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This shell was found by Mr. Cuming at the above locality in mud, 
at the depth of ten fathoms. 
Turso squamicer. Turb. testd ovato-turbinatd, multisquamosd, 
luteo et viridi variegatd, anfractibus subtumidis squamis grandibus, 
cavis, seriatim dispositis, ubique cinctis. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pl. 220. f. 7. 
Alt. 13; diam. 14 poll. 
Hab. >? Mus. Cuming. 
The Turbo squamiger may be immediately recognised, as being 
entirely covered with large vaulted scales, arranged in regular parallel 
transverse rows. 
Turso VARIABILIS. Turb. testa ovatd, levi, luteo- aut rubido-brun- 
nescente variabilé variegatd ; umbilico tecto. 
Var. a. Testd luteo-rubelld, fusco alboque varie nebulosd et teniatd. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. pl. 219. f. 2. 
Alt. 2; diam. 22 poll. 
Hab. ad insulam Capul, Philippinarum. 
Var. (3. Testa rosaceo-rubrd, lineis tenuibus flecuosis albis, diagona- 
liter pictd. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst., vol. ii. p].:219. f. 1. 
Alt. 13; diam. 1{ poll. 
Hab. ad insulam Capul, Philippinarum. 
The general painting of these shells, which were found by Mr. 
Cuming at the above locality in deep water, varies considerably, 
some being richly clouded with brown and a warm yellow, whilst 
others are crossed with a number of fine white diagonal lines upon a 
deep crimson ground. They approach nearest to the Turbo pethola- 
tus, differing, however, in a very remarkable degree in the charac- 
ter of the painting above noted. The riband-like bands, which form 
a never-failing peculiarity in that species, are wanting, and so also 
is the green or yellow tinge of colour which runs round the colu- 
mellar side of the mouth. 
Descriptions, by Dr. L. Pfeiffer, of some new species of Helicide, 
collected by Mr. Bridges in the northern parts of Chile, were then 
read :— 
Buiimus Brivcxesi. Bul. T. subperforatd, oblongo-ovatd, apice 
obtusd, tenui, pallideé luteo-fulvescente, confertissime et leviter de- 
cussatd ; suturd mediocri, marginatd ; anfractibus 4 convewiusculis, 
ultimo spiram superante ; aperturd ovali, intis nitide fulvidd ; peri- 
stomate simplice, late reflexo, intis albo, marginibus callo junctis, 
columellari perforationem fere occultante. 
Long. 114; diam. 54 lin. 
From the town of Frierina (Huasco, Chile). Found under stones. 
Buuimus pacnycuitus. Bul. T. subperforatd, ovatd, apice obtusd, 
crassd, albd, longitudinaliter striatd, lineis confertissimis trans- 
versis sub lente decussatd ; anfractibus 44 conveviusculis, ultimo 2 
