18li) J M. O. A. L. MORCh's review of the VERMETID.E. 173 



lima; anfr. injiinus inferne Licarinatus, anfr. 6 primi angulati, 

 carina acuta, lira suturali snbocculta. 

 Diam. ap. circ. 9J m. ; alt 9 m. 



A specimen very like the quoted figure is in Mr. Cuming's coll. 

 (sine loco). 



Var. S h. RUGULOSA. 



T.parva, alba, versus spiram pallidissime castanea, laxe contort a, 

 subtilissime lirulata, latere inferno planiusculo lirato, preesertim 

 aperturam versus, angulo externo carina acutiuscula, punctis 

 ferrugineis fere cequidistantibus notata, angulo interno obtuso ; 

 rugce et strice incrementi validce, sigtnoidece, approximatce ; 

 spira uti preecedentis. 



Diam. ap. circ. 5 m. 



Hab. Ins. Piiilippin. (Cmning). 



A specimen not unlike Gualt. t. ] 0. f. Q, attached by the aperture 

 to another specimen chiefly differing in its uniform pale-brown 

 colour, more slender whorls (diam. 4 m.), and very feeble sculpture. 



The spire is of the form of Turritella carinifera, Linn., like the 

 preceding. This var. and the preceding approach to V. tortuosus. 



Buonanni, f. 43 (spira parva) verisimiliter. 



Var. ^. TERES. 



T. laxe contorta, latere interno albescente, externo badio, subtilis- 

 sime longifudinaliter striata ; an/r. A primi inferne pUmi, carina 

 acutiuscula externa longitudinaliter lirata et conferte striata, 

 latere externo longitudinaliter lirati et striati, superne obtuse 

 angulati ; anfr. ceteri teretiusculi, inferne obtusissime bian- 

 gulati, rugis incrementi sigmoideis ; apertura triangulari-ovata. 



Alt. 10 m., diam. 9 m. 



Spira turritelloidea gracilis ; anfr. convexi, trilirati ; lirce du<B 

 mediance in anfractibus primis cequales, lira superior minor in 

 anfr. cceteris, evanescens i?i idtimo anfractu, lira tertia sutU' 

 ralis. 



Long. 10 m. 



Hab. Ins. Philippin. (^Cuming), from the specimen represented in 

 Reeve's Conch. Syst. 



Vermiculus longus eleganti clavicula tor till desinens. List. p. 548. 

 f. ]. 



Tubulus anguimts. Mart. i. t. 2. f. 12 B (copy). 



Serpula lumbricalis. Wood, Inde'x, t. 38. f. 1, Amboina (copy). 



Vermetus lumbricalis. Reeve, Conch. Syst. t. 152. f. 1. 



Serpula, Humphrey, Conchology, t. 10. f. 9. 



Vermetus lumbricalis, Desh., Cuv. Regn. An. t. 62. f. 3. 



Vermetus indicus, Rouss., Chenu, 111. t. 5. f. 2 a. 



Hornschlange, Rumph. t. 41.f. 1. 



Serpula lumbricalis, Burrow, Elem. t. 22. f. 2. 



Vermiculus, D'Argenv. t. 29. f. 1. 



Hab. Ins. Philippin. (H. Cuming). 



Notwithstanding the very diiFerent turritelloid portion, I doubt 



