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medio anfractumn omtiii/m apiid angulos costarum distinctioribiis, 

 canali producto, aperfurce fance intiis fortiter costulata, albida, 

 columella qu ad ri plica fa. 

 Long.: 2^; Lilt.: |^ unc. 

 Hah. : Mauritius. 



Shell rufous-brown or Indian-red in hue, elegantly fusiform, turreted, 

 somewhat solid, possessed of ten whorls, all regularly ornamented 

 with thick longitudinal ribs, crossed transversely (excepting at the 

 sutures, where the shell is smooth) with equidistant filamentous lirae. 

 The canal is produced, the mouth distinctly ribbed within, the colu- 

 mella four-plaited, white. There exists some little resemblance to 

 Fasciolaria filamentosa Lamarck, in miniature, or, among the Latiri, 

 to L. gracilis Reeve, and especially L. concentricus, also of Reeve, 

 next which it must be placed. The specimen, at present the only 

 one known, is recorded as coming from the Island of Mauritius, 

 from whence also about a score of other species of the genus are 

 derived, many among the most brightly coloured and select in design. 

 It has never as yet been figured, and I am glad to be able to rectify 

 this omission at the present opportunity. I do not think it can be 

 mistaken for any other species. I consider it the finest Lafirus I 

 have been privileged to describe. The type is in my collection, being, 

 as just observed, unique. 



16. Latirus pulleinei Verco. 

 Lntirus pulleinei Jos. C. Verco, Trans. Royal Soc, S. Australia, 

 p. 90, pi. i., fig. I, la, lb (1895). 

 The following is an abbreviated description taken from the 

 original. 



