MITRA.— Plate VIII. 



islands of Zebu and Bunas under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 

 This species approximates in some measure to the 

 Mitra plicata ; the differences are however fully exhi- 

 bited in the accompanying figures. 



Species 55. (Fig. a, Mus. Cuming; Fig. b and c, Mus. 

 Norris.) 



Mitra vulpecula. Mitr. testd obeso-fusiformi, spirit 

 acuminata ; anfractibus transversim impresso-striatis, 

 superne interdum lieviusculis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis rudibus, obtusis, anfractus ultimi interdum sub- 

 evauidis ; albidd aut lutescente-aurantid, fusco plus 

 minusve fasciatd, taniis pal/ide rubris interdum cin- 

 gulatd, apice basique nigricantibus ; columelld qua- 

 driplicatd, superne nigro tinctd. 



The little fox Mitre. Shell stoutly fusiform, spire 

 acuminated ; whorls transversely impressly striated, 

 sometimes smooth towards the upper part, longitu- 

 dinally ribbed, ribs rude, obtuse, of the last whorl 

 sometimes indistinct ; whitish or yellowish orange, 

 more or less banded with brown, sometimes en- 

 circled with pale reddish fillets, base and apex 

 blackish ; columella four-plaited, stained at the 

 upper part with black. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert, vol. vii. p. 309. 

 Valuta vulpecula, Linnaeus. 



Fig. 55 c. Mitra melongena, Kiener (not of Lamarck). 



Hub. Philippine Islands (found under stones and on 

 mud-banks at low water) ; Cuming. 

 This most variable of species may be distinguished by 



its rude obtuse ribs ; another characteristic feature is the 



black stain upon the body whorl where the outer lip 

 joins with the columella. 



Species 56. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra plicata. Mitr. testd ovato-fusiformi, spird acu 

 minato-turritd ; anfractibus superne subangulato-de- 

 pressis, longitudinaliter plicato-costatis, costis remo 

 tiusculis, superne obtuso-mucronatis ; albidd aut hi 

 tescente, balteolo nigerrimo-fusco, costas super inter 

 rupto, infra unguium cingulata, anfractu ultimo :071a 

 nigerrimo-fuscd latiusculd ornato ; columelld quadi 

 plicata. 

 The plaited Mitre. Shell ovately fusiform, spire 

 acuminately turreted ; whorls rather angularly de- 

 pressed at the upper part, longitudinally plicately 

 ribbed, ribs rather distant, bluntly pointed at the 

 top ; whitish or yellowish, encircled beneath the 

 angle with a narrow blackish brown belt, inter- 

 rupted by the interposition of the ribs, last whorl 

 ornamented with a rather broad blackish brown 

 zone ; columella four-plaited. 

 Turricula plicata, Klein, Rumphius. 

 Voluta plicaria, Linnwus. 

 Mitra plicaria, Lamarck. 

 Mitra vulpecula var. Gray. 

 Hab. Islands of Ticao and Guimaras, Philippines (found 

 under stones on the reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 

 It is not usual to allow any priority in name beyond 

 that of Linnseus, as the great founder of the binominal 

 form of nomenclature ; I retain, however, the more an- 

 cient specific termination in this instance because it is 

 better Latin, and ought never to have been changed. 



