JNI I T R A australis. 

 New Holland Mitre. 



M. (Div. Q) testa levissima ; spird elongatd ; anfractibus hasi ca&taneo-fuscis ; 

 fascia alba in basali anfractu, centrali. Columella i-plicata. 



Shell very smooth. Spire elongated, chesnut-brown ; base of the spiral 

 volutions with a wliitish band, which is central on the basal whorl. 

 Pillar four-plaited. 



Dead shells of this new ^litre were received from ^ an Die- 

 man's Land by Mr. Humphrey: it is perfectly destitute of 

 striffi, excepting a few faint ones at the base : the mouth, which 

 is smooth inside, appeared in the few specimens he had, to be 

 unformed ; it is, however, sufficiently distinct from any oUier. 



