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gine dextro protracto, basali recedente, canali angusto perfo- 

 rato. Operculum fenue, corneum. 

 Long. 20-21|, diam. 6-7 ; ap. intus diam. 3|, cum perist. long. 

 6i-7 mill. 



ITab. Ad Bollegalle in vicinitate Kandy, insulse Ceylon, ubi coUegit 

 A. H. F. Blanford. 



I have much pleasure in dedicating this species to my excellent 

 friend Mr. Henry Blanford, who is so well known for his remarkable 

 contributions to our knowledge of Indian conchology. 



2. MiTRA CITHAROIDEA. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, solidula, confertim spiraliter costulata, 

 costulis incrementi striis inter dum interruptis, alba; spira co- 

 nica, apice acutiusculo ; sutura subcanaliculata ; anfr. 6, con- 

 vexiusculi, lente accrescentes, ultimus f longitudinis cequans, 

 bast attenuatus ; apertura angusta, labro simplici ; columella 

 4-plicata, non recurva. 



Hab. ? (^Mus. Cuming.). 



Nulla mihi nota est species descripta, quae forma huic accedat, 

 Adsunt in anfr. ultimo 35-40, in ceteris 8—10 costae satis regulariter 

 distantes. 



3. MiTRA LOWEI. 



Testa ovato-turrita, solidula, Icevis, nitida, aurantiaco-fulva, in- 

 terdum maculis albis conspersa ; spira conica, apice acuta; 

 sutura simplex; anfr. 6-7, modice convexi, lente accrescentes, 

 ultimus I longitudinis cequans, paullo ventrosior, basi attenua- 

 tus ; apertura rhombeo-ovata, labro simplici; columella 3- 

 plieata, vix recurva. 



Long 8^, diam. 3 ; ap. long. 4, lat. 2^ mill. 



Hab. x\d insulas Canarias {Mus. Hanley.). 



DiflPert a Mitra savignyi anfractibus Isevibus, convexis, lentius 

 accrescentibus, statura graciUore, colore etc. 



4. MUREX MACGILLIVRAYI. 



Testa clavata, solida, trifariam varicosa, confertim spiraliter 

 lirata, alba, liris flavescentibus ; spira globoso-turbinata, apice 

 acuto, luteo ; sutura impressa ; anfr. 7—8, inflati, supra medium 

 angulati, inter varices biplicati vel tuberculati ; varices validi, 

 compressi, in anfractibus superis spina unica curvata ascendente 

 ornati, in anfractu ultimo 4-spinosi, spina supera ascendente, 

 valida, mediis mediocribus, infima columellari recta transversa ; 

 apertura subcircularis, peristoma margine superiore breviter 

 adnato, late calloso, columellari late patente, mutico, dextro 

 lobato, inter spinas 2"" S'^'^que protracto ; cauda longa, recta. 



Long. 60, medio lat. 20, ap. diam. 11-12, cauda 30 mill, longa. 



Hab. Ad Lizard Islands A.\\s,ixdX\ie{Macgilliv7'ay in Mus. Guming.). 



Proxime accedit ad M. occam ; differt spira depressa, anfractibus 

 convexioribus, raricum forma, spinarum situ et numero etc. 



