268 Zoological Society. 



fuscdy apicem versus albicante, lineis duahus htteis cingulatd ; co- 

 lumelld quinqueplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 35. f. 294. 



Hub. ? 



A hard polished blackish brown shell, encircled with two distant 

 yellow lines. 



Mitra recurva. Mitr. testdfusiformi, bast attenuatd, subrecurvd ; 

 longitudinaliter granoso-liratd, transversim impresso-striatd ; ro- 

 saceo-purpurascente,fusco minutissime hie illic punctatd ; columelld 

 quadriplicatd ; labro incrassato. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra. pi. 36. f. 297. 



Hab, Island of Capul, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The minute granules with which the surface of this shell is longi- 

 tudinally sculptured have a semitransparent pearl-like appearance. 



Mitra incarnata. Mitr, testd oblongo-ovatd, spird breviusculd. 

 transversim elegantissirrie crebriliratd, longitudinaliter angisulcatd; 

 incarnatd ; columelld sexplicatd, aperturd longiusculd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra. pi. 36. f. 299. 



Hab. Cagayan, province of Misamis, island of Mindanao, Philip- 

 pines (dredged from sandy mud at the depth of five and twenty 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 



The sculpture of this delicately tinted shell is very elaborate. 



Mitra articulata. Mitr. testd abbreviato-fusiformi, subventri- 

 cosd; anfractibus liBvibus, longitudinaliter subobsolete plicatisy 

 medio leviter tuberculatis ; pallid^ rosaceo-coccined, zonuld albd 

 fusco articulatd cinctd ; columelld quadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 36. f. 302. 



Hab. } 



I have found no specimen approaching comparison with the one 

 above described, from the collection of Thomas Norris, Esq. 



Mitra festa. Mitr. testd pyramidali-ovatd, longitudinaliter ob- 

 tuso-costatd, costarum interstitiis transversim cancellatis ; eburned, 

 anfractu ultimo fascidlatd olivaceo-cinered, fusco indistincte punc- 

 tatd, cingulatd ; columelld quadriplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon. Mitra, pi. 36. f. 303. 



Hab. Puerto Galero, island of Mindoro, Philippines (found on the 

 sands) ; Cuming. 



A solid ivory-white shell, encircled with a dark band, which is 

 concealed in the upper part of the shell by the superposition of the 

 whorls. 



Mitra pinguis. Mitr. testd subobeso-ovatd, longitudinaliter sub- 

 oblique noduloso-costatd, transversim impresso-st?'iatd, sttms cre- 

 berrimis, an/ractds ultimi parte inferiori sulcatd ; albidd, fascid 

 unicd fuscescente cingulatd; columelld quadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 36. f. 304. 



Hab. Puerto Galero, island of Mindoro, Philippines ; Cuming. 



The last whorl of this shell exhibits a peculiarity of structure 



