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BuUia (Dorsanum) belangeri Kicn.* Many very fine living 



e.xaniples. Aiakan, Ceylon. 



Bullia (Dorsanum) cumingiana Dkr.— Two, Lvidently of this 

 species, the habitat of which is unrecorded. 



Bullia (Dorsanum) livida Rv.— Two, line examples. 



Bullia (Dorsanum) vittata L.— Many, some albino, fine living 

 shells. Ceylon, Zanzibar. 



Family COLUMBELL.ID.-K. 



Columbella (Mitrella) euterpe iMelv.*— Many examples, agree- 

 ing precisely with the original description, the types having been 

 unfortunately mislaid. 



Columbella (Mitrella) flavilinea Melv.*— Three specimens. 



Columbella (Nitidella) ala-perdicis Rv. ( -C hevh^aia L. var.) 



Two, in young condition. West Indies. 



Columbella (Anachis) terpsichore Leathes.* -Found both in 

 the Eastern and \\'estern Hemisphere. One specimen, but large and 

 in fine condition. West Indies. 



Columbella (Pygmaea) flavida Lm. — Synonymous with CJluvu 

 Brug. Indian Ocean, Japan, Mauritius, Seychelles, New Caledonia, 

 Polynesia. 



Columbella (Pygmaea) versicolor Sow.— A variable species, 

 of wide distribution, and with — according to Tryon — -a long array of 

 synonyms. The oldest name for this species is C. scripta Lm., but 

 Linnaeus had previously used this name for a well-known Mediter- 

 ranean species. Indian Ocean, Japan, Philippines, Australia, Polynesia. 



Family MURICIDyE. 



Murex brevispina Lm.— Quite typical. Red Sea, Indian Ocean, 

 South Africa, North Australia. 



Murex tribulus L.*— Several. Owing to the shortness of the 

 spines, and the variable tran.sverse nodulosities on the last whorls, 

 we should consider our specimens as coming under the var. or sub- 

 species M. tenuispina Lm. W'e cannot see our way to allow true 

 specific rank to this ancient species. 



Murex (Haustellum) haustellum L.— One only, but fine 

 Ceylon, Indian Seas, Red Sea, China, Mauritius, Philippines. 



Murex (Chicoreus) microphyllus Lm.— Large, and in fine 

 condition. Ceylon, Indian Ocean. 



Murex (Ocinebra) contractus Rv. — Exactly corresponding 

 with Bombay examples. New Caledonia, Philippines, Fiji Islands. 



Murex (Phyllonotus) anguliferus Lm. — In all stages of 

 growth. Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Seychelles, Isle of Reunion. 



