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3. Vermetus sp. 



Stat. 251. 5°28'.4S., i32°o'.2E. Arafura Sea. 204 M. Hard coralsand. Many specimens. 



A large number of specimens fixed to stones and other substances, has a superficial 

 resemblance with V. renisectus^ but diff"ers by having no interior lamellae. 



4. Vermetus sp. 



Stat. 209. South point of Kabaena-island. 22 M. Coarse sand, i Spec. 



Stat. 303. Haingsisi, Samau-island. Up to 36 M. Lithothamnion. i Spec. 



Stat. 315. East of Sailus Besar, Paternoster-islands. Up to ^s^ M. Coral and Lithothamnion. I Spec. 



I can find no figure agreeing with this rather peculiar species, which has a granular 

 sculpture and seems to agglutinate small foreign bodies. No internal laminae. 



5. Vermehis maximus Sowerby. 



SOWERBY. Cat. Coll. Tankerv. App. N" 23. 

 Chemnitz. 111. Conch. Vermetus, PI. 5, fig. 6 [gigas). 

 Tryon Man. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 184, Pi. 55, fig. 89, 90. 



Stat. 248. Rumah Lusi, North point of Tiur-islands. Reef. 4 Spec. 



The tubes are for a good deal imbedded in coral. 



Fam. TURRITELLIDAE. 



Turritella Lamarck. 



1. T7trritella (s. str.J terebra Linne. 



LiNNE. Syst. Nat. Ed. XII, p. 1239. 



RUMPH. Amb. Rariteitkamer, p. 100, PI. 30, fig. M. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. IX, Turritella, p. 4, PI. 3, fig. 4. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. V, Turritella, fig. 3. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VIII, p. 195, PI. 59, fig. 32, 33. 



KOBELT. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. I, Turritella, p. 29, PI. 7, fig. 2. 



Stat. !.■ 1400 M. from "Zwaantjes-droogte", Madura-strait. 37 M. Grey mud with small broken 

 shells. 3 Spec. 



2. Turritella (s. str.J leptomita Melvill & Sykes. 



Melvill & Sykes. Proc. Mai. Soc. Lond. Vol. II, p. 171, PI. 13, fig. 12, \2a. 



Stat. 133. Lirung, Salibabu-island. Up to 36 M. Mud and hard sand, i Spec. 

 Stat. 231. Amboina. 40 M. Coralsand. i Spec. 



The specimen from Stat. 133 is larger than the type, being 29 Mill, instead of 21,5 (that 

 from Amboina is young), the whorls, if wet, are faintly stained with brown, especially on the 



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