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Stat. 91. Muaras-reef, East coast of Borneo. Up to 54 M. Hard coralsand. i Spec. 

 Stat. 240. Banda. 9 — 45 M. Black sand, coral, Lithothamnion. i Spec. 

 Stat. 248. Near Rumah Lusi, North-point of Tiur-island. Till 54 M. i Spec. 



The specimens vary in the size of the brown stains. 



25. Terebra (Strioterebritm) phimbea Quoy & Gaimard. 



QuoY & Gaimard. Zool. Voy. Astrol., p. 470, PI. 36, fig. 29, 30. 



KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. VIII, Terebra, p. 36, PL 12, fig. 27. 



KUSTER. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Terebra, p. 29, PI. 6, fig. 1 1. 



SoWERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. I, Terebra, p. 164, PI. 44, fig. 70. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. XII, Terebra, fig. in. 



Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. VII, p. IJ, PI. ii, fig. 7. 



Stat. 4. Djangkar (Java). 9 M. Coarse sand, i Spec. 



A very small specimen of somewhat obscure appearance, agreeing with the upper whorls 

 of a specimen from Cebu. 



26. Terebra (Strioterebrum) tiurensis n. sp. PL XXV, fig. 10. 



Stat. 248. Near Ruma Lusi, North-point of Tiur-island. Till 54 M. i Spec. 



Shell small, acicular, very shining, whitish, with violet apex, scattered reddish-brown 

 spots, just below the subsutural band, in a few cases stretching, though more faintly, down 

 over the whorls. Nuclear whorls, which are violet, as stated above, smooth, convex, about 4 

 in number, below at the suture with a keel; total number of whorls about 14, postnuclear ones 

 slightly convex, with a deep suture; sculpture consisting of axial ribs, 19 or 20 on penultimate 

 whorl, disappearing on last whorl, ribs and interstices with a deep subsutural groove, having 

 the appearance of punctures in the interstices, for the rest the shell is smooth; last whorl rather 

 regularly convex, contracted below. Aperture oblong, with an acute angle above, narrower at 

 the sutural band, peristome thin, columellar margin short, ending with an oblique curved fold, 

 with a trace of a second fold about halfway. 



Alt. 147^, lat. 37,; apert. alt. 3, lat. 17, Mill. 



I know no species to which this one is closely allied. It has some superficial resem- 

 blance with one of the specimens of T. conspersa^ but the deep groove and shining surface, 

 without other spirals makes it quite different. 



27. Terebra (Strioterebrum) crenifera Deshayes var. 

 Deshayes. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1859, p. 298. 



Stat. 159. o°59'.iS., 1 29° 48'. 8 E. 411 M. Coarse sand, i Spec. 



The specimen differs from the original description, by the nearly entirely wanting spiral 



sculpture, the species seems to be rare and this may account for the circumstance that most 



authors unite it with other ones. I owe the identification to Mr. E. A. Smith, who was able 



to compare the Cumingian type. 



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