1862.] M. O. A. L. MORCh's review of the VftRMETlD^. 73 



Hab. Ins. Philippin (^Mus. Cumhig). A rolled group, composed 

 of about fifteen specimens, in some of which the aperture forms a 

 very short tube. 



Var. e. l^viuscula. 



T. solitaria, crassa, s}nraliter torta; anfr. duohus contiguis, latere 

 externo angulato ; anfr. ultimus angiistus, longus, teres, leviter 

 jlexus ; lamincB incrementi appressce, irregulares, localiter valde 

 arcuatim reductce ; color hadius vel castaneus, variegatus : lirce 

 longitudinales desunt, si excipias vestigium obsoletum in anfr. 

 frimo. 

 Diam. aperturse cii'c. 10 m. 



Tubuli vermium perpulchri, Pp. Seba, t. 93. f. 9 (optime). 

 Le Tuyau trompette, Favanne, i. p. 596. 

 Hab. In India orientali {Mus. Sjiengler). 



This specimen has narrower whorls than any of the preceding 

 varieties. It has evidently grown in the cleft of some Astrcea, show- 

 ing just the same impressions as represented by Seba, and which 

 Guettard (Mem. p. 153) has mentioned as "le reseau." The strise 

 of growth are very strongly bent backwards in the places where the 

 shell has been pressed by the coral. 



13. Thylacodes? imbricatus, Dkr. 



T. solidiuscula, antice subrecta et libera, vel toto ventris latere 

 incumbens, pallide fiisca, striis costisque longitudinalibus sub- 

 imbricatis instincta (Dkr.). 



Vermetus imbricatus, Dkr. Mai. Blatt. Jan. 1860, p. 240. no. 59 ; 

 Dkr. Moll. Japon. 1861, p. 17. no. 80, t. 11. f. 18. 



Hab. Japonia, Dr. Nuhn {Mus. Heidelb.). 



Duo specimina extant ad basaniten paullo porosum affixa. Testa 

 eorum solidiuscula, turbinata, altera antice suberecta et libera, altera 

 toto ventris latere incumbens et lapidi adnata. Utrumque specimen 

 maximam partem decoloratum est et erosum, sed alterum eorum 

 aperturam versus omnino illsesum, colore fusco costisque longitudi- 

 nalibus imbricatis instructum, qua riota a V. gigante, Biv., diiferre 

 videtur, quem nunquam imbricatum invenimus, quamvis mirum in 

 modum variare soleat ut omues ejus generis species. Tubus plane 

 teres, intus Isevigatus et ceeruleo-lacteus. Pars testte in lapide insi- 

 dens irregularis et subtrigona est ut Vermetus gigas. 



This species is perhaps a Siphonium. 



14. Thylacodes scaber, Gravenh., 1831. 



T. hregulariter spirali, tuberculis parvis in lineas longitudinales 

 dispositis, scabra (Gravenh.). 



Diam. aperturae 4 lin. {Gravenh.^. 



T. irregulariter planorbiformis ; anfr. primi repentes, laqueatim 

 contorti ; anfr. teretes, liris longitudinalibus expressis planius- 

 cuiis nodulis elongatis postice contractis unde leviter undulatis; 

 interstitiis angustis linda intercalante ; lirce increMenti parvi, 

 rugce transversce scepe validce, irregulares; latere affixo incequali 



