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An inelegant, very simple species allied to the preceding ; but 

 it is less ventricose, the aperture paler and narrower, which with 

 its tough, wooly epidermis sufficiently characterize it. Beneath 

 the epidermis it is polished and finely reticulated, blotched or 

 banded. 



Mitra vitellina. T. lanceolata, solida, dilute aurantia ma- 

 culis albis fasciata, sulcis linearibus ad 15 lyrata et striis tenuibus 

 crebris cincta ; intersectionibus punctatis : spira elevata, anfr. 

 8-9 planis, ultimo | long, testas, cylindraceo, antice angustato : 

 aperturaangusta; labro recto, simplici ; columella 4-plicata, sinu 

 siphonali brevi, vix recurvo. Long. 1^; lat. /^ poll. Iiab. — ? 



An elegant species about the size of M. subulata, having the 

 general form and coloration of M. glabra, Sw., and is sculptured 

 more like M. ijnprcssa, Reeve. 



Mitra fidicula. T. lanceolato-fusiformis, livido-crocea, fas- 

 cia albida unica cincta, plicis acutis albidis ad 12 lyrata ; spira 

 anfr. 9 planulatis postice tabulatis, apicalibus (ultimo etiam ad 

 basim) spiraliter striatis : apertura angusta, intus tenui-striata ; 

 columella 4-plicata ; fauce rufo ; canali siphonali curto, fere 

 recto. Long, f- ; lat. -^ poll. Hab. — ? 



There is no species corresponding very nearly to this. Per- 

 haps M. cinerea, Reeve, resembles it as much as any one. 



Mitra cophina. T. fusiformis, albida, liris volventibus et 

 liris longitudinalibus altioribusubique reticulata ; areolis intercep- 

 ts profundis : spira turrita, anfr. 9-10 planiusculis subtabulatis, 

 ultimo antrorsum in rostrum contortum subito desinente : aper- 

 tura angusta, flexuosa, postice obtusa ; columella 4 plicata, 

 plicis antrorsum minoribus. Long. T s - ; lat. j\ poll. Hab. 

 Singapore. 



The form, size, and color is like M. suturata, Reeve, but the 

 sculpture is quite different, that species having no longitudinal 

 ridges, and the transverse grooves are described as deep and 

 punctured, and the intermediate ridges slightly granose. 



Mitra rorata. T. modica, solida, lanceolata, cinerea rubi- 

 ginoso-marmorata, clathris longitudinalibus quadratis ad 30 et 

 striis tenuibus volventibus decussata : spira elevata, anfr. 9-10 

 planis postice angulatis ; ultimo cylindraceo antice sensim atten- 

 uato, dimidiam long, testa? superante : apertura angusta, labro 



