268 MANGILIA. 



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



Yellowish white, stained or interruptedly fasciated with orange- 

 brown. Length, 15 mill. 



Philippines, coarse sand, 10 fms. (C inning). 



M. LYRICA, Reeve. PL 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. TURRTCULA, Reeve. PL 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. 



Philippines, Mauritius. 

 M. BICOLOR, Reeve. PL 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) ; 



Philippines (Cuming). 

 The coloring has probably faded from chocolate. 



M. DIGITALIS, Reeve. PL 27, fig. 24. 



Shell solid, granosely cancellated, yellowish white, with narrow 

 brown sutural and peripheral bands. Length, 7 mill. 



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



M. TRITICEA, Kiener. PL 25, fig. 51 ; PL 27, 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, ^vliich 

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

 Indian Ocean (Kiener); Polynesia (Pr 



Pease changed M. triticea, Reeve, to anyiostoma, 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 



