268 MANG1LIA. 



M. FUSIFORMIS, Reeve. PI. 23, fig. 2. 



Yellowish white, stained or interruptedly fasciated with orange- 

 brown. Length, 15 mill. 



Philippines, coarse sand, 10 fms. (Cuming). 



M. LYRICA, Reeve. PI. 24, fig. 21. 



Whorls not shouldered ; lightly longitudinally ribbed, crossed 

 by revolving elevated striae ; light brown, indistinctly banded 

 with orange-brown. Length, 11 mill. 



Philippines. 



Lightly ribbed, and more attenuated towards the base than 

 the allied forms. 



M. TURRICULA, Reeve. PI. 24, fig. 23. 



Sutures deep ; shoulder very narrow ; whorls rather flat ; 

 whitish, sometimes with a central brown band, with fine brown 

 revolving lines, invisible except with a lens. Length, 12 mill. 



Philippin es , Mauritiu s. 

 M. BICOLOR, Reeve. PI. 26, fig. 65. 



Interstices of the ribs very finely transversely striated ; whitish 

 above, but most of the body-whorl lead-color. 

 Length, 11 mill. 



Darnley Isl., N. Australia (Brazier) ; 



Philippin es ( C uming ) . 

 The coloring has probably faded from chocolate. 



M. DIGITALIS, Reeve. PI. 2T, fig. 24. 



Shell solid, granosely cancellated, yellowish white, with narrow 

 brown sutural and peripheral bands. Length, 7 mill. 



Hdb. unknown (Reeve) ; Solomon Is. (E. A. Smith). 



M. TRITICEA, Kiener. PI. 25, fig. 51 ; PI. 21, fig. 14. 



Longitudinal ribs oblique, transverse striae very fine but 

 distinct, inner and outer lips both corrugated ; whitish, with a 

 broad central brown band on the back of the body-whorl, which 

 when the shell is worn appears as a spot. Length, 10 mill. 



Indian Ocean (Kiener) ; Polynesia ( Pease). 



Pease changed M. triticea, Reeve, to angiostoma, believing the 

 species distinct from the Indian Ocean form described and 

 figured under the name of triticea by Kiener. I cannot detect 

 distinguishing characters, however ; moreover Kiener's locality 



