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M. (Cythara) gibbosa Reeve. — Only one example. Allied 

 to C. interrupta Reeve in the character of its sculpture 

 and marking, but of a different form. Recorded from the 

 Philippines. 



M. (Cythara) gracilis Reeve. — Very beautiful, and strikingly 

 marked with orange-brown square spots spirally arranged 

 across the smooth ribs. The form also is attenuate-fusiform, 

 and very graceful. Also a native of the Fiji and Philippine 

 Islands. 



M. (Cythara) interrupta Reeve. — Conspicuous for its fusi- 

 form shape, somewhat attenuate at both ends, with trans- 

 verse interrupted stretched brown lines between the ribs. 

 Allied to M. bella Reeve, and M. theskda M. & S. Mitra 

 cimelium Rve., also found at Lifu, has the same inter- 

 rupted linear marking. Of very wide distribution, from 

 Mauritius, throughout Polynesia, to the Sandwich Isles. 

 Also recorded from the Philippines. 



M. (Cythara) matakuana Smith. — Conspicuous for robust- 

 ness of form, and dorsally blotched with burnt-sienna 

 marking. 



M. (Cythara) paucimaculata Angas. — A handsome orange- 

 mouthed species, which seems variable. The types in the 

 British Museum came from S. Australia. 



M. (Cythara) psalterium M. & S., p. 285, 1896. 



M. (Cythara) signum M. & S., p. 286, 1896. 



M. (Cythara) Souverbiei Tryon. — A beautiful but very 

 variable species, of which we received a dozen specimens. 

 In some, the dorsal brown blotch is almost absent ; others 

 are spotted with brown ; others, again, unicolorous white. 



M. . (Glyphostoma) Aubryana Hervier. — A wonderful 

 shell. Principally conspicuous for its colouring rather 

 than its form, which is that of a typical incrassate Glypho- 

 stoma ; the ground colour is white; round the upper part 

 of the penultimate whorl runs a bright pink median band, 



