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Columbella versicolor, Sowerby, They. Conch., vol. 1, p. 117, pi. 

 Thes. 35, figs. 41-46. 



Hab. Warrior Reef. Torres Straits, found in coral at low 

 water. 



Mr. Sowerby ignores Lamarck's specific name of scrijpta, and 

 redescribes it under another name of versicolor. Specimens from 

 New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Port Jackson, agree with 

 the description of the markings given by Sowerby, but not in the 

 coin mellar having two prominent teeth within. Some hundreds 

 of specimens examined by me have on the edge of the columella 7 

 teeth, and well below 2 rnoi-e. 



13. — Columbella nivosa. 

 Columbella nivosa, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 26, sp. 166 

 Hab. Palm Island, North-East Australia, found on the reefs 



under coral at low water. 



I think Reeve must be wrong in giving Guatemala as the 



locality for this species. It is allied to Columbella scripta, (Lam.) 



14. — Columbella (Mitrella) essingtonensis. 



Columbella Essingtonensis, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 27, sp. 174, a,b. 



Hab. Cape York, North Australia, found crawling on the 

 sand fiats at low water. Specimens vary from blackish brown to 

 dirty white, having two chestnut lines on the last whorl ; others 

 have one broad band. 



15. — Columbella (Mitrella) intexta. 

 Columbella intexta, Gaskoin, Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1851, p. 7. 



,, intertexta, Reeve, Conch. Icon., pi. 17, sp. 88. 



Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20, 30 fathoms, white sand 

 bottom. 



16. — Columbella (Mitrella) sp. 1 

 Hab. Darnley Island, Torres Straits, 20 fathoms sand bottom. 

 One specimen of this species was found dead and sea-worn. 



17. — Columbella (Mitrella) sp. 1 

 Hab. Cape York, North Austialia, 11 fathoms, sandy mud 

 bottom. One sea-worn specimen obtained. 



