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— 80 —T. maxima, tuba elongata, rugosa, postice attenuata, divisa, antice late aperta; val-Tulis et palmulis compressioribus, ignotis. — Rve.Röhre sehr gross, sehr verlängert, rauh, nach hinten verschmälert, getheilt,nach vorne weit geöffnet; Schalen und Palette nicht bekannt.Vaterland: Ostindien.Nr. 2. Kuphus Manni Wright.Taf. 21. Fig 1-6.Kuphus Manni Wright Trans. Linn. Soc. XXV p. 365 t. 65 f. 1—8.Valves. — Rather large in proportion to the animal; the so called „triangulär area",is large, quadrilateral; the fang-like body is large and hollowed out, the whole surfaceis sculptured, the sculpture consisting of a series of transverse equidistant lines, ribbedon their convex surfaces. The „central portion" is very large, broader than long, with a„strongly" marked concave depression running from the apex to the point. On abouttwo-thirds of its cutting-surface the sculpture is the same as that on the „triangulärarea"; on the remaining portion the sculpture is indistinct. The „auricle" is scarelyat all developed. The subumbonal blade is broad and curved. There is no accessoryplate.Extreme length of valve 3 / 4 inch., breadth 5 / 8 inch.Palettes. — The stalk is about l / 4 of an inch in length, and of the thickness ofa strong pin; it is thin and semitransparent, blunt, and of rather an irregulär outline. IIexpands into a broad blade-like portion, which is x / 4 inch long, and from being of thethickness of the stalk expands into a breadh of 1 / 4 inch. The upper surface is hollowedout, and indistinctly divided into two portions; it is flat on the inner, and convex on theouter portion; it is solid and of a dark-brown colour.Vaterland: Ostindien (Singapore).Bemerkung. Figuren und Diagnose sind nach Wright 1. c. copirt.Nr. 3. Kuphus clausa Sowerby.Taf. 18. Fig. 4. 5.Kuphus clausa Sow. in Reeve Conch. icon. f. 2. abc.T. magna; tuba tenuiuscula, antice divisa, attenuata, concamerata; postice marginerotundatim inflexo superlaminato-clausa; valvulis ignotis; palmulis compressioribus testaceis,aequalibus, antice styliformibus, postice deltoides. — Reeve.