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Australia, and Cape of Good Hope; but in my opinion sufficiently 

 distinct for specific rank. 



It was omitted, with several other species of the genus, fi'om the 

 list of jS'ew Zealand Mollusca by Captain Hutton, in his revision of our 

 rhachiglossate mollusca (Trans. New Zealand Inst., vol. xvi, p 226, 

 footnote), because at that time there was no evidence, beyond this 

 single dead specimen, to sliow that the genus Mitra really did occur in 

 New Zealand waters ; and its omission from the list may fairly be con- 

 sidered as a proof of Captain Hutton's carefulness when working out 

 his revision of the group. Since then matters have changed, however. 

 Mitra mdaniana, Lam., has been found by recent collectors at Tau- 

 ranga, and in the Hauraki Gulf, and there are specimens in several of 

 our collections. Two species of Mitra have been found by the light- 

 house-keeper of Mokohinou, cast of Whangarei Bay, one of whicli is 

 a variety of M. obscura. The occurrence, therefore, of Mitra on our 

 shores no longer remains doubtful, and we are evidently fully justified 

 in reintroducing Captain Hutton's species into the list of the New 

 Zealand marine mollusca. 



