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Hab. Island of Masbate, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The specific difFerences of this shell are not of an unimportant 

 character ; the cross ridges are somewhat flattened, the white band 

 is broader, and the granules are of the šame uniform colour as the 

 ground. 



Mitra turben. Milr. testd oblongo-ovatd, basi atlenuatd, spira 

 obtuso-rotundatd, suturis subprofundis ; longitudinaliter creberrinie. 

 plicato-costellatis, costellis interstitnsque transversini impresso- 

 striatis ; aurantio-lutescente ; columelld quinqueplicatd, plicis pro- 

 minentibus ; aperlurd intus striatd. 

 C'onch. Icon., Mitra, pi. '27. f. 213. 



Hab. Philippine Islands (found under stones at lo\v \vater) ; Cu- 

 ming. 



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

 coUected by Mr. Cuming have the lower portion of the lip broken 

 a\vay. 



Mitra citrina. Milr. testd ovato-conicd, superne rotiindatd, solidi- 

 usculd, spird brevi, apicem verstis subtiliter sulcatd, apice elato, 

 acuto ; Icevigatd, aurantio-citrind, livido-castaneo varie tinctd ; co ■ 

 lumelld quinqueplicatd ; aperturd longissimd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 27. f. 215 a and b. 



Hab. ? 



A new and very remarkable Cone-like species, in the collection of 

 Thomas Lombe Taylor, Esq., o f Starston, Norfolk. 



December 24, 1844. 

 No business was transacted. 



