberculis acutiusculis 
subremotis ornatis ; interstitia lirulis planis confertis inequa- 
libus 5-6; strie et ruge incrementi parve, flere, in intersec- 
tionibus minutissime granuloso-squamosis ; apertura circularis, 
faucibus regulariter scrobiculatis (ex tuberculis externis). 
Diam. aperture 12 m.; long. testee 300m. 
Hab. Litt. occid. Am. centralis verisimiliter; China (Mus. Cuming). 
The first spiral whorls are attached to a valve of a Balanus; to- 
wards the aperture is agglutinated a worn portion of a Venus, which 
looks to be V. eubimbricatus (Sow.), and a little bit of a Cardium, 
which perhaps is C. senticosum (Sow.), both species from Panama, 
which probably is the true locality, as it is of the variety. The sculp- 
ture of this remarkable shell is very like that of Argonauta oryzata, 
Meusch. ; like the latter shell, the tubercles outside form excava- 
tions inside. This sculpture is, too, very like that of the young of 
Stephopoma. The longitudinal liree become feebler towards the 
aperture, in proportion to the size of the shell. The nodules are 
often united in pairs by small transverse ridges, but never form 
rings, as in the 
Var. a. ANNULATUS. 
Tubus crassus, ponderosus, teres, equalis, liris longitudinalibus 
parum expressis tuberculiferis, interstitus liris circiter tribus, 
mediana lira validior ; strie incrementi minutissime undulate ; 
tubercula annulatim digesta; annuli subvaricosi, utrinque ar- 
cuati, sepe interrupti vel furcati. 
Long. tubi circ. 170 m.; diam. aperture 13 m.; diam. teste 
17 m.; diam. aperture fractee 10 m.; testee postice 13 m. 
Hab. Ad Panamam (Mus. Cuming). 
