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jap. name, Nishiki-hitachi-obi n. n. 



Loc, Kii ; Japan Sea (Dunker). 

 Lyria rex n. sp. pi. xxxiii, fig. 129. 



Shell large, fusiform, thick and solid, spire as long as the 

 aperture. The embryonic apex 1 is small and consists of 1 J/£ 

 smooth rounded whorls. Whorls 9^, slightly convex ; suture 

 shallow; plica? strong and distant, usually 12 in number, slight- 

 ly swollen below the suture and disappearing at the base. 

 Above the siphonal fasciolc there are some indications of spiral 

 striae. Aperture narrow, posterioly acute and slightly channel- 

 led ; canal short, spout-shaped and slightly reflexed ; outer lip 

 very thick with a varix ; columella concave above, oblique and 

 straight below ; on the columellar callous there are 10 transverse 

 plica?, the seventh, the eighth and the nineth are large and 

 strong, the first and the last are moderate, and remaining five 

 are small and closely crowded. 



The specimens show no color, but with some traces of 

 equally distant revolving lines and a shoulder zone. 



Length 84, diam. 25 mm. ; aperture 40 mm. long. 



Kikai-ga-shima, Osumi ; fossil in a Pliocene (?) deposit. 



This large mitriform species differs from L. beaui Fischer 

 and Bernardi in its greater size, higher spire, less convex whorls 

 and much narrower base. (Jap. name, O-suji-bora n. n.) 

 Lyria cassidula Reeve, pi. xxxiii, fig. 128. 



Tryon, Man. Conch, vol. iv, p. 103, pi. 31, fig. 138. 

 Dunker, Index, pi. ii, figs. 10-13. 

 Jap. name, Sitji-bora, Rop.-kai. 



Toe., Hizen ; Kii ; Boshu ; Sagami ; Ogasawara, & etc. 

 Lyria mitrcefonnis kikaiensis n. subsp. pi. xxxiii, fig. 130." 



Shell similar to L. mitraformis of Australia, but differing 

 in having smaller size, lower spire, more convex last whorl, and 

 more shallow suture. 



Length 39.5, diam. 19.5, length of aperture 20 mm. 



26.5, „ 13, ,, „ 13.5 mm. 3 



1 See the figure in the description in Japanese, page 218. 



2, 3 Smaller specimen, see the figure in the description in Japanese, page £19. 



