M I T R A. 



Plate XXV. 



Fig. 194. (Mas. Taylor.)— Front view of the Mitra 

 culosa, Sp. 178, figured, but not named, in Martini Coi 

 Cab., vol.iv. pi. 150. f. 1400. 



Species 1 95. (Mus, Cuming.) 



Mitra pokphyretica. Mitr. testa obeso-ovatd, basi sub- 

 granosd, spird acute turritd; longitudinaliter plicato- 



rostntii, nixtis ainjiilatis ; mifrtictibiis supni ulbiniutibus, 



infra olivaceo-cinereis, albizonulatis ; columella quadri- 

 plicatd; aperturd brevi. 

 The porphyry Mitre. Slull stoutly ovate, somewhat 



granose at the base, spire sharply turret ed ; longitudi- 

 nally plieately rilibed.ribs angular; whorls w hite aho\e. 

 olive ash-colour beneath, encircled with small white 

 zones; columella four-plaited; aperture short. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Sue,, 1844. 



Hob. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found under stones at 

 Low water) ; Cuming. 

 A short stout speeies with a sharp angularly turreted 

 spire, encircled with bands of a peculiarly livid olive ash 

 colour. 



Species 196. (Fig. 196a, Mus. Cuming; Fig. I960, 

 Mus. Norris.) 



Mitra nodosa. Mitr. testa obeso-ovatd, spird angulato- 

 turritd; anfractibus undique fortiter tubercnlalh, supra 

 transversim impresso-striath, infra leevibus ; albidd, in- 

 terdum livido-ceerulescente aurantioque zomtlatd; colu- 

 mella quadriplicatd, plica supremd maxima ; aperturd 

 brevi, pallide aurantid. 



The nodose Mitre. Shell stoutly ovate, spire angularly 

 turreted; whorls everywhere strongly tuberculated, 

 transversely impressly striated above, smooth beneath ; 

 whitish, sometimes encircled w it h li\ id blue and orange 

 zones; columella four-plaited, the uppermost plait 

 very large ; aperture short, palely tinged with orange. 

 Tiara nodosa, Swainson, Philosophical Magazine. 

 Mitra fraga, deinde tuberculala, Kiener. 

 Mitra Cancellarioides, Anton. 



Hub. China, Philippine Wands, and Lord Hood'- Island 

 (found under stones and under coral on the reefs) ; 



According to Kiister the coloured variety of this species, 



represented in the accompanying plate at fig. 196 a, is the 

 Mitra Cancellarioides of Anton. It was described many 

 years since in the Philosophical Magazine by Swainson, 

 whose name I have now before me in his own hand-writing. 



Species 197. (Fig. a, Mus. Taylor; Fig. b, Mus. Norris.) 

 Mitra virgata. Mitr. testa oblongo-ovatd, spird brevi, 



njii,;- iii-iii./iiintii ; hrr'ujutii, uiliihi, bum-ui f-rsus i,,i/,r,ix,,- 

 striatd; nigerrimo-fuscd, virgis albis longitudinalibm 

 flexuosis, interdum medio interrupts, ornala 



ultimo :ouiihi pullidii (iiignstti iiiiiiiiiniqiiiii.i ■■ 



gillafo ; njltlulellii ,jlK,i/ri/i/>cii/u' ; lubru nli'i/lli null 'rurtu. 



superne sinuato. 



The striped Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, spire short, 

 acuminated at the apex ; smooth, shining, impressly 

 striated towards the base; very dark blackish brown. 

 ornamented with white flexuous longitudinal stripes 

 sometimes interrupted or broken in the middle, last 

 whorl occasionally encircled round the upper part with 

 a small narrow pah- zone ; columella four-plaited; lip 

 contracted in the middle, sinuated at the upper part. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844 



Mitra retusa, oar., Gray ; Zool. Beechey's Voyage. 



Hub. Island of Luzon, Philippines (found under stones and 

 in crevices of rocks) ; Cuming. 

 This species is exactly intermediate between the Mitra 



paupercula and retusa. 



Species 198. (Mus. Ross.) 

 Mitra Rossije. UHr. testa fusiformi-ovatd, trot 



punctato-striatd ; aliicante, lineisfulvu longitudinalibtu 

 ,V transversk clathratd, transversa valde eminentioribm ; 



niln.,1, II, i (jiiiiii'i-ijilinitii. but! fii\r,:\r, ,ifr finr/ii. 



Ross's Mitre. Shell fusiformlj ovate, transversely striated 

 with punctures; whitish, latticed with Longitudinal 

 and transverse fulvous lines the latter of which are 

 much the stronger; columella four-plaited, stained 

 with brown at the base 



Mitra tessellata, Swainson, Zool, Ulus., 2nd Series. 

 Mitra ornata, Kiener (not of Schubert and Wagner). 



Hub. — ? 



The accompanying figure of tins species is taken from a 

 drawing, in the possession of Mr Sowi rby, of a specimen 



December 1*1 i. 



