6 Melvill, Descriptions of Marine Molhisca. 



versally known for successful scientific investigations 

 conducted both in the Eastern and Western hemispheres. 

 A great many specimens. 



CORALLIOPHILA PERSICA, Sp. 110V. (PL 6, f. 4). 



C. testa pyramidata, fusiformi, utrinque attennata, sordide 

 .alba, anfractibus septem, quorum apicalibus duobus, minutis, 

 Icevibus, sordide albis, ceteris obscure costatis, costis infra 

 suturas evanidis, et spiraliter arctissime liratis, liris pidchre 

 squamatis, ultimo anfractu expanso, apertura ovata, labro extus 

 effuso, parum incrassato, columella simplice, canali producto, 

 recto. 



Long. 15, lat. 6*50 mm. 



Hob. Persian Gulf. 



A fusiform shell, much attenuate both apically and at 

 the base. Seven-whorled, dirty-white, the whorls obscurely 

 ribbed, and transversely beautifully lirate, the lirae being 

 squamigerous. 



Mitra (Costellaria) stephanucha, sp. nov. 

 (PL 6, f. 7). 



M. testa attennata, fusiformi, solidiuscida, rufo-cinerea, 

 indistinctc fasciata vel hie illic macidata, apice actitissimo, 

 anfractibus quatuordecim, gradatulis, supernis midticostidatis, 

 costulis simplicibus, quinque vel sex tdtimis longitudinalitcr 

 fortiter paucicostatis, costis infra, juxta suturas, angtdatim 

 noduliferis, uodidis arctis, spiraliter coronatis, inter stitiis 

 nines apud anfr actus inter costas spiraliter pun cto -liratis, 

 apertura angusta, oblonga, labro extus tenui, intus striato, 

 columella quadriplicata. 



Long. 42, lat. 12 mm. 



Hab. Persian Gulf, Muscat, &c. 



A very highly interesting Mitra ; doubtless its affinities 

 are with M. mucronata Swn., and its allies, e.g., M. 



