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55. — S. rostratus Chenu. Illust. Conchy!., p. 7, pi. 26, fig. 4. 



Hab. : Indian Seas (Chenu). 



Two specimens that I refer to this species are larger, and the liga- 

 mental area, or " talon," is not so produced as in Chenu's figure ; in 

 one the umbones are about 6 mm. apart, and in the other closer 

 together. One specimen is coloured similarly to the type, the other 

 has its upper valve almost covered with dark reddish-brown, the 

 strias being whitish towards the ventral margin. 



56. — S. cru(7ttus Lischke. Mai. Blatt., xv., 1868, p. 221. Jap. Meer. 

 Conchyl, i., p. 172, pi. 12, figs. 1-5. 

 Hab. : Nagasaki (Lischke). 



57. — S. lima Chenu. Illust. Conchyl., p. 6, pi. 24, fig. 7. 



Hab.? 



A distinct and very pretty species of which I have seen specimens 

 from Kii, Japan, of a more orange colour. 



Group L. 



58. — S. atira?iHacus Bolten. Museum Boltenianum, 1798, p. 195. 

 Conch. Cab., vii., t. 45, fig. 463. Conch. Icon., fig. 19. 

 (^■=croceus Lamk. Anim. Sans Vert., vi., p. 192). 

 Hab. : Indian Ocean ; Moluccas (Reeve). 



Chenu's figure in his Illust. Conchyl., pi. 27, fig. i, may be this 

 species, but the figure on pi. 24, fig. 6, is more like a compressed form 

 oi pictorum. I am doubtful whether the shell figured in Thes. Conch., 

 fig. 31, is really croceus. 



59. — S. vionadius Chenu. Illust. Conchyl., p. 6, pi. 26, fig. 5. 

 Hab. : Indian Seas (Chenu). 

 Possibly a variety of anrantiacus Bolten. 



60. — S. biitkri Reeve. Conch. Icon., pi. 4, fig. 14. 

 Hab. : Philippine Islands (Cuming). 



61. — 6". ustidliitns Reeve. Conch. Icon., pi. 16, fig. 58. 



{=vexilIion Reeve. Conch. Icon., pi. 16, fig. 59). 



Hab. : Bermudas (Reeve). 



The figures given in Thes. Conch., figs. 23, 25, and 56, and in the 

 Conch, Icon., fig. 46, as representing longitudmalis, are varieties of 

 ustulaius. 



