— 74 — 



Microtis tuberculata, Fischer (nec H. et A. Adams), Journ. 

 ConchyL, vol. VIII, p. 200, 1860. 



Obs. Species aR. P. Montrouziero in insula Art reperta 

 ad Microtinam Heckelianam pertinere videtur. 



8. WiTRA TEXTURATA, Lamarck. 



Var. /3, Lifouana^jïiinor, albida, unicolor; anfr. 5 i/2-6 

 parumconvexi ;aper titra intua lactea; peristoma Idcteum, 

 margine externo vice incrassato. — Lo7ig. 16, diam. maj. 

 8 7nill. (Coll. Rossiter.) 



Habitat in insula Lifou dicta. (R. Rossiter.) 



9. Murex Rossiteri, Crosse. 



T. imperforata, breviter fusiformis, solidula, roseo- 

 lutescens; spira niediocriter elongata ; sutura parum 

 conspicua ; anfr . superst. 4 1/2 (apicc fracto], convexi, 

 sexvaricosi [varicibus 3 majoribus et 3 minoribus alter- 

 nantibus, rotundatis) lineis numerosis, elegantissime gra- 

 nosis transversim cincti, ultimus spiram superans, vari- 

 cibus 3 majoribus infra mrdium spinulas brèves, raras, 

 emittentibus i^istructus, in caudam longiusculam, vix 

 recurvam, utrinquespinas breviter multifidas emittentem^ 

 longitudinaliter striatam desinens; apertura ovato-rotun- 

 data, parva, subintegra, intus purpureo-albida, in cana- 

 lem fere clausum desinens^ fauce lirato-dentata, albida ; 

 péris toma subcontinuum , vivide violaceo-pwpureum, 

 marginibus parietati et columellari denticulis raris,albi- 

 dis munitis, margine columellari subarcuato^ leviter pro- 

 minulo, externo ad limbum crenulato, intus liratoi — 



