Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. 187 



1874. Mitra nigra, Sowerby. Thes. Conch., vol. iv., p. 



6, pi. 352, f. 4. 

 1882. Mitra melaniana, Tryon. Man. Conch., vol. i\-., 

 p. 127, pi. 37, f. 118. 

 Hab. — Point Roadknight ; The Nobbies, Phillip Island ; and 

 Western Port. 



Obs. — Reeve refers to Yoluta nigra, Chemnitz, Conch,, vol. 

 X., p. 168. Tryon states : " Sowerby and Reeve call this species 

 M. nigra, Chemnitz, but the figures in that scarcely-quotable 

 author do not indicate this shell." As we cannot refer to the 

 work by Chemnitz, we cite the shell as above. 



Mitra badia, Reeve. 



1844. Mitra badia, Reeve. P.Z.S. Lond., p. 181. 



1844. Mitra badia, Reeve. Conch. Icon., vol. ii., pi. 20, 



f. 157. 

 1874. Mitra badia, Sowerby. Thes. Conch., vol. iv., pi. 



363, f. 181. 

 1882. Mitra badia, Tryon. IMan. Conch., vol. iv., p. 127, 

 pi. 37, f. 112. 

 Hab. — Coast generally. 



Obs. — The animal is opaque white. Specimens of what we 

 consider to be a white variety of the above species have been 

 obtained at Port Fairy by Rev. W. T. Whan. When living, it 

 has a thin olive-brown epidermis. 



Mitra rosette, Augas. 



1865. Mitra losetta;, Angas. P.Z.S. Lond , p. 55, pi. 2, 



f. 6. 

 1874. ]\litra rosetta^, Sowerby. Thes. Conch., vol. iv., 



p. 5, pi. 357, f. 339. 

 1882. Mitra rosettse, Tryon. Man. Conch., vol, iv., p. 

 121, pi. 35, f. 64. 

 Hab. — Point Roadknight ; Airey's Inlet ; Apollo Bay. 

 Obs. — This species is closely allied to M. badia, but may be 

 distinguished by its spiral whorls being more flattened, the body 

 whorl more ventricose, and also by the lighter coloured longi- 

 tudinal markings on the upper portion of the whorls. We have 

 rarely found it on our coast, but M. badia is common. 



