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acuminatd ; anfractibus superni angulato-decUvibus, lavibus, trans- 

 versitn exilissimi impressis ; cinereo-carned, epidermide nigerrimd ; 

 columelld quadriplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 6. f. 44. 



Hab. ? 



This shell appears to be quite distinct from the Mitra glabra ; there 

 is no appearance of transverse brown lines, the whorls are angulsirly 

 bent next the suture, and the spire is more sharply acuminated. 



Mitra coccinea. Mitr.testdelongato-fusiformi,spird acuminatd; 

 anfractibus longitudinaliter obtuso-costatis, interstitiis transversim 

 elevato-striatis, anfractds ultimi costis subevanidis ; vivide cocci- 

 ned aut lutescente, balteo unico albo cingulatd ; columelld quadri- 

 plicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 7. f. 49. 



Hab. Islands of Masbate and Luzon, Philippiaes (found on the 

 reefs at low water) ; Cuming. 



This species may be easily recognized by its peculiarity of colour- 

 ing, — bright scarlet, encircled by a simple white beit. 



Mitra tumida. Mitr. testd abbreviato-fusiformi, spird breti, apice 

 acuto ; anfractibus tumidis, superne plano-angulatis, longitudinali- 

 ter rude costatis, costis ad angulum noduloso-tumidis ; albidd aut 

 virescente, anfractibus ad angulum rufo tinctis, ultimo balteo nigro 

 latiusculo cingulato ; columelld tri- aut guadriplicatd ; aperturas 

 fauce nigricante-fuscd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 8. f. 51. 



Hab. New HoUand. 



A few specimens of this peculiarly swollen shell v^ere lately brought 

 from New Holland in H.M.S. Beagle. 



Mitra rupicola. Mitr. testd abbreviato-fusiformi, in medio obe- 

 siusculd, spird attenuatd ; anfractibus superne angulatis, costis 

 latiusculis obtusis longitudinalibus et transversis decussatis, ad de- 

 cussationem nodosis ; carned, epidermide fuscd, corned, crassd, ad 

 apicem erosd, indutd ; columelld triplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 8. f. 53. 



Hab. St. Elena, West Columbia (dredged from a rocky bottom at 

 the depth of fourteen fathoms) ; Cuming. 



A new and very distinct species, at present unique in the collee- 

 tion of Mr. Cuming- 



MiTRA balteolata. Mitr. testdfusiformi, spird acuminato-turritd ; 

 anfractibus transversim elevato-striatis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis confertis, anfractds ultimi subevanidis ; balteolis nigris duo- 

 bus in medio cingulatis, supra cinereo-albidd, lined unicd fuscd 

 circum-ornatd, infra aurantid, interdum cinereo-viridescente tinctd, 

 apicefusco; columelld ąuadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 8. f. 54. 



Hab. MoUucca and Philipplne Islands (found at the islands of Zebu 

 and Buriąs, under stones at low water) ; Cuming. 



Allied to the Mitra plicata. 



