40 ZOOLOGY OF THE VOYAGE OE H.M.S. SAMAKANG. 



Hab. China Sea. 

 A solid, club-shaped shell, in which the surface is slightly disposed in concentric folds. 



£. Pleurotoma fagina. PI. IX. Pig. 2 a, b. Pleur. testa, elongato-fusiformi, solida, anfractibus 

 quatuordeciin, superne depresso-canaliculatis, infra spiraliter costatis, costis planiconvexis, interstitiis impresso- 

 striatis, columella basi umbilicata, labri sinu profundo. 



Hab. China Sea. 



Of solid fusiform growth, strongly spirally ribbed and deeply channelled. 



3. Pleurotoma lurida. PI. X. Fig. 5. Pleur. testa gracili-fusiformi, anfractibus decern, trans- 

 versini subtiliter striatis, superne concavo-angulatis, ad angulum plicato-nodosis et transversirn obtuse 

 costatis, sinu subamplo ; ferrugineo-fusca, infra angulum albida. 



Hab. China Sea. 



A shell of light substance, in which the sculpture is of a tremulous or corrugate cha- 

 racter. 



4. Pleurotoma albicincta. PI. X. Fig. 6. Pleur. testa subabbreviato-fusiformi, anfractibus 

 decern, transversirn subtiliter striatis, superne concavo-declivibus, deinde oblique plicato-nodatis, sinu latius- 

 culo ; fulvescente, saturate variegata, medio albizonata. 



Hab. China Sea. 



The white zone passes over the nodules upon the angle in the centre of each whorl. 



5. Pleurotoma leucotropis. PI. X. Fig. 7. Pleur. testa fusiformi, medio subobesa, solidiuscula, 

 anfractibus undecim, lsevibus vel tenuissime striatis, superne concavis, deinde acute carinatis, anfractu 

 ultimo inferne bicarinato, sinu peramplo ; ustulato-fusca, carina albida. 



Hab. China Sea. 



Distinguished by the broad slanting concavity round the upper part of the whorls, and 

 prominent central keel. 



6. Pleurotoma Coreanica. PI. X. Fig. 8. Pleur. testa fusiformi, canali breviusculo, anfractibus 

 novem, superne concavis, deinde exiliter oblique nodulosis, sinu peramplo, profundo ; cereo-alba, fascia 

 lata fusca inferne cingulata. 



Hab. Korea. 



A very characteristic species, of a wax-white aspect, encircled round the lower part of 

 the last whorl with a broad brown band. 



7. Pleurotoma Grifeithii. PI. XIII. Fig. 13. Gray, Eeeve Conch. Icon. Pleurotoma, pi. 7. f. 57. 

 Body without any kind of marking, of a semi-opake white, with the eyes black. 



Hab. Java Sea ; from a muddy stony bottom, at the depth of fourteen fathoms. 



There is little of painting in the shell, and none in the animal. 



