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Coach. Icon., Mitra, pi. 31. f. 248. 



Hab. ? 



Of a peculiar purple lead-colour. 



MiTEA NYMPHA. Mitr. testd subfusi/ormi, spird acuminatd ; an- 

 fractibus transversim punctato-striatis ; incarnato-fuscescente ,albo 

 maculato-variegatd, anfractu ultimo fascid albidd subindistinctd 

 cingulato ; columelld guadriplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 31. f. 249. 



Hab. ? 



A solid punctured shell, of a fleshy-brown or pale salmon-colour, 

 variegated with \vhite spots, particularly around the suturės. 



Mitra callosa. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, spird breviuscvld, sxi- 

 turis subimpressis ; IcBvigatd, basi Uratu ; jilumbco-fuscd, punctis 

 /uscis kic illic variegatd ; columelld f uscd, quinqueplicatd, callosi- 

 tate albd svperne armatd, plicis albis ; labro subflexuoso. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 31. f. 251. 



Hab. Pasacao, island of Luzon, Philippines (found on the sands) ; 

 Cuming. 



Distantly allied to the Mitra ebenus. 



Mitra jegra. Mitr. testd fusiformi, spird acuminatd, transversim 

 undigue crebriliratd, liris Icevibus, interstitiis puncturatis ; fusces- 

 cente, roseo-albicante pallide et indistincte fasciatd et maculald ; 

 columelld guadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 31. f. 252. 



Hab. .' 



Likę the Mitra cylindracea in form, but of a different sculpture. 



Mitra modesta. Mitr. testd subfusiformi-ovatd, basi contractd, 

 spird turritd; anfractibus rotvndatis, longitudinaliter costatis, in 

 terstitiis transversim cancellato-impressis ; nived, rosaceo basim 

 versus pallidissime tinctd ; columelld guadriplicatd, aperturee fauce 

 rosaced. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 31. f. 254. 



Hab. Island of Ticao, Philippines (found on the reefs at low water) ; 

 Cuming. 



A chaste pink-white shell, with a highly-relieved lattice sculpture. 



Mitra semen. Mitr. testd ovatd, utringue attenuatd, Itevigatd, po- 

 litd ; castaneo-fuscd lineis albidis undatis longitudinaliter pictd ; 

 columelld triplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 32. f. 256. 



Hab. Puerto Galero, island of Mindoro, Philippines (found on the 

 sands at lo\v w'ater) ; Cuming. 



Covered with characteristic longitudinal wavedlines. 



Mitra milium. Mitr. testd ovato-fusiformi, crassiusculd, lineis 

 elevatiusculis undigue creberrime decussatd ; nifescente-fttscd ; co- 

 lumelld guadriplicatd ; aperturd subangustd, labro incrassato. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 32. f. 257. 



Hab. ? 



