FULTON : THE RECENT SPECIES OF SPONDYI.US, 335 



2 1. — ^. gracilis Chenu. lllust. Conchyl., p. 5, pi. 26, fig. t. 

 Hab. : Indian Seas (Chenu). 

 Probably a smooth variety of hystiyx Bolt. 



22. — S. asiaticus Chenu. Ilhist. Conchyl., p. 5, pi. 24, figs, i, 2. 

 Hab. : Indian Seas (Chenu). 



23. — S. spectrum Reeve. Conch. Icon., pi. 14, fig. 49. 



( — nicobaricus Reeve, non Sow. Conch. Icon., pi. 14, 



fig- 5°)- 

 Hab. : Philippines (Cuming). 



Most of the specimens that I have seen of this species have not 

 their spines so close set as in the type. 



Group F. 

 24, — S. reesianiis Sow. Journ. of Mai., 1903, vol. 10, p. 77, figd. 

 Hab. : Moluccas (Admiral van Rees). 



25. — S. soiverbyi Fulton {=digitatus Sow. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1847, 

 p. 87, non Perry, i8t:). Thes. Conch., i., pi. 89, figs. 58, 59. 

 Conch. Icon., pi. t8, fig. 68. 

 Hab. : Bermuda (Cuming coll.). 



Group G. 



26. — S. regius Linne. Sysl. Nat., ed. xii., p. 1136. lUust. Conchy]., 

 pi. 7, figs. I, 2. Thes. Conch., fig. 30. Conch. Icon., fig. 20. 

 Hab. : Sooloo Islands (Cuming). Japan (Stearns). 



27. — S. ciDiiingi Sow. Thes. Conch., i., [i. 425, fig. 62. Conch. 

 Icon., figs. 35a, b. 

 Hab, : Java (Sow.). Japan (Reeve). 

 Probably only a frondose variety of regius. 



28. — S. iiiiperialis Chenu. lllust. Conchyl., [). 6, pi. 26, figs. 2, 3. 

 Thes. Conch., figs. 43, 44. Conch. Icon., fig. 28. Conch. 

 Cab. (2nd edit), pi. 9, fig. t. 

 Plab. : Indian Seas (Chenu). China (Sow and Reeve). 



S. iinperialisv. pnrus Fulton n.v. Conch. Icon., pi. t6, fig. 28I), 

 Hab. ? 

 A white variety of which I have seen two specimens. 



29. — .5". victorice Sow. Proc. Zool. Soc, 1859, p. 428, pi. 49, fig. 8. 



Hab. : Flinders and Claremont Islands, N.E. Australia (Coppinger). 



In the voyage "Alert," 1884, Mr. E. x\. Smith notes that Sowerby's 

 locality "Gulf of California" is incorrect. The frondose spines dis- 

 tinguish this from the following species. 



