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4- Strigatella paiiperciUa Linne. PL XXIII, fig. 5. 



LlNNE. Syst. Nat. Ed. X, p. 731, N^ 359. 

 > KlENER. Coq. Viv. Vol. II, Mitra, p. 48, PL 15, fig. 48. 



KiJSTER. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Volutacea, p. 71, PL 13, fig. 9 lO; 



PL 26, fig. 9, 10. 

 Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. II, Mitra, fig. 84. 



SowERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. IV, p. 19, PL 21, fig. 428, 429. 

 Tryon. Man. of Conch. Vol. IV, p. 156, PL 46, fig. 340. 



Stat. 34. Labuan Pandan, Lombok. 18 M. Coralreef. i Spec. 



Stat. 37. Sailus ketjil, Paternoster-islands. Up to 27 M. Coral and coralsand. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 50. Bay of Badjo, West coast of Flores. Up to 40 M. Mud, sand and shells, i Spec. 



Stat. 51. Madura-bay. Reef. 2 Spec. 



Stat. 53. Bay of Nangamessi, Sumba. Up to 36 M. Coralsand. i Spec. 



Stat. 86. Dongala, Palos-bay, Celebes. Reef, i Spec. 



Stat. 131. Beo, Karakelang-islands. 13 M. Mud and sand. 4 Spec. 



Stat. 240. Banda. Reef, i Spec. 



The specimens vary in size and markings, that from Stat. 34 is less smooth than those 

 from the other localities. 



As far as I am aware the radula of Strigatella has not yet been described. It is 

 tridentate and has 64 rows. The median tooth (M) has a broad base, slightly curved in front, 

 strongly so behind, with 5 cusps, which are considerably longer than the base, three of them 

 are long and a shorter one stands on each side; the laterals (i) are comblike; with 14 cusps, of 

 which the 7 proximal ones are longer than the base, the 7 distal ones become gradually shorter. 

 As will be seen by comparing the figures with those of Troschel (Gebiss der Schnecken, 

 Vol. II, PI. 6), the differences with the radulae of typical Mitrae f. i. fig. 5 and 6 are not 

 overwhelming and even less than between species still belonging to Mitra (cfr. M. Mariae). 



5. Strigatella zebra (Lamarck?) Sowerby. 



SowERBY. Thes. Conchyl. Vol. IV, p. 19, PL 21, fig. 444, 445. 



Stat. 129. Kawio- and Kamboling-islands, Karkaralong-group. Reef. 4 Spec. 



The specimens perfectly agree with the quoted figures of Sowerby's M. zebra Lam., 

 but Lamarck (An. s. vert. Vol. X, p. 332) enumerates zebra as a synonym oi M. pauper cil la 

 and most authors (Reeve, Tryon) do the same. Hidalgo however (Cat. Mol. Test. Filipinas, 

 p. 67) quotes '^ zebra Lam. (Sowerby, Mitra, fig. 444 and 445)"; as the specimens do not exactly 

 agree with any other figured form, I have recorded them with Sowerby's name, though I am 

 not satisfied that the question is settled. 



6. Strigatella retusa Lamarck. 



Lamarck. An. s. vert. Ed. II, Vol. X, p. 336. 



Kiener. Coq. Viv. Vol. II, Mitra, p.' 49, PL 15, fig. 49. 



KiJSTER. Martini-Chemn. Conch. Cab. Ed. II, Vol. V, Volutacea, p. 86, PL 15, fig. 13, 14. 



Reeve. Conch. Ic. Vol. II, Mitra, fig. 199. 



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