72 M. O. A. L. MORCh's review OF THE VERMETID^. [Feb. 11, 

 Var. a. VIOLACEO-FUSCA. 



" T. irregulariter conforta, lineis elevatis interruptis, obsoU' 



tiusculis, colore violaceo-fusco."— Sow, 

 More than an incli 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. /3. ATRA. 



T. solitaria, crassa, extus et intus picea, spirorhiformis ; anfr. 

 primi peripJieria acuta, latere affixo piano ; anfr. ultimus so- 

 lutus, teres, declivis ; lirod longitudinales parvce, remotcd, juxta 

 umbilicum lira compressa leviter undidata validiuscula ; inter- 

 stitia lirulis 5—6 incequalibus, lira mediana majore ; rugce in- 

 crementi irregulares, leviter flexce, marginem versus incrassatce. 



Diam. apertures 15^ m. 



Solen, Rumph, Amb. t. 41. f. L. 



f^olen clibaniformis, Petiv. Gazophyl. i. t. 20. f. 13 (copy). 



S. corallorum Icevis clibaniformis, Klein, Tub. Mar. t. vii. i. /3. p. 5. 



Tubulus vermicularis clibaniformis. Mart. i. pp. 24, 44. f. 10. 



Vermetus ater, Rouss., Chenu, 111. pi. 5. f. 3. 



Siphonium ater, Chenu, Man. p. 320. f. 2294 (copy). 



1 Serpula ochrea, Gm. S. 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. pracedenti simillima, sed differt anfr. xdtimo prcelongo torto, 

 albo-cinereo et nigricante variegato ; anfr. primi badii, strigis 

 et fasciis transversis albis ; upertura intus alba; faucibus 

 castaneis. 



Diam. aperturse 17im. 



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 1 



f. Siphonium giganteum, Adams, Gen. t. 38. f. 7 a. 



^.Siphonium 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. }). AGGLOMERATA. 



,T. contorta, picea, agglomerata, aperturam versus tenuiuscula ; 



apertura subsoluta. 

 Diam. specim. maximi 12m.; diam. specim. minimi 8 m. 



