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Mr. Hugh Pulton for the record of this species, he having received the 

 shell from. Mr. Booley direct. Though not abundant, its distribution 

 is wide throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans. 



67. MiXKA (Cylindek) eenestrata. Lam. 



68. MiTEA (Ctlinber) crentjlata, Chemn. (J. R. H.) 



69. MiTEA (Cylinder) tjndulosa, Reeve. Very fine. (J. R. H.) 



70. MiTRA (Cylinder) dactylus, L. 



71. FicuLA FicoiDEs, Lam. 



72. FictiLA Ficus, L. {= F. lavigata, Reeve). 



73. ]N"atica (Eunatica) ala-papilionis, Chemn. ( = iV. tcsjiiata, Mke,). 

 A very beautiful form, of extremely wide range, being reported from 

 both hemispheres. 



74. Natica (Neveeita) albumen, L. Small examples with opercula. 



75. Natica (MajMilla) mamilla, L. 



76. Pyramidella atjeiscati, L. 



77. *Terebea affinis, Gray. A remarkably large example, nearly 

 two inches long. The smallest specimens, on the other hand, that 

 we have seen come from the jSTew Caledonian region. 



78. Terebra Andamanica, n.sp. PI. Ill, Pig. 3. 



T. testa attenuato-fusiformi, nitida, carneo-rufa, anfractibus 15-16, 

 supra paullum gradatulis, undique longitudinaliter costatis, costis 

 nitidis, Isevibus, curyatis, zona suturali conspicua, tumidula, irregu- 

 lariter brunneo vel albido variipicta, interstitiis costarum spiraliter 

 striato-sulcatis, ultimo anfractu recto, paullum prolongate, ajDertura 

 ovata, labro extus tenui. Spec, max., long. 47, lat. 9 mm. ; spec. 

 min., long. 35, lat. 7 mm. 



Through the kindness of Mr. Edgar Smith we are enabled to par- 

 ticularize this Terebra as being nearly allied to T. alveolata, Hinds, 

 froQi Japan and the Straits Settlements, but differing both in form 

 and coarseness of sculpture. It is the T. specillata, Reeve (1860); 

 not that of Hinds (1843), figured in Sowerby's Thesaiu'us Conch., 

 pi. xlv, fig. 116. Pig. 96 of that work really illustrates T. alveolata, 

 Hinds {fide Index, p. 190). In this confusion, a new name is required 

 for the Andaman species. It has some points in common with both 

 T. pertum, Born, and T. nebulosa, Sby., more especially the former. 

 One of the examples collected by Mr. Booley has the operculum, 

 which is unguiform, rufous-brown, shining. 



In comparison with T. pertusa, Born, the present species differs in 

 form, being broader in proportion to its length, the whorls being 

 more convex and the longitudinal sculptiu-e more elevated ; the infra- 

 sutural band also stands out more from the shell, and the brown 

 spotting is not so regular, and the spots are further apart. 



79. Teeebea Babylonia, Lam. A handsome Terehra, found 

 commonly in the East, 



80. Terebra casta. Hinds. ISTear T. hastafa, Gmel., of which 

 species the following named forms also occur : T. alhula, Hinds, non 

 Menke ; T. incolor, Desh. 



