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38. Columbella (Mitrella) inscripta Brazier, 



Shell somewhat oblong, ovate, smooth, whitish, ornamented with a reddish brown 

 network, darker and broader towards the centre, whorls 7 slightly convex, suture im- 

 pressed, marked below with white ovate blotches, then small narrow ones having a trans- 

 versa chestnut line between every alternate one; spire lengthened, apex acute; aperture 

 long, wide, interior ivory- white, columella thickened, Taricose on the outside, having 3 

 prominent little tubercles on the inside; peristome arcuated, Upper part sinuated, denticu- 

 lated within ; canal short, narrow. 



Long. 8, diam. 4 mm. 



Columbella inscripta Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 230. 



Torres- Strasse. 



39. Columbella (Mitrella) mariae Brazier. 



Shell acicular, club-shaped, smooth, yellowish brown, minutely marked with oblong 

 white spots; whorls nine, flattened; centre of last encircled with a chain of brown and 

 white alternate spots, reappearing on the spire contiguous to the suture; below the suture 

 transparent; spire lengthened, apex acute; aperture long, narrow, peristome thin, thickened 

 behind, edgcd with brown, interior white, denticulated, sinuated at the upper part; colu- 

 mella varicose, canal short, recurved. 



Long. 10, diam. 4 mm. 



Columbella Mariae Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 280. 



Hall Sound, Neu Guinea. 



40. Columbella (Mitrella) pudica Brazier. 



Shell club-shaped, thinnish variously mottled with brown, sometimes having minute 

 white spots, or with white and brown flames above and below the suture; whorls 8 

 angularly spiral, convex, suture slightly tabled, transparent; spire long, apex white, acute; 

 columella curved, and varicose at the lower part; peristome thin at edge, very much 

 thickened within, having from two to three small obtuse teeth, sinuated above, canal short, 

 slightly recurved. 



Long. 6, diam. 2 mm. 



Columbella pudica Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 23L 



Darnley Island, Torres Strasse. 



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