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Mitra anai.ogica. Mitr. testd ovato-ohlongd, basi contractd, sitl- 

 catd ; spira anfractibus longiUidinaliter plicato-costatis, anfractu 

 ullimo lavigato ; nigricante fuscd, zonuld luted cingulatd ; colu- 

 melld iriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 35. f. 293, 



Hab. ? 



This species has very much the appearance of a gigantic Mitra 

 Savignii, from which it however diflFers in its proportions. 



Mitra bilineata. Mitr. testd ovatd, solidiusculd, spird acuminatd ; 

 longitudinaliter subobsolete plicatd, Icevigatd, poliid ; nigerrimo- 

 fuscd, apicem verstis albicante, lineis duabus luteis cingulatd ; co- 

 lumelld guingueplicatd. 

 Conch. Icon.. Mitra, pi. 35. f. 294. 



Hab. ? 



A hard polished blackish brown shell, encircled with two distant 

 yellow lines. 



Mitra recurva. Mitr. testd fusiformi, basi attenuatd, subrecurvd; 

 longitudinaliter granoso-Uratd, transversim impresso-striatd ; ro- 

 saceo-purpurascente ,fusco minutissime hic illic punctatd ; columelld 

 guadripUcatd ; labro incrassato. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 36. f. 297. 



Hub. Island of Capul, Philippines (found under stones at low 

 water) ; Cuming. 



The minute granules with which the surface of this shell is longi- 

 tudinall}' sculptured have a semitransparent pearl-like appearance. 



Mitra incarnata. Mitr. testd oblongo-ovatd, spird breviusculd, 

 transversim elegantissime crebriliratd, longitudinaliter angisulcatd ; 

 incarnatd ; columelld sexplicatd, aperturd longiusculd. 

 Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 36. f. 299. 



Hab. Cagayan, province of Misamis, island of Mindanao, Philip- 

 pines (dredged from sandy mud at the depth of five and twenty 

 fathoms) ; Cuming. 



The sculpture of this delicately tinted shell is very elaborate. 



Mitra articulata. Mitr. testd abbreviato-fusiformi, subventri- 

 cosd ; anfractibus lavibus, longitudinaliter subobsolete plicatis, 

 medio Isviter tuberculatis ; pallide rosaceo-coccined, zonuld albd 

 fusco articulatd cinctd ; columelld guadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon., Mitra, pi. 36. f. 302. 



Hab. ? 



I have found no specimen approaching comparison \s'ith the one 

 above described, from the coUection of Thomas Norris, Esq. 



Mitra festa. Mitr. testd pyramidali-ovatd, longitudinaliter ob- 

 tuso-costatd, costarum interstitiis transversim cancellatis ; eburned, 

 anfractu ultimo fascid latd olivaceo-cinered, fusco indist inde punc- 

 tatd, cingulatd ; columelld guadriplicatd. 



Conch. Icon. Mitra, pi. 36. f. 303. 



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

 sands) ; Cuming. 



