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Cab. Cuming. 
The specific name I find in use as a cabinet name, but I am igno- 
rant who is the originator. 
TEREBRA LEPIDA. Ter. testd obeso- vel rariis subcylindraceo-subu- 
latd, acuminatd, levigatd, politd, albidd vel pallide fulva ; anfrac- 
tibus planulatis, integris, plicis longitudinalibus acutis, interstitiis 
levigatis, superne maculis rufis cinctis ; anfractu ultimo subcylin- 
draceo, pallide fasciato. Axis 10 lin. 
Hab. Guinea; on the sands : Humphrey. 
Cab. Cuming. 
TEREBRA OBESA. Ter. testd obeso-subulatd, levigatd, albidd, ma- 
culis fuscis longitudinalibus pallide ornatd ; anfractibus paucis, 
subrotundatis, integris, ultimo biseriatim maculato ; spird obsolete 
plicatd ; aperturd oblonga ; columella truncatd. Axis 6 lin. 
Hab. ? 
Cab. Cuming. Unique. 
In this singular little shell the last whorl occupies nearly one half 
of the entire length. 
TEREBRA NASSOIDES. Ter. testd obeso-subulatd, levigatd, nitidd, 
anfractibus planulatis, integris, superne albo, medid fusco cinctis, 
ultimo unicolore ; aperturd inferne effusd. Axis 6 lin. 
Hab. ? 
Cab. Cuming. 
TEREBRA RUSTICA. Ter. testd obeso-subulatd, acuminata, fuscd, 
nitidd, striis transversis scabra ; anfractibus subrotundatis, longi- 
trorsum plico-costatis, superne infra suturam luteis ; plicis sub- 
distantibus, feré continuis ; anfractu ultimo elongato, concolore ; 
aperturd elongatd ; columella levi, subrectd. Axis 8 lin. 
Hab. 
Cab. Metcalfe. 
TEREBRA TENERA. Ter. testd parvd, obeso-subulatd, levigatd, ni- 
tidd, anfractibus plico-costatis, pallide fulvis, superne prope sutu- 
ram rufo fasciatis, ultimo ad basin rufo; plicis continuis ; colu- 
mellaé contortd. Axis 4 lin. 
Hab. Straits of Malacca, in seventeen fathoms ; Ceylon. 
Cab. Belcher. 
TEREBRA MERA. Ter. testd subcylindraceo-subulatd, levigatd, ni- 
tidd, albidd, vel pallide rufo late fasciatd ; anfractibus subplanu- 
latis, superne plicis parvis numerosis obliquis, infra evanidis ; 
aperturd parvd, elongatd ; columella subtruncatd. Axis 7% lin, 
Hab. Straits of Malacca, in seventeen fathoms. 
Cab. Belcher. 
TEREBRA PyGMamA. Ter. testd purpured, obeso-subulata ; anfrac- 
tibus paucis, subrotundatis, longitrorsum minute plico-costatis, su- 
perne insigniter fascid angustd atro-purpured cinctis, ultimo prope 
