50 Moll. 
MOLLDSCA. 
colour and sculpture described, resemblance to Miiroidea pointed out by 
Oarrett, J. of Conch, hi. pp. 69 & 70. E. v. Martens states that in the 
upper whorls D. edentulus more resembles Mitra ahbatis (Chemn.) than 
Conus mitratus (Hwass), to which it is likened by Weinkauif; Moll. 
Maur. p. 253. 
Turricula hicoloi\ Samoa and Paumotu Islands, castanea^ Samoa and 
Yit\, jdexicostata and pidchra, Paumotu and Yiti, festival fusco-nigra, hoyti^ 
instricta, peasii, propinqua, and unilineata, Viti, fiexicostata and modicella^ 
Paumotu, spp. nn., with descriptions or critical remarks concerning 
aurantia (Swains.) = pyramidalis (Reeve), angulosa (Martini ?, Reeve), 
cumingi (Reeve), cadaverosa (Reeve), diachroa (Adams & Reeve) = 
grcBffi (Crosse), discoloria (Reeve), exasperata (Chemn.), microzonias 
(Lam.), mille-costata (Swains.), micJiaui (Crosse & Fischer) = rigida 
(Reeve, nee Swains.) = dunheri (Schmeltz), vittatg, (Swains.), and 
zehuensis (Reeve ?) ; Garrett, J. of Conch, iii. pp. 36-63. 
Turricula {Thala) simulans, sp. n.. Martens, Moll. Maur. p. 255, pi. xx. 
fig. 16, Mauritius. 
Mitra {Turricula) rufo-filosa^ sp. n., E. A. Smith, J. L. S. xii. p. 548, 
pi. XXX. fig. 10, Solomon Islands. 
Strigatella zebra, sp. n., Garrett, 1. c. p. 35, Viti and Samoa Islands ; 
with critical notes concerning auriculoides, macidosa, and virgata (Reeve), 
and description of the living animal of acuminata (Swains.), brunnea 
(Pease), and columbelliformis (Kien.), pp. 32-35. Cf. supril, Mitra retusa. 
Cylindra nucea (Gronov.), colours of the living animal, and fenestrata 
(Lam.), description corrected ; id. 1. c. pp. 65 & 66. 
Imbricaria oliviformis (Swains.), colour of living animal; id. 1. c. p. 66. 
VOLUTIDA^. 
Voluta ruecheri var. n. ceraunia, Crosse, J. de Conch, xxviii. p. 148, 
pi. iv. fig. 1, New Britain. 
Voluta ellioti (Sow.). The dark lines, nearly straight in the greater 
part of the shell, become in one specimen suddenly zig-zag near the 
mouth ; this change is due to a former fracture of the shell afterwards 
healed over. Martens, SB. nat. Fr. 1880, pp. 67-69. 
Voluta {Aulica) bednalli, sp. n. (Brazier, MS.), Angas, P. Z. S. 1880, 
p. 418, pi. xl. fig. 1, Port Darwin, Torres Straits. 
CoLUMBELLIDiE. 
Columbella spirafella and cincinnata, spp. nn., alahastrum, and cumingi 
(Reeve), all from Mauritius, Martens, Moll. Maur. pp. 247 & 248, pi. xx. 
figs. 11-14. 
, Columbella carolince, sp. n., E. A. Smith, J. L. S. xii. [1876], p. 541, 
pi. XXX. fig. 9, Strong Island, Carolines. 
Columbella dictya, sp. n., J. E. Tenison Woods, P. R. Soc. Tasm. 1878 
[1879], p. 34, N. Tasmania. 
Columbella {Nitidella ?) dalli, sp. u., E. A. Smith, Ann. N. H. (5) vi. 
p. 287, Vancouver Island. 
