MITRA.— Plate XXYI. 



Species 208. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra pyramidalis. Mitr. testa elongato-ovatd, spirit 

 pyramidali-acuminatd ; anfractibus convexis, superne 

 angulatis, longitudinaliter costatd, costis Kris nodulosis 

 transversa decussatis ; aurantid, zona albida undigue 

 cingulatd ; columella guadriplicatd. 

 The pyramidal Mitre. Shell elongately ovate, spire 

 pyramidally acuminated ; whorls convex, angulated 

 at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, ribs crossed by 

 transverse nodulous ridges ; orange, encircled through- 

 out by a white zone ; columella four-plaited. 

 Tiara avrantia, Swainson (Broderip), Pro. Zool. Soc, 

 1835. 

 Hab. Island of Annaa, Pacific Ocean (found on the reefs) ; 

 Cuming. 

 The painting and sculpture of this shell are both very 

 similar to those of the Mitra crocata, the form is however 

 altogether different. Swainson's specific name cannot be 

 admitted in consecpience of its having been already used in 

 reference to Sp. 182. 



Species 209. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra speciosa. Mitr. testa ovatd, /him' contractd, spird 

 turritd .- anfractibus superne angulatis, longitudinaliter 

 costatis, costis latiusculis, obtuso-prominentibus, inter- 

 stitiis transversim impresso-striatis ; luted, ustulato- 

 fusco varie fasciatd et lineolatd; columella quadripli- 

 catd. 



The beautiful Mitre. Shell ovate, contracted at the 

 ba.M\ spire turreted ; whorls angulated at the upper 

 part, longitudinally ribbed, ribs rather broad, obtusely 

 prominent, interstices transversely impressly striated ; 

 yellow, variously banded and lineated with burnt 

 brown ; columella four-plaited. 



Peeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1844. 



Hab. ? 



This shell exhibits a beaut ifid variation of colour; the 

 ribs are not crossed with jrranosc ridges, like those of the 



Mitra concinna, crocata, and farescens, but have the inter- 

 stices engraved with fine impressed striae. 



Species 210. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra aureolata. Mitr. testa oblongo-ovatd, spird sub- 

 turrit a ; anfractibus longitudinaliter costatis, costis /iris 

 granulosis angustis crebris decussatis'; vivide rubro- 

 aureolatd, zonula alia cinctd,granulisalbis; columella 

 quadriplicate. 

 The golden-yellow Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, spire 

 somewhat turreted ; whorls longitudinally ribbed, ribs 

 decussated with narrow close-set granular ridges -. 

 bright reddish golden yellow encircled with a white 

 zone, granules white ; columella four-plaited. 

 Tiara aureolata, Swainson, MSS. 

 Hab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found under stones 

 at low water) ; Cuming. 



The cross ridges of this species are narrow and rather 

 close-set. 



Species 211. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra affinis. Mitr. testdovatd, spird acuminato-turritd; 



aufraclilais luin/it mil uulih r obtusu-costutis, costis /iris 



planiusculis transversis decussatis ,• aurantio-rubrd, fas- 

 cia lutco-alhicaute cingulatd ; columella qunilriplictitti. 

 The allied Mitre. Shell ovate, spire acuminately tur- 

 reted ; whorls longitudinally obtusely ribbed, ribs 

 decussated with rather flattened transverse ridges; 

 orange-red, encircled with a yellowish white band ; 

 columella four-plaited. 

 Peeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1844. 



Hab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found under stones 

 at low water) ; Cuming. 

 This species is so closely allied to the preceding that it 

 is almost impossible to exhibit its specific differences in a 

 figure on account of their minuteness. They arc not, how- 

 ever, of an unimportant character ; the cross ridges are 

 somewhat Battened, the white band is broader, and the 

 grannies are of the same uniform colour as the ground. 



