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Melvill, Descriptions of Marine Mollusca. 



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 attenuata, sordide 

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

 Icevibus, sordide albis, cceteris obscure costatis, costis infra 

 suturas evanidis, ct spiraliter arctissimc liratis, litis pulchre 

 squamatis, ultimo anfractu expanso, apertura ovata, labro extns 

 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 lirse being 

 squamigerous. 



Mitra (Costellaria) stephanucha, sp. 110V. 



(PI. 6, f. 7). 



M. testa attenuata, fusiformi, solidiuscula, rufo-cinerea, 

 indistincte fasciata vel hie illic maculata, apice acutissimo, 

 anfractibus quatuordecim, gradahdis, supernis multicostidatis, 

 costulis simplicibus, quinque vel sex ultimis longitudinaliter 

 fortiter paucicostatis, costis infra, juxta suturas, angulatim 

 noduliferis, nodulis arctis, spiraliter coronatis, interstitiis 

 omnes apud anfractus inter costas spiraliter pun cto -liratis, 

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

 columella quadriplicata. 



Long. 42, lat. 12 mm. 



Hob. Persian Gulf, Muscat, &c. 



A very highly interesting Mitra; doubtless its affinities 

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



