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radiila being the same as that of that group. The style of 

 its sculpture, however, is very different. Volutocorbis, 

 Dall (1890). 



Fusivoluta pyrrhostoma [Watson). 



Neptune op sis pyrrhostoma {]Vatson) : Sowerby, 

 'Marine Invest./ vol. ii, pp. 213, 226, PI. Ill, fig. 1. 



Fusivoluta pyrrhostoma {Watson) : Martens, ' Tiefsee- 

 Exped.,' p. 32, PL III, fig. 15. 



Mitra punctostriata A. Adams. PL A^II, fig. 6. 



Mitra punctostriata A. Adams: Smith, "^ Proc. Malac. 

 Soc.,' vol. v, p. 366. 



? Mitra cylindracea Reeve: Sowerby, 'Marine Invest.,' 

 vol. ii, p. 227. 



Considered by Sowerby to be the same as M. cylindracea 

 Reeve. The type of M. cylindracea, said to be in the 

 Cuming collection, cannot now be found. Jitdging from the 

 description and figure, I do not feel convinced of the identity 

 of these two forms. In the South African specimens, which I 

 have examined, the upper whorls exhibit five punctured lines, 

 whereas in Reeve's figure of cylindracea only three are 

 indicated. Also the "interrupted band of spots round the 

 middle" of the body-whorl is wanting in these shells, which 

 agree in every detail with punctostriata, the type of which 

 is in the British Museum collection. 



^ Mitra paupercula {Linn). 



Mitra paupercula Linn.: Reeve, 'Conch. Icon.,' vol. 

 ii, fig. 84. 



Hab. — Durban (Burnup) ; also recorded from the Red 

 Sea, E. Africa, Philippines, Polynesia. 



Mitra schroeteri Dillivijn. 



This s])ecies is considered the same as M. pi eta Reeve 

 and tessellata Kiener by Martens (' Tiefsee-Exped.,' p. 53). 



