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3. Columbella versicolor, Sowerby. 



1 Martini, Conch. Cab., voL ii. p. 133, pi. xliv. fig. 462. 

 Columbella scripta [but not of Linne (Murex)], Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., vol. vii. p. 295, and (ed. 

 Desb.) vol. x. p. 270, sp. 10. 

 ,, Bruguiere, Encycl. method., vers, vol. ii. p. 253, sp. 6. 

 „ „ Kiener, p. 50, No. 45, pi. vi. fig. 3. 



,, versicolor, Sowerby, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1832, p. 119. 



„ Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. i. pt. 4, p. 117, sp. 18, pi. xxxvii. figs. 41-46. 

 ,, „ Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. xi. pi. xi. fig. 51. 



„ „ Angas, Port Jackson Moll., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 194, No. 48. 



„ scripta, Liscbke, Jap. Meer. Conch., vol. i. p. 57, vol. ii. p. 46. 



,, versicolor, v. Martens, Moll. Mauritius, &c, p. 247. 



„ scripta, Brazier, "Che vert "Exped. Shells,Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, p. 226,No. 12. 



„ versicolor, Tryon, Manual, vol. v. p. 110, pi. xlv. figs. 84—96. 



„ scripta, Dunker, Index Moll. Mar. Japon., p. 54. 



May 14, 1875. Oosima, Japan. 



Habitat. — Indian Ocean (v. Martens), Port Jackson, New South Wales (Angas), Torres 

 Straits (Brazier), New Caledonia, Philippines, Japan (Lischke). 



As the name Scripta is pre-occupied by Linne for a Mediterranean species of Columbella, there 

 seems no choice but to adopt Sowerby 's name for this species. I have followed Menke (Synopsis, 

 p. 65), and Pfeiffer (Register, p. 13), and v. Martens in quoting Martini, but have queried it, for 

 that author says his species is Lc siger of Adanson from Gorea, which is Columbella rustica, Linne. 

 Dunker (loc. cit. supra) says that Columbella bidentata, Menke (Spec. Moll. Nov. Hollandias, p. 23, 

 No. 108), is a variety of this species. 



4. Columbella (Mitrella) albina, Kiener. 



Columbella albina, Kiener, Iconog., p. 32, sp. 28, pi. xiii. fig. 4. 



„ „ Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. i. pt. 4, p. 123, sp. 34, pi. xxxviii. figs. 81, 82. 



„ „ Lamarck, Anim. s. vert. (ed. Desh.), vol. x. p. 289, sp. 42. 



„ ,, Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. xi. pi. xviii. fig. 97. 



„ (Mitrella) albina, Tryon, Manual, voL v. p. 121, pi. xlviii. figs. 70, 71. 



July 29, 1874. Levuka, Fiji. 12 fathoms. 



Habitat. — Mindoro in the Philippines (Lamarck), Fiji (British Museum). 

 Is the Columbella ligula, Duclos, really distinct from this species ? 



5. Columbella (Mitrella) albomaculata, Angas. 



Columbella (Mitrella) albomaculata, Angas, Port Jackson Moll., Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, pp. 111,. 



195, pi. xiii. fig. 5. 

 „ „ tayloriana, Tryon, Manual, vol. v. p. 141, pi. Ii. fig. 62. 



April 17-18, 1874. Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia. 

 Habita\ — Port Jackson, under stones (Angas). 



