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spots on the middle of the body whorl, and smaller ones may 

 be observed on the base and spire. The outer lip and 

 columella are also more or less stained with brownish-red. 

 They vary considerably in the length of the spire, which is 

 generally shorter than in Reeve's figure, and one large 

 example before me has it a trifle more produced. The spiral 

 striae are minutely punctured. 



It is frequently confounded with T. dermestina, with 

 which it is very closely allied. 



94. Turricula crebrilirata Reeve, 1. c, pi. xiii., fig. 92. 



I found several dead specimens on the fringing reefs at 

 Kioa, Viti Islands. 



Though only two-thirds the size of Mr. Reeve's figure of 

 a Ceylon example, they agree so exactly with his description, 

 except in color, that I do not hesitate to consider them 

 the same. Our shells are dark ashy-brown, and all have the 

 pale line on the upper portion of the body-whorl. 



95. Turricula concentrica Reeve, 1. c, pi. xvii., fig. 128. 



I obtained many living specimens of this species by 

 digging in sand in the upper region of the laminarian zone, 

 in a sheltered place at Kioa, Viti Islands. Though carefully 

 searched for, I failed to get a sinsrle example in any other 

 part of the group. Reeve states that Mr. Cuming found it 

 on the reefs at Anaa, PaAmotu Islands. 



Our shells are smaller, more slender, and the wide basal 

 band is paler than represented in Reeve's figure. 



The ground color is a pale flesh tint, and the band 

 varies from tawny-flesh to light brown. 



96. Turricula cruentata Chemnitz. Reeve, 1. c, pi. xvii., 

 fig. 126. 



We gathered a few living specimens of this species in a 

 sheltered bay on the east end of Vanua Levu, Viti Islands. 

 They were found adhering to stones and driftwood in shallow 



