312 



rostrum tenuem recurvum protracto; apörtura ovata, ^/s longit. testae adaequans; colu- 

 mella porcellanea. — Axis 30, diam. 15, apert. long. 20 Mm. 



Trophon suppositus Gould North Pacif. Expl. exp. Otia p. 126. 

 Habitat? 



55. Trophon tantillum A. Adams. 



„Tr. testa parva, ovato-fusiformi, alba, nitida, lamellis longitudinalibus laciniatia, 

 lirisque crispatis spiralibus late cancellata, anfractibus 6 in medio angulatis, rostro brevi 

 vix recurvo; apertura angusta, subovata, columella rectiuscula, laevi; labro naargine in- 

 crassato, late reflexo, postice subsinuato." (A. Adams.) 



Long. 



Trophon tantillum A. Adams Proc. zool. soc. 1862 p. 375. 



Habitat ad Japoniam. — Satanomosakl, 55 F. (A. Adams.) 



56. Trophon duodecimus Gray. 



Testa ovata, fusiformis, pallide lutescens, longitudinaliter costata, spira conica, acuta, 

 anfractibus convexiusculis; anfractus ultimus dimidiam longitudinis subaequans, costis 12 

 concentricis sculpta, fascia albida medio cingulatus, caudam versus spiraliter liratus, liria 

 in cauda confertioribus ; canalis brevis. apertus. — Gray angl. *) 



Long. — ? 



Pusus duodecimus Gray in DiefFenbach New Zealand p. 230. 



Hab. ad Novam Seelandiam. 



57. Trophon Stangeri Gray. 



Testa parva, ovata, fusiformis, fusca, regulariter confertimque concentrice striata, 

 spira acuta, anfractus Ultimi longitudinem vix aequans, liris spiralibus continuis distanti- 

 bus 8 sculpta, posterioribus magis elevatis; apertura vivide brunnea, canali brevi, aperto. 



*) Shell ovate, fusiform, pale yellow, longitndinal costate, spire conical, acute, whorls rather roun- 

 ded, last whorl obout half the length of the shell, with twelve concentric rounded ribs, and a central 

 white band, with some spiral ridges in front, crossing the varices and closer over the short open canal.— 

 Gray. 



