Pim. 
Hab. 
This pretty little species belongs to the same group as M. leta, 
but the sculpture and markings are quite different, although the 
colour is nearly similar. 
135 
17. Mirra 1nTerRRuptTA, A. Adams. WM. testd ovato-fusiformi ; 
spird acuminatd ; aperturd breviori ; anfractibus planis, prope 
suturas angulatis ; albidd, rufo-fusco variegatd ; cinguldé trans- 
versd fuscd moniliformi in medio anfractuum ; longitudinaliter 
plicatd, plicis equalibus, obliquis, obtusis, distantibus ; trans- 
versim corrugato-liratd ; interstitiis punctatis ; anfractu ultimo 
anticé recurvato ; columella superné excavatd, plicis tribus in- 
structd ; labro simplici. 
Hab. North Australia. 
The peculiar interrupted, dark, transverse band distinguishes this 
elegant species. 
18. Mirra extmta, A. Adams. M. testd ovata; spird brevi, ob- 
tusd ; nitidd, aurantiacd, maculis triangularibus albis, cingillis 
levibus, latis, transversis ; interstitiis valdé longitudinaliter cla- 
thratis ; aperturd lineari-oblongd ; columella plicis quatuor ; la- 
bro intus levi, margine crenulato. 
2 
19. Mirra muttinirata, A. Adams. WM. fusiformis, spird acu- 
minatd, aperturam equante ; anfractibus rotundatis, ad suturas 
angulatis ; pallide rufo-fuscd, cingillis levibus transversis, equi- 
distantibus, obtusis, ornatd; interstitiis lineis longitudinalibus, 
elevatis, subconfertis, instructis ; anfractu ultimo antict producto 
et subreflexo ; columella anticé truncatd, plicis quatuor instructd ; 
labro intus sulcato, margine crenulato. 
Hab. China Seas. 
This species was obtained during the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang. 
Y 20. Mrrra vxra, A. Adams. M. testd ovatd, crassiusculd, auran- 
Hab. 
This species is peculiar for its regular form and exactness of seul- 
tiacd, punctis albis ornatd ; longitudinaliter plicatd ; anfractibus 
planiusculis, transversim nodoso-liratd ; interstitiis simplicibus ; 
columella plicis quinque instructd ; labro crenulato. 
Hab. Ticao, under stones, low water. 
An oblong-ovate, shining, orange species, with scattered round 
white granules and regular nodulose lire; the spire is obtuse; the 
whorls are flattened and longitudinally plicate. 
pr. 
21. Mirra ornata, A. Adams. M. testd oblongo-fusiformi, acu- = 
minatd ; spird acutd; anfractibus novem, ad suturas angulatis ; 
suturd subcanaliculatd ; albd, fasciis transversis rufo-fuscis or- 
natd ; longitudinaliter costatd ; costis regularibus, obliquis, sub- 
crenatis ; interstitiis transversim valde clathratis ; anfractu ultimo 
antice subumbilicato et recurvo ; columella plicis quatuor ; labro 
postice subangulato. 
? 
pture, as well as for its beauty of colouring. 
——_--- 
[> 
