222 PROCKEDIxaS of the MALACOLOOICAt SOCFETY. 



3. MiTRA (('osteixaria) eudianthe, n.sp. n. XIV. Fijr. 2. 



M. testa atteuuato-fusiformi, apud apiccm acuta, albo-carnea, nitidi- 

 uscula, delicatula, anfractibus decern, lon^itudiiialiter crebricostatis, 

 transvorsim liratis, uiidi(]^iic cancellato-clathratis, cancillis subajquis, 

 regularibus, interstitiis puuctato-sulcatis, apertura angusta, oblonga, 

 columella quadriplicata. Long. 18, lat. 6 mm. 



Hab.—^ 



A very delicate, shining, closely latticed shell, white, with tinge 

 of flesh colour towards the base, allied to M. modcsta, Reeve, and 

 M. chariessa, Melv., but of finer structure than the former, and 

 diifering in form materially fx'om the latter. At present unique in 

 my collection, having been procured, Avith many other Mitra), from 

 (Sir David Barclay's collection, in July, 1891. 



4. MiTEA (Posia) Shoplandi, n.sp. PL XIV. Fig. 3. 



M. testa cylindracea, versicolore, solida, apice acuto, ad basin 

 nigrescente, albicingulata et late albimaculata, anfractibus septem, 

 longitudinaliter obscure costatis, costis hcvibus, indistinctis, trans- 

 versim liratis, apertura oblonga, labro intus coerulescente, columella 

 quadriplicata. Long. 17, lat. 6-50 mm. 



Hub. — Aden (Captain E. R. Shopland). 



A variegated, black and white, pied shell, near to M. alveolus^ Eeeve, 

 and ansulata, 8owb., diifering from them in form, the disposition of 

 marking and colour being, to some extent, identical. This shell may 

 possibly be the M. cemica, Nevill (Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, xliii, 

 1874, pi. i. fig. 9), from Mauritius: the figure, however, indicates a 

 much broader compi'cssed shell ; indeed, Tryon unites it with M. medio- 

 maculata, Reeve, which is far removed from the species under 

 discussion. Be this as it may, the specific name cernica, thus 

 bestowed by Nevill, was preoccupied by Sowerby earlier in the same 

 year, 1874, with his M. {Thala) cernica, and accordingly a new 

 name would have to be given to the Mauritian species, which is, 

 I believe, in the Calcutta Museum, with the rest of Mr. Geoffrey 

 Nevill's types. 



5. Mitra (Strigatelta) nebrias, n.sp. PI. XIV. Fig. 4. 



M. testa obesa, cylindrica, solida, fiavidula, ad apicem attcnuata, 

 acuta, anfractibus octo, ventricosis, lajvibus, transversim anguste 

 crebrisulculosis, infra suturas albifloccatis, ultimo ad basin hie illic 

 squamose albispai'so, apertura angusta, labro paullum incrassato, 

 albescente, columella quadriplicata. Long. 28, lat. 12 mm. 



Hah. — Aden (Capt. E. R. Shopland). 



This handsome species has many points in common with M. ahaco- 

 phora, Melv., described in Journ. Conch, vol. v. p. 286, but difl'ers 

 from that shell in its ventricose form and difference of colour ; the 

 markings, and sipiarrose white flecking towards the base, and trans- 

 verse liration are the same in both species. It does not seem to come 

 near to any of the other species in the section Strigatella, is at 

 present unique, and in the possession of Captain Shopland. The 

 specific name is the Greek vcftpinv, of or belonging to a fawn, from the 

 colour and dappled white markings. 



