170 



sulci. Aperture small, oval. Columella arched and produced 

 forward. Canal short, reflexed. 



Haynan, China ; Tranquebar : Schroeter. 



57. T. pretiosa. (pi. xliii. f. 54.) Reeve, Proceed. Zool. 

 Soc. 1842, p. 200. 



Testa longissime subulata, turrita, rugosa, pallida, fusco 

 interrupts picta ; anfractibus numerosissimis, circa 30, planu- 

 latis, valde excavato-cingulatis, plicis longitudinalibus arcuatis 

 confertim instructis, interstitiis striatis ; apertura elongate 

 subquadrata ; columella antice producta ; canali mediocri, 

 reflexo . 



Shell elegantly subulate, very lengthened, turrited, of a pale 

 colour, irregularly painted with reddish-brown ; whorls very 

 numerous, boldly girdled, closely set with numerous arching 

 folds, the interstices being striate. Aperture small, elon- 

 gated, squarish. Columella produced forward. A dis- 

 tinct canal. 



A single specimen only of this fine species is in the collec- 

 tion of Mr. Cuming, and another is known to exist in the col- 

 lection ot M. Griiner. It is, however, surpassed in the num- 

 ber of its whorls by T. commaculata. China. 



58. T. commaculata. (pi. xlii. f. 37.) Pfeiffer. Bucci- 

 num strigilatum, Gmelin, (nec Linnaeus). B. commaculatum, 

 Gmelin, No. 143. Terebra myuros, Lamarck, 1. c. v. vii. p. 

 289. T. scabrella, Lamarck, 1. c. v. vii. p. 289. 



Testa longissime subulata, turrita, albida, maculis magnis 

 runs longitudinalibus subquadratis ornata; anfractibus nume- 

 rosissimis, planulatis, superne cingulatis, lineis transversis 

 minute tuberculatis scabris ; striis incrementi conspicuis ; 

 anfractu ultimo parvo, brevi, inferne coarctato ; apertura 

 subquadrata ; columella antice producta, contorta, acuta 

 canali brevi, reflexo. 



Shell very lengthened, subulate, somewhat turrited, white, 

 with large rather square longitudinal dark red spots ; whorls 

 flat, very numerous, in the specimen before me 32 in number, 

 and some of the extreme terminal ones are still wanting, 

 girdled, scabrous from the crossing of transverse striae with 

 the lines of growth; last whorl small, short, and suddenly 

 contracted. Aperture rather square, terminating in a short 

 reflexed canal. Columella produced. The description and 

 figure are from a very elegant sj^ecimen in the collection of 

 Mr. Cuming. 



New Guinea. Fossil on the shores of the Red Sea: 

 Burton. 



