MITRA.— Plate XII. 



Species 86. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra nucea. Mitr . testd oblongo-ovatd, crassissimd, 

 solidd, spird brevi, apice parvo, acuto ; lavigatd, 

 longitudinaliter subobsolet'e striata; albd, undique 

 seriatim nigro-punctatd, punctis remotiusculis, sub- 

 obscuris, fasciis nigris duabus snbindistinctis cingu- 

 latd; columella sexplicatd ; apertures fauce pallide 



The nut Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, very thick, solid, 

 spire short, apex small, acute ; smooth, longitudi- 

 nally rather obsoletely striated ; white, marked 

 throughout with rather distant obscure rows of 

 black dots, encircled with two somewhat indistinct 

 black bands ; columella six-plaited ; interior of the 

 aperture flesh-tinted. 

 Voluta nucea, Gronovius Zoophylacium, part iii. 



pi. 18. f. 11. 

 Mitra olivaria, Lamarck. 

 Hab. New Zealand. 



This fine species was described and figured by Grono- 

 vius under the name of Voluta nucea long before any ac- 

 count of it was published by Lamarck. 



Species 87. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra obesa. Mitr. testd abbreviato-ovatd, solidd, su- 

 perne valde obesd, spird brevissimd, sulcis spiralibus 

 et radiantibus decussatim impressd ; anfraclu ultimo 

 basim versus sulcata, supra lavigato ; albd, lineis ru- 

 bido-fuscis remotiusculis ciugulatd, epidermide vividi 

 viridescente omnino indutd ; columella sexplicatd. 



The stout Mitre. Shell shortly ovate, solid, very 

 stout round the upper part, spire very short, decus- 

 sately impressed with spiral and radiating grooves ; 

 last whorl strongly grooved towards the base, 

 smooth above ; white, encircled with rather distant 

 reddish brown lines, entirely covered with a bright 

 greenish epidermis ; columella six-plaited. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. ? 



I have no information concerning the locality of this 



extremely interesting species, of which there is another 



example in the collection of Thomas Norris, Esq. 



Species 88. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra dactylus. Mitr. testd abbreviato-ovatd, solidd, 

 spird brevissimd, subdecussatd ; laevigata, striis pro- 

 fundi impressis obscuri punctatis undique ciugulatd ; 

 albidd, cariieo-fusccscente nebulosd ; columella sex- 

 plicatd. 



The date Mitre. Shell shortly ovate, solid, spire 

 very short, slightly decussated ; smooth, encircled 

 throughout with deeply impressed obscurely punc- 

 tured striae ; whitish, clouded with light fleshy 

 brown ; columella six-plaited. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 314. 

 Voluta dactylus, Linnaeus. 



Hab. Island of Bohol, Philippines (found on the reefs) ; 

 Cuming. 

 This species is strongly characterized by the impressed 



transverse lines. 



