260 Zoological Society. 



MiTRA MiLiTARis. Mitv. tcstd subfusiformi, hasi contractd, splrd 

 acuminatd, suturis subprofundis ; longitudinaliter costatd, costis 

 obtusiusculis, interstitiis transversim impresso-lineatis ; anfractibus 

 superne luteis, ultimo zond laid coccineo -rubra cingulato ; coin- 

 melld quadriplicatd, umbilicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 29. f. 236. 



Ilab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the sands) ; Cuming. 



Distinguished in part by the rich, broad, crimson-red band which 

 encircles the last whorl. 



Mitra tuberosa. Mitr. testd obtuso-conicd, crassd, obesd, spird 

 brevi, bast truncatd ; longitudinaliter plicato-costatd, costis rudibus, 

 subdistantibus, superne tuberculato-nodosis ; transversim lineari- 

 sulcatd, sulcis pertusis ; luteo-olivaced, aut fused, superne albd, basi 

 fused, albipunctatd ; columella quadriplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 237, a and b. 

 Hab. Island of Zebu, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



A small stout species, somewhat after the form of the Mitra pa- 

 triarchalis. 



Mitra forticostata. Mitr. testd abbreviato-ovatd, spird sub- 

 turritd ; anfractibus supern^ angulatis, infra angulum longitudina- 

 liter costatis, costis solidis fortissimis, distantibus, basim versus 

 subobsolete granosis ; nigerrimo-fuscd ; columella quadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 238. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Resembling Mitra ficulina, but of a much more solid and angular 

 structure. 



Mitra lota. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, spirce suturis impressis, 

 transversim subtilissime impresso-striatis, longitudinaliter concen- 

 trice costatd, costis basim versus granosis ; rufulo-aurantid, viridi- 

 fusco variegatd ; columelld triplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 239. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The painting of this species is of very irregular character. 



Mitra cons anguine a. Mitr. testd ovatd, solidiusculd, obesd, basim 

 versus contractd, spird obtuso-rotundatd ; transversim subtilissime 

 punctato-striatd, longitudinaliter confertim plicato-costatd, costis 

 inferne granosis ; rubidd, anfractibus maculis parvis rotundis in 

 medio uniseriatim cinctis ; columelld quadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 241. 



Hab. ? 



Allied in some measure to the Mitra pardalis. 



Mitra cremans. Mitr. testd obeso-ovatd, spird brevi, suturis 

 subimpressis ; Icevi, basim versus granosd, longitudinaliter subob- 

 lique plicatd ; nigerrimd, flammis rufo-aurantiis hie illic variegatd ; 

 columelld triplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi, 30. f. 242. 



