159 



Aperture oval, effuse, without any canal. Columella naked 

 and twisted. Seychelles : Dufo. 



23. T. raphanula. (pi. xliv. f. 94.) Lamarck, 1. c. v. 

 vii. p. 288. 



Testa elongate ovato-subulata, acuminata, subturrita, po- 

 lita, alba, maculis oblongis pallide fuscis seriatim ornata; 

 anfractibus subplanulatis, superne sulco divisis, longitror- 

 sum capillari-plicatis, interstitiis laevigatis ; anfractu ultimo 

 elongato fasciato ; apertura utrinque attenuata ; columella 

 nuda, rectiuscula, subtruncata ; canali nullo. 



Highly polished and glittering, the girdled whorls covered 

 with numerous small sharp folds, and ornamented by pale 

 brown oblong spots, placed methodically in the transverse 

 direction. Amboina. 



24. T. cerithina. (pi. xliii. f. 58.) Lamarck, 1. c. v. 

 vii. p. 288. 



Testa obeso-subulata, acuminata, subturrita, polita, pallida, 

 rufo-fusco strigata ; anfractibus subrotundatis, linea impressa 

 divisis, longitrorsum plicatis ; plicis anfractuum superiorum 

 conspicuis, inferiorum evanidis, interstitiis saturatioribus ; 

 anfractu ultimo attenuate, subfasciato ; apertura effusa, 

 pallida; columella antice producta ; canali nullo. 



Distinctly obesely subulate, the whorls covered by longi- 

 tudinal folds, but those of the last three or four are so 

 smooth or apparently worn, as to be scarcely salient from the 

 surface of the shell. The columella has rather a thick 

 callus. The portions of the folds above the girdling are 

 distinguished by no peculiarity of conformation, which is 

 unusual. 



Philippine Islands : Cuming. Bow Island ; Society Islands ; 

 Feejee Islands. 



25. T. cerulescens. (pi. xli. f. 5, 6, 15.) Lamarck, 1. 

 c. v. vii. p. 288. 



Testa elongate conico-subulata, subturrita, polita, cinerea, 

 nigricante, aut albo variegata ; anfractibus planulatis, indi- 

 visis, apertura effusa ; columella nuda, rectiuscula, truncata. 



Shell elongated, conical, subulate, acuminate, polished, 

 varying greatly from an ash or dark colour to becoming par- 

 tially white, or in old individuals entirely so ; whorls undivided, 

 the last somewhat rounded ; columella short, smooth, 

 straight, and truncated. 



New Holland : Lamarck. Society Islands ; Feejee Islands. 

 It usually is found in considerable numbers. 



26. T. nimbosa. (pi. xlii. f. 21. ( Hinds, 1. c. p. 151. 

 Testa elongate conico-subulata, acuminata, lactea, strigis 



