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more distinctly and remotely ribbed, and in being concentrically 

 frilled throughout with a close succession of delicate laminae. 



Turbo murreus. Turb. testd minutd, suhorbiculari, vix umhilicatd, 

 lavigatd, politd, albd, rosea nitide maculatd. 



Hab. ? 



A minute, delicately coloured, porcelain shell. 



Turbo corallinus. Turb. testd parvd, suborbiculari-ovatd, im- 

 perforatd, conspicue spiraliter sulcatd ; rosea -purpurea, intils mar- 

 garitaced. 



Hab. ? 



Another interesting small species, of a dull livid rose-purple hue, 

 strongly spirally grooved. 



Turbo trochoides. Turb. testd subpyramidali-ovatd, perforatd; 

 anfractibus spiraliter sulcatis, superne concavis, deinde obsolete 

 nodosis ; luteo-albicante, olivaceo radiatim maculatd, lineolis minU' 

 tissimis aurantio-fuscis, oblique reticulatis. 



Hab. } 



A species of peculiar sculpture and marking, partaking very much 

 of the generic character of Trochus. 



Turbo pustulatus. Turb. testd ovatd, subventricosd, imperforatd, 

 nodis grandibus papillosis undique notatd, aperturce fauce argen- 

 ted; albidd, alivaceo-fusca luteoque maculatd. 



Hab ? 



An interesting species covered with swollen nodules ; collected by 

 Sir Edward Belcher during the voyage of the ' Sulphur.* 



Turbo turcicus. Turb. testd subpyramidali-ovatd, imperforatd, 

 spira suturis excavatis, anfractibus spiraliter squamato-liratis , 

 superne decUvibus, acute angulatis, ad angulum erecto-squamatis, 

 aperturd parvd, lutescente, coccineo rufo pulcherrime radiatd. 



Hab. Philippine Islands ; Cuming. 



A prettily painted species encircled by a diadem of erect scales. 



Turbo pyropus. Turb. testd subdepresso-ovatd, imperforatd, spine 

 sutu7'is simplicibus, anfractibus lavibus, striisve spiraliter cingu- 

 latis ; albidd, striis vivide rubris, intils argented. 



Hab. ? 



Of a deep blood-red colour, with the margins of the aperture united 

 beyond the columella. 



Turbo gemmatus. Turb. testd subdepresso-ovatd, imperforatd, 

 spira suturis subprofund^ canaliculatis, anfractibus nodulis parvis 

 undique gemmatis ; corallo-rufescenie, intils argented. 



Hab. ? 



Very similar in form to the preceding species, and partaking in 

 some measure of the colour ; the spire differs in having the sutures 

 deeply channeled, and the entire surface in being beaded with small 

 papillose nodules. In the former species the margins of the aperture 

 are entire, and it is the striae that are coloured upon a white ground. 



Turbo lugubris. Turb. testd suborbiculari-ovatd, spird depressd, 



