MITRA.— rLATE XVI. 



Species 120. (Mus. fuming.) 

 Mitra fxammea. Mitr. testa albreviato-fusiformi, spird 

 acute acuminata ■ anfractiius superne leviter angnlatis, 

 undique transversim sulcatis ; olivaceo - tiridescente 

 flammis albidis subirregularibus longitudinaliter or- 

 natd; columella quinqueplicatd, aperturd longiusculd, 

 fauee castaneo-fuscd. 

 The flamf.-makked Mithe. Shell shortly fusiform, 

 spire sharply acuminated; whorls slightly angulated 

 ,-if tin- upper part, transversely grooved throughout ; 

 olive green, ornamented with rather irregular longi- 

 tudinal white flames; columella five-plaited, aperture 

 rather lone;, interior deeply stained with chesnut- 

 brown. 

 Quoy, Voy. de l'Astrolabe, pi. to bis. f. 23-25. 

 l/nii. St. Nieola>, Inland of Zelm, Philippines (found in 

 sandy mud at the depth of three fathoms): Cuming. 

 This speeies, which M. Kiener considers may lie the 

 young of the Milra gnintititm, has no analogy whatever 

 with it. The Mitrn bacillum is the nearest allied species, 

 but differs materially in not being grooved throughout, in 

 the spire being less acuminated and in the white waved 

 streaks being of a more decided and regular character. 



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Specie, 121. (.Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra caliginosa. Mitr. testd ovato-futifc 



iisculd, spird breviu&culd ; anfraetibus convexk, Iceviga- 

 tis, transversim impresso-striatis ; alba, epidermide 



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plicatd. 

 The gloomy Mitre. Shell ovatch, fusiform, rather solid, 

 spire rather short; whorls convex, smooth, trans- 

 versely imprcs-ly striated; white, entirely covered 

 with a blackish homy epidermis; columella live- 

 plaited. 



Reeve, I'm. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



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1 have no loealiiy fortius species which is a rather solid 

 white shell closely enveloped by a dark blackish spidermis. 



Mitra 



Species 122. (Mas. Cumin-.) 



ixlata. Mitr. testd abbreviate -fusiformi, 

 eviuseuld .■ anfraetibus superne subangulatis, 

 ■bus undique funicu- 



In;* angustis eleoatk subd 

 lath, interstiliis striis subtilissime cancellalis; rosea 

 al6icante,epidermidefuscescenteindutd,lirisfuscescente 

 punctatis; columella quadriplicatd, plicis i nil,,, is sub 

 obseurisj aperturd longiusculd. 

 'he corded Mitre, Shell shortly fusiform, spire rathei 



short; whorls slightly angulated at the upper part, 

 corded throughout with rather distant narrow elevated 

 ridges, the interstices between which are very finely 

 cancellated with stria- ; pinkish white, covered with a 

 light brown epidermis ; columella four-plaited, lowest 

 plaits somewhat obscure; aperture rather long. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, L844. 



Hah. Isle of Plata, West Columbia (found in coral sand 

 at the depth of fourteen fathoms); Cuming. 

 A species intermediate between the Mitra circulata ami 

 sulcata. 



Species 123. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra picta. Milr. testd elongato-ovatd, tenuiculd, spird 

 subobtusd, transversim confertim punctato-striatd ; al- 

 bidd, rubido-fusco tessellato-variegatd ; columella quad- 

 riplicatd ; aperturd subeffusd. 



The painted Mitre. Shell elongately ovate, rather thin, 

 spire somewhat obtuse, transversely closely striated 

 with punctures; white, tessellately variegated with 

 reddish brown; columella four-plaited; aperture 

 slight!} effused. 

 Mitra tmellata, Kiener (not of Martyn.norSwainson). 



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A light prettily painted shell, the entire surface of which 



is indented with close set rows of punctures. 



Species 121. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra attentjata. Mitr. testd attenuato-fusiformi, spird 

 subturritd; anfraetibus superne angulatis, I iris angustis 

 cmnpressis elevatis subdistantibus undique cingulatis, 

 interstitiis striatis; albidd, epidermide fused indutd; 

 columella triplicatd; aperturd longiusculd, angustd. 



The attenuated Mitre. Shell attenuately fusiform, 

 spire somewhat turreted ; whorls angulated at the 

 upper part, encircled throughout with narrow com- 

 pressed elevated ridges, the interstices betw cell w Inch 

 are striated; whitish, covered with a brown epider- 

 mis; columella three-plaited; aperture rather long 

 and narrow. 



Tiara attenuata, Swainson (Broderip), Pro. Zool. 

 Soc., L835. 



llab. Isle of ('ana, Central America (found on a rocky bot- 

 tom at the depth of twenty-eight fathoms); Cuming. 



The sculpture of this speeies is very nearly the same as 

 that of the Mitra funiculata ; the form is however so pecu- 

 liarly attenuated that it may be distinguished without 

 difficulty. 



