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Stramineous, base of body-whorl suffused with darker brown occa- 

 sionally. 



A rare species, of which we have not seen many examples; but one 

 of the most distinct of this endemic group, both in form, sculpture, 

 and coloration. 



24. — Terebra strigilata (L.). 



Buccimim strigilatum Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., p. 1206, no. 484. 



T. striatula Kiener, Coq. Viv., pi. ix., fig. 18. 



T. striatula Hinds, in Sowerby, Thes. Conch., i., t86. 



T. striatula Reeve, Conch. Icon., xii., pi. xviii., f. 85, i860. 



T. striatula Tryon, Man. Conch., vii., p. 33, pi. x., fig. 84, 1885. 



Hab. : P.G., Muscat, dredged alive (F.W.T.). I., Karachi, not 

 common, dead specimens only. 



Linngeus described this well known species in the following terse 

 language — '■'■ Buccinum testa turrita, anfradibus bifidis oblique striatis." 

 Hanley ("Ipsa Linnaei Conchylia," p. 261), shows the difficulty ex- 

 perienced in identifying the Linnean shell ; indeed, he says, that had 

 it not been for Born, who subsequently did produce a recognisable 

 figure, it would have been impossible to retain the name "strigilatum" 

 as corresponding to any then known Terebra. 



It varies much in size. We have specimens from 20 to 45 mm. in 

 length. It is of wide distribution, extending virtually over the whole 

 eastern tropical area, including Polynesia. Tryon includes with it 

 many so-called species, but we think he is too sweeping in his pro- 

 posed agglomerations. 



25. — Terebra tantilla Smith. 



T. tantilla E. A. Smith, Ann. and Mag. N.H., 1873, xi., p. 270. 



Hab. : P.O., Henjam Island. I., Karachi, 3 fathoms, muddy stone 

 bottom. 



Very small (8 mm.), but of beautiful sculpture, resembling in ex- 

 treme miniature such a species as spedabilis Hinds. Beneath the 

 sutures, the longitudinal ribs, as far as the spiral sulcus, are incon- 

 spicuously noduled. The whole surface is finely striate, and towards 

 the base at the mouth entrance and over the columellar area there 

 exists, in some specimens, a pale brown suffusion. 



26. — Terebra tenera Hinds. 

 T. tenera Hinds, Proc. ZoOl. Soc, London, 1843, p. 158. 



,, Hinds, in Sowerby, Thes. Conch., i., p. 184, pi. 45, f. m. 

 ,, Hinds, Reeve, Conch. Icon., xii., pi. 27, fig. 148, i860. 

 ,, Hinds, Tryon, Man. Conch., vii., p. 35, pi. x., fig. 99. 

 Hab. : P.G., Galig Island, Henjam Island, Bushire. M.C., Charbar. 

 I,, Bombay, Ratnagiri (A. Abercrombie and Col, H. D. Olivier). 



