MITRA.— Plate IX. 



Species 61. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra fulgurita. Mitr. testd cylindraceo-elongatd, 

 subangustd, transversim impresso-striatd, striis punc- 

 turatis ; pallide spadiceo-fulvd, strigis angustis albis 

 longitudinalibus ornatd ; columella quinqueplicatd, 

 subumbilicatd. 

 The blasted Mitre. Shell cylindrically elongated, 

 rather narrow, transversely impressly striated, striae 

 punctured; pale yellowish bay, ornamented with 

 white narrow longitudinal streaks ; columella five- 

 plaited, slightly umbilicated. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. ■ ? 



An interesting new species, marked with white light- 

 ning-like longitudinal streaks. 



Species 62. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra granulosa. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovutd, spird 

 iiciimiiinto-turritii, suturis subprofundis ; (wfractibus 

 /iris granulosis confertim decussatis ; columella qua- 

 driplicatd, subumbilicatd ; aperturd breriuscu/d. 



The granulous Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, spire 

 acuminately turreted, sutures rather deep ; whorls 

 closely decussated with granular ridges ; columella 

 four-plaited, slightly umbilicated ; aperture rather 

 short. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 304. 



Hab. Island of St. Vincent, Caribbees, West Indies 

 (found on the reefs) ; Guikling. 

 The figure in Martyn's ' Universal Conchology,' f. 19, 



to which Lamarck and Kiener refer for this species, is 



evidently one of a much larger kind, for which see 



PI. II. f. 10. 



Species 63. (Mus. Norris.) 

 Mitra cinctella. Mitr. testd fusiformi, spird acumi- 

 nato-turritd ; anfractibus superne angulatis, trans- 



versim impresso-striatis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis ad angulum tuberculatis, anfractus ultimi in- 

 fern'e evanidis; alba, zonis lividis lineisque, aliis rubris, 

 aliis cteruleis, cinctd ; columelld qaadriplicatd. 



The encircled Mitre. Shell fusiform, spire acumi- 

 nately turreted ; whorls angulated at the upper 

 part, transversely impressly striated, longitudinally 

 ribbed, ribs tuberculated on the angle, ribs of the 

 last whorl rather indistinct towards the base ; 

 white, encircled with livid zones, and lines, some 

 of which are red, some blue ; columella four-plaited. 



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

 Mitra vulpeeula var. Gray. 



Hab. Molluccas. 



A well-defined and characteristic species. 



Species 64. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra lignaria. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, crassivs- 

 culd, spird acuminato-productd ; anfractibus stipend 

 depressis, longitudinaliter subobliqu'c obtuso-costatis, 

 transversim subtilitcr lira/is, /iris binis ; rubido-au- 

 rantid, epidermide fused indutd ; columella qaadri- 

 plicatd ; aperturd breviusculd . 



The wooden Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, rather thick, 

 spire acuminately produced ; whorls depressed at 

 the upper part, longitudinally rather obliquely ob- 

 tusely ribbed, transversely finely ridged, ridges in 

 pairs ; reddish orange, covered with a brown epi- 

 dermis ; columella four-plaited ; aperture rather 

 short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. St. Elena, West Columbia (dredged from rocky 

 ground at the depth of about fourteen fathoms) ; 

 Cuming. 



This shell has somewhat the character of the Mitra 

 rupicola found in the same locality ; the spire is how- 

 ever longer, the aperture consequently shorter, and the 

 sculpture is of a different character. 



