266 MANUILIA. 



Daphnella bella, Pease (unfigured), and PL rjemmulata, Desh. 

 (PI. 22. fig. 51), are synonyms. 



M. GIBBOSA, Reeve. PL 24, figs. 24, 25. 



Whorls nodulous at the shoulder, smooth, ribs slightly 



flexuous ; ashy white, encircled by faint orange-brown lines, 



back stained with pale black at the upper part. Length, 7 mill. 



Philippines, on the reefs (Cuming) ; Swan River, Australia. 



M. Novae-Hollandide, Reeve (fig. 25), appears to be only a 

 variation of the main characters of this shell. 



M. CINNAMOMEA, Hinds. PL 27, fig. 17. 



Shouldered, plicately ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated ; 

 cinnamon-colored, narrowly white-banded. Length, 13 mill. 



New Guinea, Straits of Macassar, and Malacca. 



M. PELLUCIDA, Reeve. PL 24, fig. 31 ; PL 22, fig. 63. 



Shell ovate, attenuated at both ends, smooth, transparent, 

 shining, longitudinally closely ribbed, whitish, brown at the 

 base, sometimes with three narrow, interrupted bands. 

 Length, 5 mill. 



Habitat unknown (Reeve) ; Darnley Isl., 



Australia (Brazier) ; Philippines (Ad. and Reeve). 

 M. trivittata, Ad. and Reeve (PL 22, fig. 63), appears to be a 

 banded form of this species. 



M. DEBELICTA, Reeve. PL 24, fig. 30 ; PL 23, fig. 96. 

 Longitudinally strongly ribbed, transversely obsoletely striated ; 



light brown. Length, 7 mill. 



Habitat unknown. 



"A strong ribbed species of ordinary form," says Reeve. I 

 do not find any sufficiently distinctive characters in either the 

 description or figure of M. Zebuensis, Reeve (PL 23, fig. 96), 

 from the Philippines. 



M. APICATA, Gray. PL 15, fig. 32. 



Whorls concavely flattened above a fine keel, uodoselj 7 plaited 

 beneath, plaits fading away towards the lower part ; transversely 

 impri'ssly striated ; pale yellow, reddish at the apex. 



Length, 7 mill. 



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