168 



51. T. funiculata. (pi. xliii. f. 63. ( Hinds, 1. c. p. 153. 



Testa elongate subulata, turrita, nitida, fulva ; anfractibus 

 numerosis, planulatis, superne cingulo leevi linea impressa 

 diviso, infra cingulo minore, area inferiore transversim striata; 

 anfractu ultimo brevi, medio sulco unico ; apertura parva, con- 

 colore ; columella subarcuata, acuta, antice producta ; canali 

 breviusculo. 



The area above the girdle is smooth and traversed by a sin- 

 gle line, beneath it is tumid, so as to resemble a smaller and 

 second girdling. A remarkable single groove crosses the last 

 whorl near its middle. Native country unknown. 



52. T. tricolor, (pl.lxiv.f. 32.) Sowerby, Tank. cat. p. 24. 

 T. tseniolata, Quoy, Voy. de l'Astrolabe, p. 466, t. 36, f. 25, 26. 



Testa elongate subulata, acuminata, turrita, laevigata, trico- 

 lore ; anfractibus numerosis, planulatis, lsevibus, superne linea 

 impressa divisis ; area superiore alba, area inferiore carnea, 

 linea impressa et prope suturam linea rufa bicincta ; anfractu 

 ultimo tricincto ; apertura subquadrata ; columella antice 

 producta. 



Shell gracefully subulate, perfectly smooth, except that the 

 whorls are girdled, and bear the marks of the arched lines of 

 growth. The superior area is white, and the inferior of a flesh 

 colour ; and the line and also the lower part of each whorl 

 close to the suture, has a narrow red line ; an additional one 

 also appears at the base of the last whorl. 



Tongatabu : Quoy and Gaimard. Island of St. Thomas : 

 Sowerby. It is not probable that both these localities are 

 correct. 



53. T. monilis. (pi. xliii. f. 65, 66.) Quoy, Voy. de l'As- 

 trolabe, p. 47. t. 36, f. 21, 22. 



Testa gracile subulata, acuminata, turrita, lutea, fulva, vel 

 fuscescente, unicolore ; anfractibus planulatis, linea impressa 

 divisis, area superiore tuberculis quadrat's pallidis cincta, in- 

 feriore laevigata polita, lineis duabus impressis, nonnumquam 

 obsoletis, instructa ; apertura subquadrata ; columella acuta, 

 antice producta. 



Shell gracefully subulate, acuminate, turrited, pale yellow, 

 orange, or brown ; whorls flat, girdled, the superior area occu- 

 pied by a single series of square pale pustular looking tuber- 

 cles, the inferior smooth and polished, and traversed by two 

 impressed lines, which are often obsolete. Aperture small, 

 rather square, with a short canal. Columella produced for- 

 ward, with an acute margin. Native country unknown. 



