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Among the synonyms are M. cornicularis, Costa, not Lam. ; 

 M. cornicula, Risso, not Linn. ; M. plumbea, Lam., not Reeve 

 or Sowb., and M.plicatula and pyramidella, Brocchi two fossil 

 forms. 



M. livida. Reeve (fig. 89), habitat unknown, and M. chelonia, 

 Reeve (fig. 90), said to come from the Island of Burias, Philip- 

 pines, are both referred to M. ebenus by Sowerby. 



M. PATULA, Reeve. PL 37, fig. 91. 



Light corneous, sometimes with a narrow, superior white band; 

 surface slightly folded longitudinally, or nearly smooth. 



Length, -5 inch. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. WELDII, Tenison-Woods. 



Banded orange and dark brown ; translucent, with faint ribs 



on the upper whorls. Length, 10 mill. 



Tasmania. 



This species has not been figured, and I know nothing 

 concerning it. 



M. CAPENSIS, Dunker. PI. 37, figs. 95, 92, 94. 



Yellowish or orange-brown, banded with chocolate on the 

 periphery, sometimes with a second band beneath the suture and 

 chocolate-tinged at the base. 



Length, *6 inch. 



Natal, South Africa. 



M. vincta (fig. 94), and M. rufocincta (fig. 92), of A. Adams, 

 appear to be synonymous. 



M. PICA, Reeve. PI. 37, fig. 96. 



Smooth, dark chocolate, tinged w'ith White below the sutures 

 and at the base. Length, '7 inch. 



Cape of Good Hope. 

 M. LACHRYMA, Reeve. PL 37, fig. 93. 



Thin, whorls finely longitudinally ribbed at the upper part, 

 crossed by revolving obsolete raised striae ; white, with an 

 orange-brown blotch at the back, 



Habitat unknown. 



The several foregoing species, from the Cape of Good Hope 

 and its vicinity, are all known only from the figured types. 

 M. lachryma may well be identical with M. pica. 



