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1. Voluta f estiva. Lam. S. E. Africa, 

 Natal Coast. One of the rarest of the 

 genus. It is a rosy-white clouded with 

 orange-red. I have never been able to 

 secure a specimen of this shell, but there 

 are many other Voluta few collectors 

 have ever seen. Rare. 



2. Voluta ancilla. Sow. Patagonia. A 

 rather thin shell, devoid of color as is 

 usual with shells living in such cold 

 water. Most specimens that come to me 

 show the effect of the turbulent seas, 

 even to grinding the shell so thin, holes 

 are found in perfectly fresh live speci- 

 mens. 6" 3.00 



3. Voluta braziliana. Sol. Brazil south- 

 ward. Specimens sent me recently from 

 Uruguay were covered with a reddish 

 periostracum. All have wide apertures 

 and are not a very attractive shell. I also 

 had sent me the egg-sacs laid by this 

 mollusc. They resemble gopher eggs of 

 Florida about 2" diameter, soft, trans- 

 lucent, and those that were developed 

 showed about a dozen embryos in the 

 one sac. Preserved in formaldehyde they 

 are a very interesting curio for the shell 

 den. 3 to 4" 3.00 



4. Voluta prevostiana, Crosse. Japan. 

 A slender form, thin and attains 7 or 8". 

 Large specimens show only faint traces 

 of color, usually reddish-brown. The 

 Japs are great shell collectors but they 

 do not find many of this shell. 5.00 



5. Voluta vexillum, Chem. Ceylon. A 

 very striking shell with its regular bands 

 and reddish markings on a white back- 

 ground. About 2V2", is one of the finest 

 of the region and not all are rare. 3.00 



6. Voluta undulata. Lam. So. Aus- 

 tralia. A fairly common shell much ad- 

 mired for its zigzag markings of wavy 

 lines. My collector finds them burrow- 

 ing in sand in shallow water. Usually 3". 



2.50 



7. Voluta papillosa. Swain. South Aus- 

 tralia, deep water. A fine robust shell, 

 usually lightly mottled with chestnut. 

 Only occasionally seen in collections. I 

 suspect it lives in rather deep water like 

 a number of forms of this genus. 5" 7.50 



8. Voluta bullata. Swain. South Africa. 

 A rather small shell and of curious form 

 for this genus. It has a wide aperture 

 and shows only faint markings of brown 

 on a buff background. Live collected 

 shells are rather scarce in collections. 



2V2" 5.00 



9. Voluta cymbiola, Chem. Moluccas. 

 It is a very rare shell and only occasion- 

 ally seen. About 2 1 /2". Diffused blotches 

 on a whitish background. Voluta sophiae. 

 Gray from West Australia is somewhat 

 similar and equally rare. 



10. Voluta ruckeri, Crosse. New 

 Georgia, Solomon Islands. A richly 

 colored shell with its reddish markings 

 which always attracts attention. It has 

 deep blotches on a creamy-white back- 

 ground. My collector in these islands 

 writes me the natives only occasionally 

 find a nice specimen. 3 to 4" 4.00 



11. Voluta elliotti. Sow. Northwest 

 Australia. A beautiful shell with chest- 

 nut, wavy lines on a creamy background. 

 It has a fine smooth polished surface 

 and doubtless comes from deep water. 

 There is another species similarly marked 

 called Turner!, Gray from the Australian 

 region, but it is very much rarer than 

 this shell. 2Vz to 3" 5.00 



12. Voluta gatliffi. Sow. Port Keats, 

 No. Australia, named for a prominent 

 collector in that continent. A very fine 

 and rare shell of which I have not seen 

 over six specimens in fifty years. Few 

 collectors have ever been able to procure 

 one and yet is liable to turn up on the 

 market at any time. It has chestnut 

 markings arranged in oblong squares on 

 a creamy or buff background. Smooth 

 3V2". Rare. 



