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Genus Ericusa, H. and A. Adam 1858. 



Ericusa sowerbyi, Kiener. 



1839. Voliita sowerhyi, Kr. Coq. Viv., p. 47, pi. 50. 

 1898. Voluta fusiformis, Swainson. Prit. and Gat., these 

 Proc, V. X., p. 283. 



Ericusa papillosa, Swainson. 



1898. Voluta papulosa, Sw. Prit. and Gat., these Proc. 



V. X., p. 282. 



Genus Mitra, Martyn, 1784. 

 MiTRA ANALOGiCA, Recvc, var. viNCTA, A. Adams. 



1854. Volutomitra vincta, A. Ad. P.Z.S., Lend., p. 134. 

 1874. Mitra vincta, A. Ad. Sowb. Thes. Con., v. IV., 



p. 25, pi. 23, f. 520, 521. 

 1876. Mitra teresiae, Ten.-Wds. P.R.S., Tas., p. 140. 



1901. Ttirris vincta, A. Ad. Tate and May, P.L.S., 



N.S.W., V. XXVI., p. 361. 



Hab. — Coast generally. 



Obs. — Our identification was confirmed on comparison with 

 specimens in the British Museum. This variety and the following 

 species are closely allied, but M. vincta may be distinguished by 

 the absence of the longitudinal ribs on the later whorls. 



Mitra tatei, Angas. 



1878. Mitra tatei, Ang. P.Z.S., Lond., p. 861, pi. 54, 



f. 8. 



1879. Mitra weldii, Ten.-Woods. P.R.S., Tas. for 1877, 



p. 93. 



1899. Tiirricula tasmanica, Ten.-Wds. Prit. and Gat., 



these Proc, v. XI., for 1898, p. 188. 



1902. Mitra tasmanica, Ten.-Wds. var. May. P.R.S. Tas., 



p.l09, f. 2. 



Hab. — Coast generally. 



Obs. — We have been kindly favoured by the Tasmanian 

 Museum with the loan, for examination, of the card on which are 

 four shells, in the form of a square; the upper one on the right 

 is what has been decided upon as the type of Mitra tasmanica, the 

 upper one on the left is the shell Tenison- Woods alludes to as 

 i^ariety a. This is a very distinct species, and is figured by May, 



