MITR A. 



Plate XXVII. 



Species 212. (Mus. Norris.) 

 Mitea Oliv.eformis. Mitr. testa cylindraceo-oblongd, 

 lavigatd, politd, spird brevi, acuta, fortiter punctata ; 

 Mescente, basi nigricante-violaced ; columella quinque- 

 plicatd; aperturd longissimd. 

 The Olive-shaped Mitre. Shell cylindrically oblong, 

 smooth, polished, spire short, sharp, strongly punc- 

 tured ; pale yellow, tipped at the base with blackish 

 violel ; columella five-plaited; aperture very long. 

 Mitrella Olivaformis, Swainson, Zool. Mus., 2nd Ser. 

 Mitra conovula (pars), Quoy. 

 llah. [sland of Taheite (found among coral sand in shallow 

 water mi the reel'-;); Cuming. 

 I do not see how the shell represented by M.Quoy in 

 the ' Voyage de L'Astrolabe,' at pi. 45 lis, f. 1 8 and 19, can 

 be referred to this species ; nor can I at all understand the 

 figures given in illustration of it by M. Kiener, which bear 

 a stronger resemblance to the Mitra carbonacea, Sp. 217, 

 than to the Mitra Olivceformis. 



tilissimis, subpunctatis, undique creberrime insculptd , 

 albidd ant flavicante, //»«' nigricante-violaced ; cohtm II" 

 quadriplicatd, eallositate superne munitd. 

 The virgin Mitre. Shell shortly conical stout round the 

 upper part, spire truncated, depressly hidden; trans- 

 versely closely engraved throughout with very fine 

 slightly punctured grooves ; whitish or yellowish, base 

 tipped with blackish violet, columella four-plaited, with 

 a callosity at the upper part. 



Conohelix virgo, Swainson (Broderip) Pro. Zool. Soc. 

 L835. 

 Hub. Rietea, Society Islands (found on the reefs in shallow 

 water) ; Cuming. 

 This species may he recognised by its short truncated 

 spire, and by the peculiar manner in which its entire sur- 

 face is closely engraved with cross lines. 



Spei-ies 213. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 Mitra turben. Mitr. testa oblongo-ovatd, bast attenmtd, 

 spird obtuso-rotundatd, suturh subprofundis ; longitu- 

 dinaliter creberrime plicato-costellatis, costellh intersti- 

 tiisquetransversmimpresso-striatistaurantio-lutescetite; 

 columella quhiqueplicatd, pirns prominentibus ; aper- 

 turd Mus striata. 

 The spinning-top Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, attenu- 

 ated at the base, spire obtuselj rounded, sutures rather 

 deep; longitudinally very closely phcatelj fine-ribbed, 

 ribs and interstices transversely impressely striated; 

 orange-yellow; columella five-plaited, plaits prominent; 

 aperture striated within. 

 Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1844, 



Hob. Philippine Islands (found under stones at low water); 

 Cuming. 

 It is a curious fact that the whole of the specimens of this 

 species collected by Mr. Cuming, have the lower portion of 

 the lip broken away in exactly similar manner to that re- 

 presented in the accompanying plate. 



Species 211. (Mus. Cumin",-.) 

 Mitra virgo. Mitr. testa abbreviato-conicd, superne obesd, 

 spird truncatd, depresso-occultd ; transversim sukis sub- 



sides 215. (Mus. nobis.) 



Mitra citrina. Mitr. ovato-conicd, superne rotundatd, so- 

 lidiusculd, spird brevi, apicem versus mbtiliter sulcata, 

 apice rial,,, ami,,: Icevigatd, aurantio-citrind, livido- 

 castaneo vans tinctd, columella quinqueplicatd ; aper- 

 turd longissimd. 



The citron-coloured Mitre. Shell ovately corneal, 

 rounded and rather solid at the upper part ; spire short, 

 finely striated towards the apex, apex raised, sharp; 

 smooth, orange citron colour, variously stained with 

 livid chesmit; columella five-plaited; aperture wry 

 long. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1844. 



llah. ? 



A new and very remarkable Cone-like species, of which 

 1 have not seen any other specimen. 



Species 1 2 ( , . ( M us. Tay lor .) 



Mitra conica. Mitr. testd ovato-conicd, subinflatd, basi 

 leviter recurvd, spird depressiusculd, apice elato, acuto ,■ 

 an/ractibus superne angulatis, Iambus ; livido-virides- 

 eente, lineis fuseis regularibus nonnunquam impressk, 

 cinctd, interstitiis mnculis niveis floccatd; columella 

 quinque- vel sex-plicatd, aperturd longissimd 

 The conical Mitre. Shell ovately conical, a little in- 

 flated, slightlj recurved at the base, spire - "hat 



depressed, apex elevated and sharp ; whorls angulated 



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