MITRA.— Plate XVIII, 



Species 137. (Mus. Cuming.) 



.MlTRA ANTIIR.U'INA. Mitr. testd urn,,// 'mil ',0-OVatd '. S pi r d 



acuta, glaberrimd; anthracind ; columella subconcavd, 

 quadriplicatd, cullositate parvd, superne armatd ; labro 

 peculiariter planulato, mpernl leviter canaliculate/, in- 



The coax-black Mitre. Shell acuminately ovate, spire 

 acute, very smooth; coal-black; columella slightly 

 concave, four-plaited, armed with a small dark collo- 

 sity at the upper part ; lip peculiarly flattened, -lightly 

 canaliculated al the upper part, crenulated within. 



Heei e, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



llri/>. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs at 

 low water); Cuming. 



Very closely allied to the Mitra solidula, but of a more 

 elongated form, with a smooth shining sin-face. 



Species 138. (Mus. Norris.) 



M i 'i ka Columbelmformis. Mitr. testd ovato-turbinatd, 

 crowd, solidd, spirdbrevi, acuta; tramversim impresso- 

 striatd; an/ractibus superne albis, infra olivaceo-brun- 

 neis, sparsim aliimaculatis ; columella sexplicatd ; labro 

 incrassato, unicrenato. 



I HE Columbella-shaped MlTRE. Shell ovately turbi- 

 nated, thick, solid, spire short, acute ; transversely 

 impressly striated ; whorls white round the upper 

 part, olive-brown below, spotted here and there with 

 white ; columella six-plaited ; lip thickened cremated. 



Variety /3. 

 T, \lu oh/i/ii/o ol'irnn-o-bni/ini'n. 

 Shell entirely brown. 



Kiener, Iconographie Coq. viv. p. 47. pi. 15. f. 46. 

 I full. Madagascar; Kiener. 



This species may be recognised by the crenated notch 

 hi the tip. 



Species 139. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 \l in Woldemarii. Mitr. testa ovato-oblongd, crassius- 

 culd, yin-ii brevi, acuminata, longitudinaliter subobsolett 

 concentrice plicatd, transversim exiliter impresso-stria- 

 td; olivaceo-fuscd .- columella quadriplicatd, subconcavd; 

 labro planulato, superne sinuato, intus crenulato-striato. 

 Woldemar's Mitre. Shell ovately oblong, rather thick, 

 spire short, acuminated, longitudinaUj rather obso- 

 letely concentricallj plicated, transversely faintly im- 

 pressly striated; olive-brown, columella four-plaited, 



rather concave ; lip flattened, sinuated at the upper 



part, crenulately striated within. 

 Kiener, Iconographie Coq. viv. p. 52. pi. 17. f. 55. 

 Hab. Island of Corrigidor, Bay of Manila (found under 



stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



The characters of this species are very similar to those 

 of the Mitra solidula, which is always of a darker colour 

 and of a less acuminated form. 



Species 1 tO. (Mus. Norris.) 



Mitra eobusta. Mitr. testa ovatd, erased, spird brevi, 

 subobtusd; anfractibus tumidiusculis, transversim sul- 

 cata, basem versu pracipue, longitudinaliter concen- 

 trice plicato-rugom ,■ rubido-fuscd ; columella concavd, 

 qtcadriplieatd, callositate armatd; labro incrassato, 

 planulato, superne canaliculate, intus crenulato. 



The robust Mitre. Shell ovate, thick, spire short, ra- 

 ther obtuse ; whorls somewhat swollen, transversely 

 grooved, especially towards the base, longitudinally 

 concentrically plicately wrinkled. ; reddish brown; co- 

 lumella concave, four-plaited, armed with a callosity ; 

 lip thickened, flattened, canaliculated at the upper 

 part ; crenulated within. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844. 



Hab. ? 



This species partakes of the characters of the Mitra 

 Wuhh-iiiara and Zierwgeliaiw. in about equal proportions. 



Species 141. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra ficulina. Mitr. testa ovatd, spird brevi, subob- 

 tuso-depressd ; anfractibus superne rotundato-angulatis, 

 transversim confertim elevato-striatis, longitudinaliter 

 costatis, costis superne tvherculate-incrassatis, inferne 

 evanidis; rufo- sen nigricante-fascd ; ruin,. alio quadri- 

 plicatd; aperturd alia. 



The little fig-like Mitre. Shell ovate, spire short, 

 rather obtusely depressed ; whorls rotundately angu- 

 lated at the upper part, transversely closely elcvately 

 striated, longitudinally ribbed, ribs tubciculately 

 thickened at the upper part, disappearing gradually 

 at the lower; reddish or blackish brown, columella 

 four-plaited ; aperture white. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert., vol. vii. p. 320. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Plulippines (found under stones at 

 low water); Cuming. 

 This shell is of a rich uniform reddish brown, with the 



form of the Mitra patriarchalis. 



