MITRA. 



Species 1-12. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 M 1 1 1: \ pulchella. Mitr. testa acuminato-ovatd, spird 

 subturritd, longitudinaliter costellatd, costellis angustis, 

 plants, confertiusculis, basem versus subgranosis, trans- 

 versim impresso-striatd; aurantio-lutescente, fascia pur- 

 purascente inter castas ornatd; columella quinquepli- 



ruiii. 



The pretty Mitre. Shell acuminately ovate, spire 

 somewhat turreted, longitudinally ribbed, ribs nar- 

 row, Hat, rather close-set, slightly granulated towards 

 the base, transversely impressly striated ; orange yel- 

 low, ornamented with a purple band in the interstices 

 between the ribs; columella five-plaited. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hah. Island of Barbadnes, West Indies; Humphreys. 

 The painting of tins shell has a wry pretty appearance. 



Species 143. (Mus. Deshayes, Paris.) 



Mitra dermestixa. Mitr. testa ovatd, spird acuminata 

 suturis subprofundis, longitudinaliter cosiellatd, costellis 

 planiusculis, cov/ertis, basem d rsus i fyranosis, trans- 

 versim impresso-striatis ; castaneo-nigrieante <■!■ lutes- 

 cente varid, balteo albo unico angusto cingulatdj co- 

 lumella quadriplicatd. 



The leather-worm Mitre. Shell ovate, spin' acumi- 

 nated, sutures rather deep, longitudinally ribbed, ribs 

 rather Hat, close-set, somewhat granulated towards 

 the base, transversely impressly striated; ehesnut- 

 lilaek variegated with light yellow, encircled with a 

 single narrow white belt ; columella four-plaited. 



Lamarck, Arum, sans vert., vol. vii. p. :;;.':;. 



Hub. Island of Annaa (Pacific Ocean (found on the reefs 

 at low water); Cuming. 

 A dark richly variegated species in which the ribs are 



Hat and close set. Kieuer considers the Mitra pisolina of 



Lamarck to lie a brown variety of il. 



Species 144. (Mus. Adamson.) 

 Mitra histrio. Mitr. testa subovatd, spird breviusculd, 

 longitudinaliter costatd, costis subobtmis, basem versus 

 granulosis, interstitiis transversim slriatis- mvtae coc- 

 cined, suturis maris, nigra interdum nebulosd, balteo 

 alio angusto, balteoque nigra, cingulatd; columella 

 quadriplicatd. 



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The HARLEauiN Mitra. Shell ovate spire rather short, 

 longitudinally ribbed, ribs rather obtuse, granulated 

 towards the base, interstices transversely striated ; 

 bright scarlet, sutures black, sometimes clouded with 

 black, encircled with a narrow black and a white belt ; 

 columella four-plaited. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1S44. 



Hob. ? 



A gaily coloured scarlet shell more or less banded and 



bedaubed with black. 



Species 145. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra coarctata. Mitr. testa ovatd, crassd, solid!, gib- 

 bosiusculd, basem versus leviter coarctata, spird aibre- 

 viato-aeuminatd, glabra, politd, striis emitter elevatis 

 transvt rsim cingulatd ; lutescente-albd, ustulato-fusco 

 nebulosd et maculatd ; quadriplicatd, plicis parvis ; 

 aperturd angustd ; lulu;) incrassato, medio coarctato. 



The contracted Mitre. Shell ovate, thick, solid, ra- 

 ther gibbous, slightly contracted towards the base, 

 spire shortly acuminated, smooth, polished, encircled 

 with faintly raised stria'; yellowish white, clouded 

 and spotted with burnt brown; four-plaited, plaits 

 small ; aperture narrow, lip thickened, contracted in 

 the middle. 



Swainson, MSS. 



Huh. Island of Annaa, Pacific Ocean (found on the reefs 

 at low water); Cuming. 

 A small polished brown-stained species approaching tin' 



Mitra acuminata in form. 



Species 140. (Fig. a and b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra patriarchalis. Mitr. testa ovatd, solidiusculd, 

 spird brevi, obtuso-rotundatd ,• anfractibus superne angu- 

 latis, adangulum pUcato-nodosk, transversim impresso- 

 striatis, basem versus granosis ,• alba aut lutescentt ■all,,,. 

 rufo vel nigricante-fusco :<m<il<i, nodis granisque albis ; 

 columella quadriplicatd, plied superd valde maxima. 



The PATRIARCHAL MlTRE. Shell ovate, rather solid, 

 spire short, obtusely rounded, whorls angulatcd at 

 the upper part, plicately noduled on the angle, trans- 

 versely impressly striated, granulated towards the 

 base; white or yellowish white, zoned with red or 



1844. 



