MITRA zonata. 

 Zoned Mitre. 



Generic Character. 



Testa inaqualiter fus'iformis, spij-u product a aifcnuatd, lahio extcriorc intus edcn- 

 tulo. Columella plicata. 



Shell unequally fusiform. Spire lengthened, attenuated. Outer lip simple, 

 not toothed within. Columella plaited. 



Specific Character. 



M. epidermide lutea, fuho-marmorata, anfractibusinfernl hasi nigria, columella 

 quinque-plicatc'i. Linn. Trans, xii. p. 338. 



Mitre, with the epidermis marliled with brownish-yellow; volutions at 



their base black ; colimiella five-plaited. 

 Mitra zonata. Marryat in Linn. Trans, vol. \ii. pi. 10. fg. 1. 2. 



J. HIS unique and beautiful jVIitre has been already described by 

 Captain Marryat in the Linneean Transactions : the figures, how- 

 ever, are uncoloured, and give a very indifferent idea of the grace- 

 ful symmetry of its form. My friend Dr. Leach, with his usual 

 liberality, permitted me to draw the accompanying figure of it 

 at the British Museum, where it is now deposited. 



It appears to have been taken near Nice in the Mediterranean, 

 adhering to a sounding-line, in very deep water ; a very singular 

 locality, since nearly all the Mitres have generally been supposed 

 to inhabit the tropical seas, or at least far from the coasts of 

 Europe. It should, however, be remarked, that Cypr&a lurida, 

 an Asiatic shell, I have found on the shores of Greece : and 

 C Ulysses, in his travels in the kingdom of Naples, enumerates 

 several shells as inhabiting the warm shores of the Tarentine 

 Bay, which are generally known only as natives of the Red Sea 

 and Indian Ocean. These facts, with many others, prove the 

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