MITRA. 



Plate XXXVI. 



(Figures moderately magnified.) 



Species 290. (Mus. Forbes.) 



Mitra littobalis. Mitr. testa subelongato-ovatd, leevi- 

 gatd, politd : castaneo-fuscd, zonula, albd,fusco-undatd, 

 dngulatd, anfractu ultimo zonulis duabus, quorum in- 

 feriori prope ad basem est ; columella quadriplicatd. 



The littoral Mitre. Shell somewhat elongately ovate, 

 smooth, polished; chesrmt brown, encircled with a 

 white brown-waved zone, hist whorl with two zones, 

 the lower of which is near the base; columella four- 

 ptaited. 



Forbes, British Assoc. Report, 1843, p. 1 Hi. 



Hab. JEgean Sea (found among sand on the shore) ; Forbes. 

 Resembling Mitra granum of the same author in its style 



of painting, but of a Less subulate, acuminated form. 



Species 397. (Mas. Cumin-.) 



Mitra kecurva. Mitr. /mtn' fusi/unii, basi attenuatd, 

 subrecurod ; longitudinaliter granoso-liratd, transver- 

 sim impresso-striatd ; rosaceo-purpurascente, fusco mi- 

 nutmime hie illic ptuwtatd ; ivlu.hielld qiwdrijitir/ltd ; 

 labro incrassato. 



The recurved Mitre. Shell fusiform, attenuated at 

 the base, a little recurved ; longitudinally granosely 

 ridged, transversely impressly striated; pinkish pur- 

 ple, minutely dotted here and there with brown; 

 columella four-plaited ; Lip thickened. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, I s I.".. 



Hab. Island of Capul, Philippines (found under stones at 

 low water); Cuming, 

 The minute granules with which the entire surface of 



this shell is longitudinally sculptured, have a semitrans- 



parent pearl-like appearance in fine specimens which is 



very characteristic. 



The shell represented at Fig. 298, from Mr. Metcalfe's 

 collection, proves up. hi a second examination to be Mitra 

 rubra described in the preceding plate, Sp. 286. 



Species 299. (Mus. Cuming.) 

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

 usculd, transversim elegatdissime crebriliratd, longitudi 



naliter iiiii/isn/nifii; iuairuatd ; columella ■ 

 aperturd longiusculd. 



March 184 



The flesh-tinted Mitre. Shell oblong-ovate, spire 

 rather short, tran-ver-ely very elegantly closely ridged, 

 longitudinally ch>-cl\ ; t ,i m „| ; flesh-tinted; columella 

 six-plaited ; aperture rather long. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. 



llnli. Cagayan. Province of Misamis, Island of Mindanao 

 ((hedged from sandy mud at the depth of live and 

 twenty fathoms); Cuming. 

 The sculpture of this delicate tinted shell is extremely 



elaborate. 



MlTR' 



Speeies 300. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 rosea. Mitr. testa ovatd, spird turritd ; anfrac- 

 supers 



tibus fuperne subangulatis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis ad angulum muricato^nodosis aut ! 

 frtiiisnrsi,,/ Jhrti/rr clernfo-x/rititis ; rnseo-p/irjiurrd, 

 albifasciatd, inter costas fusco punctata, ; columella 

 quadriplicatd ; apertures fauce violaced. 



The rose Mitre. Shell ovate, spire turreted; whorls 

 slightly angulatcd round the upper part. Longitudi- 

 nally ribbed, ribs prickly noduled or tubercled at the 

 angle, transversely stronglj elevatelj striated; pinkish 

 purple, banded with white, dotted with brown between 

 the ribs; columella four-plaited ; interior of the aper- 

 ture violet. 

 / iea,Swainson(Broderip),Pro.Zool.Soc.,1835 



lSnh. Lord Hood's Island, Pacific Ocean (found on the 

 reefs in shallow water); I 

 The upper part of each rib, which is conspicuously white, 



is sharp and prickly in young specimens, and becomes 



stouter and more obtuse as the sla II advances in growth. 



Spi ei< - 301. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Mitra millecostata. Mitr. testa ovatd, si 



■i,.-(iit,-iinntii ; hiiitjitudinaliter 



crrbrrri. 



/i,ni sulcata; nigro-castaned, apice alMdo ; columella 

 quadriplicatd. 

 The thousand-ribbed Mitre, shell ovate, solid, stout 



ill the middle, shortly attenuated at each end ; longi- 

 tudinally verj closelj finelj ribbed, transversely im- 

 pressed, grooved al the base; very darkchesnut brown, 

 apex white; columella four-plaited. 





