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M. FESTIVA, Kiener. PI. 7, tig. 18. 



Whitish, mottled irregularly with fulvous, and encircled by 



three rose-colored bands. Length, '5 inch. 



East Africa (Reeve). 

 M. PICTUKATA, Nevill. PI. 7, fig. 17. 



Cone-shaped, smooth ; light chestnut, with two white zones 



maculated with chestnut. Length, 3'5 mill. 



Mauritius. 

 M. SCRIPTA, Hinds. ' PL 7, fig. 19. 



Yellowish white, with zig-zag longitudinal brown lines, and 

 two bands of distant brown spots. Leng'th, 7*5 mill. 



Straits of Macassar, in coarse sand, 11 to 15 



fathoms ( Belcher); Madagascar (Petit). 



M. LIFOUANA, Crosse. PI. 7, fig. 20. 



Yellowish white, sparingly longitudinally strigate with flex- 



uous brown lines. Length, 4'5 mill. 



New Caledonia. 



Is possibly a young, and not well-marked specimen of M. 

 scripta. 



M. LUCIA, Jousseaume. PL 7, fig. 21. 



Spire scarcely apparent, the lip advanced upon it ; white, with 

 undulating longitudinal brown lines. Length, 3 mill. 



Cape Verd Islands. 



Very like M. Lifouana in coloring, but having less prominent 

 spire. 



M. MARGARITA, Kiener. PL 7, figs. 22, 23. 



White ; columellar plaits and lip-denticulations conspicuous. 



Length, 6-7 mill. 



West Indies. 



This species is not found in the East Indies or India, as stated 

 by Kiener and most European monographers. M. Candida, 

 Sowb. (fig. 23), is synonymous. 



M. STRIATA, Sowb. PL 7, figs. 24-26. 



Whitish ; volutiform, longitudinally finely folded or striated ; 

 columellar plaits ami lip-crenulations very prominent. 



Length, 4-5 mill. 



West Indies ; Brazil. 

 M. xulcata, d'Qrb. (fig. 25), is probably the same species, or 



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