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38. Columbella (Mitrella) inscripta Brazier. 
Shell somewhat oblong, ovate, smooth, whitish, ornamented with a reddish brown 
network, darker and broader towards the centre, whorls 7 slightly convex, suture im- 
pressed, marked below with white ovate blotches, then small narrow ones having a trans- 
verse chestnut line between every alternate one; spire lengthened, apex acute; aperture 
long, wide, interior ivory- white, coluraella thickened, varicose on the outside, having 3 
prominent little tubercles on the inside; peristome arcuated, upper part sinuated, denticu- 
lated within; canal short, narrow. 
Long. 8, diara. 4 mm. 
Columbella inscripta Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 230. 
Torres- Strasse. 
39, Columbella (Milreil a) mariae Brazier. 
Shell acicular, club-shaped, smooth, yellowish brown, minutely marked with oblong 
white spots; whorls nine, flattened; centre of last encircled with a chain of hrown and 
white alternate spots, reappearing on the spire contiguous to the suture; below the suture 
transparent; spire lengthened, apex acute; aperture long, narrow, peristome thin, thickened 
behind, edged with brown, interior white, denticulated, sinuated at the upper part; colu- 
mella varicose, canal short, recurved. 
Long. 10, diam. 4 mm. 
Columbella Mariae Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 230. 
Hall Sound, Heu Guinea. 
40. Columbella (Mitrella) pudica Brazier. 
Shell club-shaped, thinnish variously mottled with brown, sometimes having minute 
white spots, or with white and brown flames above and below the suture; whorls 8 
angularly spiral, convex, suture slightly tabled, transparent; spire long, apex white, acute; 
coluraella curved, and varicose at the lower part; peristome thin at edge, very much 
thickened within, having from two to three small obtuse teeth, sinuated above, canal short, 
slightly recurved. 
Long. 6, diam. 2 mm. 
Columbella pudica Brazier Pr. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales I p. 231. 
Darnley Island, Torres Strasse. 
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