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Mitra militaris. Mitr. testd s%ibfusifornii, basi contractd, spird 

 acuminatd, suturis subprofundis ; longitudinaliter costatd, costis 

 obtusiusculis, interstitiis transversim impresso-lineatis ; anfractibus 

 superne luteis, ultimo zond latd coccineo-rubrd cingulato ; eolu- 

 melld ąuadriplicatd, umbilicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 29. f. 236. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the sands) ; Cuming. 



Distinguished in part by the rich, broad, crimson-red band which 

 encircles the lašt wliorl. 



Mitra tuberosa. Mitr. testd obtuso-conicd, crassd, obesd, spird 

 brevi, basitruncatd ; longitudinaliter plicato-costatd, costis rudibus, 

 subdistantibus, superne tuberculato-nodosis ; transversim lineari- 

 sulcatd, suleis pertusis ; luteo-olivaced, autfuscd, superne albd, basi 

 fuscd, albipunctatd ; columelld guadriplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 237, a and b. 



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

 water) ; Cuming. 



A small stout species, somewhat after the fonn of the Mitra pa- 

 triarchalis. 



Mitra forticostata. Mitr. testd abbreviato-ovatd, spira sub- 

 turritd ; anfractibus superni angulatis, infra angulum longitudina- 

 liter costatis, costis solidis fortissimis, distantibus, basim versus 

 subobsolete granosis ; nigerrimo-fuscd ; columelld cuadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 238. 



Hab. New Holland. 



Resembling Mitra ficulina, but of a much more solid and angular 

 structure. 



Mitra lota. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, spircB suturis impressis, 

 transversim siibtilissim't' impresso-striatis, longitudinaliter concen- 

 trice costatd, costis basim versus granosis ; rufulo-auranlid, viridi- 

 fusco variegatd ; columelld triplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 239. 



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

 water) ; Cuming. 



The painting of this species is of very irregular character. 



Mitra consanguinea. Mitr. testd ovatd, solidiusculd, obesd, basim 

 versus contractd, spird obtuso-rotundatd ; transversim subtilissime 

 punctato-striatd, longitudinaliter confertim plicato-costatd, costis 

 inferne granosis ; rubidd, anfractibus maculis parvis rotundis in 

 medio uniseriatim cinctis ; columelld ąuadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 30. f. 241. 



Hab. ? 



AUied in some measure to the Mitra pardalis. 



Mitra cremans. Mitr. testd obeso-ovatd, spird brevi, suturis 

 šubimpressis ; leevi, basim versus granosd, longitudinaliter subob- 

 liąuc plicntd ; nigerrimd,flammis rvfo-aurantiis Jtic illic variegatd ; 

 columelld triplicatd. 



