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anfractus 5, convexi, prirai 2 laeves, sequentes liris nuruerosis rotun- 

 datis leviter obliquis instructi, spiraliter striati, sutura impressa 

 sejuncti ; idtinius supra convexus, infra attenuatus, leviter pro- 

 longatus; apertura elongata, angustiuscula ; columella leviter sinuosa; 

 labruni tenue, postice breviter sinuatuui. Long. 6, diani. 3 mm. 



Hob. — The Kowie. 



A characteristic little shell, longitudinally plicate, with a rather 

 short spire, and a long narrow mouth. The body-whorl is attenuated 

 and constricted towards the base. 



14. MlTRA BATIIYRAPHE, n.Sp. PI. I, Fig. 9. 



Testa breviter fusiformis, carneola, ad apicem rufo-fusca; spira 

 gradata ; anfractus 5, convexi, prhni 2 leeves, nitentes, sequentes liris 

 confertiusculis, planiusculis instructi, interstitiis transversim sulcatis ; 

 sutura profunde canaliculata ; anfractus ultimus supra convexus, infra 

 constrictus, ad basim spiraliter liratus ; apertura mediocriter lata ; 

 columella quadriplicata; labruni arcuatum. Long. 7, cliam. 3 - 5 mm. 



Hub. — The Kowie. 



A very remarkable little shell, characterized chiefly by its deeply 

 channelled suture. 



15. MlTRA CANALICULATA, n.Sp. PL I, Pig. 10. 



Testa oblonga, subcylindracea, albida, luteo-fusco balteata ; spira 

 elata, convexiuscula ; anfractus 6, leviter convexi, longitudinaliter 

 obscurissime plicati, balteo fusco angusto interrupto ad suturam ornati ; 

 sutura profunde canaliculata ; anfractus ultimus laevigatas, plicis 

 obsoletis, infra medium luteo-fuscus, supra et infra fusco interruptim 

 anguste balteatus ; apertura brevis ; columella rectiuscula, albida, 

 plicis 4, acutis, prominentibus, instructa. Long. 10'5, diam. 4 mm. 



Hob. — The Kowie. 



Allied to If. bathy raphe, and having the same remarkably channelled 

 suture, but very different in form ; more elongated, with less tumid 

 whorls, and devoid of revolving striae, or sulci. 



16. Mitra etjzoxata, n.sp. PI. I, Fig. 11. 



Testa ovato-fusiformis, alba, balteo unico fusco interrupto in medio 

 cincta ; spira breviuscula, leviter convexa ; anfractus 5, convexi, 

 spiraliter punctato-sulcati, plicis crassis confertis longitudinaliter 

 instructi ; anfractus ultimus elongatus, spiram supei'ans, supra leviter 

 convexus, infra laevissime concavus, paulo attenuatus, rugose liratus ; 

 apertura oblonga, mediocriter lata; labruni tenue, arcuatum; columella 

 rectiuscula, quadriplicata, plicis crassiusculis, fere sequalibus. Long. 9, 

 diam. 4 mm. 



Sab, — The Kowie. 



A white shell, with a brown interrupted band near the top of the 

 body -whorl, or about the middle of the shell. In general aspect it is 

 rather more like a Mangilia than a Mitra. 



17. Marginella lineato-labrtjm (Gaskoin). Several specimens of 

 this rare species from Pondoland. 



