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et paullulum excavatis, in uno specimine liris ultimum apud anfractum 

 plus minus obliteratis, apertura angusta, oblonga, labro crassiusculo, 

 intus nitente, brunneo, crenulato, columella triplicata. Long. 15, 

 lat. 8 mm. 



Shell ovate-oblong, thick, with obtuse and very frequently eroded 

 apex, whorls seven to eight, not very shining, blackish-brown, solid, 

 closely spirally roundly Urate, the two lirse contiguous to and just 

 below the sutures are more conspicuous and acute, the remainder, 

 towards the centre of the last whorl, are more obtuse and often 

 obscure, those at the base are, again, clearer and excavately acute. 

 In one specimen the lirae on the last whorl are not well defined. 

 The mouth is oblong, narrow ; outer lip thickened, crenulate within, 

 brownish, shining, columella thrice-plaited. 



Allied to M. pediculns, Lara., M. rotundilirata, Eeeve, M. tahanula, 

 Lam., and M. Caledonica, Petit, all four being considered by Tryon 

 (Man. Conch., ser. i, vol. iv, p. 146) to be forms of one species, but, 

 we think, on insufficient data. From all of them it differs in the 

 ovate-oblong shape, the character of the revolving lirae, and the 

 peculiarity of outer lip. We have much pleasure in connecting 

 with this species the name of our friend Mr. Herbert Bury. 



17. MiTKA (Chrysame) nana, Reeve. A few examples. We 

 consider this species to be more nearly allied to M. crassa, Swn., than 

 to M. aurantia, Gmel., but it is difficult to draw a hard and fast line. 



18. MiTEA (Chrysame) procissa. Reeve. A large form of a 

 handsome Chrysame, which we have received not uncommonly from 

 Mauritius. 



19. MiTEA (Chrysame) tiaeella, A. Ad. Common throughout the 

 East. We have especially fine examples from Lifu, ITew Caledonia 

 (Hadfield). Tryon (Man. Conch., ser. i, vol. iv, p. 149) considers this 

 to be "only a small form of M. coronata. Lam.," but we think it quite 

 distinct, and never have any difficulty in recognizing it, nor have we 

 ever noted any intermediate forms. 



20. Mitra (Steigatella) pauperctjla. Lam., var. ? zebra, Lam. 

 Some confusion exists between this species and M. virgata, Reeve ; 

 and, to make matters worse, M. zehra, Lam., having been considered 

 the variety which linked them together, Garrett described a new 

 species under the name of M. %elra (Journ. Conch., vol. iii, 1880, p. 35), 

 which, from the description, no fignre being given, most probably 

 comes into the synonymy of this species. 



21. MiTEA (Steigatella) amphorella, Lam. Perhaps, as sug- 

 gested by Tryon (Man. Conch., ser. i, vol. iv, p. 155) a variety of 

 M. scutulata, Lam., but, if so, it is a very constant form, and at 

 present our idea is to keep it distinct. Both the style of its coloration 

 and its form are peculiar, and the like is the case with M. decurtaia, 

 Reeve, which Tryon (loc. cit.) also merges in 31. scutulata with other 

 forms, in rather a wholesale manner. M. amphorella occurs commonly 

 in the Philippines, and ranges through the Pacific. Our examples are 

 fine, varying from 23 to 35 mm. in length. 



