MITRA, 



Species 80. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra telescopioi. Mitr. tt %td ovato-fudformi, laevi- 

 gata, nitida, transverdm punctato-striatd ; anfractibus 

 contiguis, ultimo basetn verms subcontract, sutur is con- 

 spicuis, profundis; cuerulescente-albd, anfractu ultimo 

 in/erne rufo-castaneo, spira apice nigricawte ; columella 

 quadriplicatd. 



The telescope Mitre. Shell ovately fusiform, smooth, 

 shining, transversely striated and punctured; whorls 

 contiguous, the last somen hat contracted towards the 

 base, sutures conspicuous, rather deep; blueish white, 

 the whole of the lower portion of the last whorl dark 

 reddish chesnut brown, apex of the spire blackish ; 

 columella four-plaited. 



Km \ e, Pro. Zool. Soc, 184 k 



Hab. I-laiul of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs at 

 low water); Cumin-. 



This new and very characteristic shell exhibits the same 

 peculiarly contracted structure as the Mitra abbatis, ami 

 the whorls have the same contiguous teleseope-like ap- 

 pearance. 



The ebony Mitre. Shell somewhat lanceolately ovate, 

 smooth, shining, slightly grooved at the base; very 

 dark chesnut brown, encircled beneath the suture 

 with a yellowish line; columella four-plaited. 



Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes edit.), vol. \. 

 p. 334. 

 1'hilippi, Enum. Moll, pi. 12. f. S and 10. 



Fig. 151 h. 



Variety /3. 

 Testa longitvdinaliter plicata. 

 Shell longitudinally plicated. 



Philippi, Enum. MoU. pi. 12. f. 9. 

 Varieties. 



Voluta caffra, Delle Chiaje. 



Mitra littoralis, Risso. 

 Eab. Mediterranean, (dredged bv Professor E.Forbesand 



(apt. Graves, of EOl S. Beacon, at \arious depths, 



ranging between twenty and eightj fathoms). 



November 1S44 



I have already noticed the curious analogy that exists 

 between this shell and one which 1 have named MitrapolUa 

 (Sp. 94.), figured by a Mr. H. C. Krister, of Nurnberg, for 

 the Mitra subulata of Lamarck. The Nurnberg periodical 

 here referred to is fortunately but little known to concho- 

 logists, the letter-press being merely the reproduction of a 

 mass of errors and confusion, whilst the plates are made 

 up of figures copied partly from M. Kiener's ' Iconogra- 

 phic des Coquilles vivantes,' and partly from the ' Con- 

 chylien Cabinet.' including several very obscure figures of 

 Martini's, published as long back as the year 1780. 



Species 152. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra ignobilis. Mitr. testa subobeso-fudformi, basi 

 leoiter recurvd, spird acuminata, transverdm undique 

 sulcata, sulcis confertis, subsuperficiariis ; albicante, 

 maculis grandibux imtulttto-fiisfi*, s, ri,i/i„/ ,irl/>ilosii ,- 

 columella sex-plicatd, plicis infimis, subobscuris. 



The ignoble Mitre. Shell rather stoutly fusiform, 

 slightly recurved at the base, spire acuminated, trans- 

 versely grooved throughout, grooves close-set, rather 

 superficial; whitish, clouded with rows of large burnt 

 brown spots; columella six-plaited, lowest plaits 

 somewhat obscure. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hob. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs at 

 low water); Cuming. 



In order not to confound this species with one of verj 

 similar appearance, the Mitra ustulata (Sp. 89.), it is im- 

 portant to notice that the surface of the former is grooved 

 throughout, whilst that of the latter is very finely striated 

 and marked with rather distant brown hair lines. 



Species 153. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra literata. Mitr. testa obeso-ovatd, crasdusculd, 

 solidd, mbventricosd, lavigatd, aut mbtilisdme punc- 

 tato-striatd, spird brevi, obtusd; albicante, maculis ru- 

 bido-fuscis urdato-oblongis characterybrmibusfasciatd; 

 columella quadriplicatd. 

 The lettered Mitre. Shell stoutl) ovate, rather thick, 

 solid, somewhat ventricose, smooth or very finely 

 striated with punctures, spire short, obtuse; whitish, 

 banded with waved oblong character-like reddish- 

 brown spots; columella four-plaited 



