MITRA.— Plate XIV. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



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

 Cuming. 

 The Mitra pullata is exactly intermediate between 

 the Mitra balteolata and plicata, differing sufficiently 

 from both to constitute a distinct species. 



Species 103. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra annulata. Mitr. testd cylindraceo-ovatd, spird 

 hrcvi, acntissimd : anfractibus transversim costatis, 

 cos/is angustis, actitis, confertis, annuliformibus, al- 

 ternis minoribus, interstitiis longitudinaliter cancel- 

 latis ; columella quinqueplicatd ; aperturd longius- 



Cll/li . 



The ringed Mitre. Shell cylindrically ovate, spire 

 short, very sharp ; whorls transversely ribbed, ribs 

 narrow, sharp, close-set, ring-like, alternate ribs 

 smaller, interstices longitudinally cancellated ; co- 

 lumella five-plaited ; aperture rather long. 

 Mitra nitens, Kiener (not of Risso, nor Blainville), 

 Iconographie Coq. viv., p. 113. pi. 29. f. 9G. 



Hab. Zanzibar, east coast of Africa. 



The entire surface of this species is encircled with 



sharp, close-set, ring-like ribs. 



Specie- 104. (Fig. a, Mus. Norris ; Fig. b, Mus. Cu- 

 ming.) 



Mitra coronata. Mitr. testd ovato-fusiformi, anfrae- 

 tibus transversim liratis, liris plus minusve plano- 

 obtusis. interstitiis punctiiratis, (infract uiim limbo su- 

 perior? irregulariter crenato-coronato ; fused out ru- 

 bido-fuscd, sparsim albipunctatd, balteo favicante 

 unico angusto infra cremlas albas limbi coronati 

 plerumque cingulatd; columelld quinqueplicatd. 



The coronated Mitre. Shell ovately fusiform, whorls 

 transversely ridged, ridges more or less flatly obtuse, 

 interstices punctured, upper edge of the whorls 

 irregularly crenately coronated ; brown or reddish 

 brown, dotted here and there with white, generally 

 encircled with a single narrow yellowish belt be- 

 neath the white crenules of the coronated edge ; 

 columella five-plaited. 

 Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 317. 



Voluta coronata, Chemnitz. 

 Hab. Islands of Bohol, Ticao and Luzon, Philippines 

 (found on the reefs and in clay mud at the depth of 

 seventeen fathoms) ; Cuming. 

 This species chiefly varies in the crenules of the coro- 

 nated edge being of a more or less prominent character ; 

 in some specimens they are almost obsolete, and the 

 shell ornamented with large white spots. 



Species 105. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra oleacea. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, Buecini- 

 formi, spird bred ; anfractibus convexis, lavigatis, 

 epidermide corned olivacco-f used uitiild im/ittd . rolv- 

 melld quadriplicatd, basi truncatd : labro in medio 

 leviter contracto. 



The olive-like Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, Bucci- 

 num-shaped, spire short; whorls convex, smooth, 

 covered with a shining olive-brown horny epider- 

 mis. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. . ? 



There is a peculiarity in the form of this species 



which distinguishes it from any other of the Melania- 



like group. 



