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Voluta sanguisuga (not of Linne), Wood, Ind. Test., p. 104, pL xx. tig. 105. 

 Mitra sanguisuga, Lamarck, Anim. s. vert., vol. vii. p. 310. and (ed. Desk) vol. x. p. 319, sp. 31. 

 „ „ Deshayes, Encyel. method., vers, vol. ii. p. 454, No. 18, pi. ccclxxiii. fig. 10. 



„ Kiener, Iconog., p. 80, sp. 78, pi. xxiv. fig. 75. 



„ ., Kuster, Conch. Cab. (ed. Krister), p. 58, No. 28, vol. x. figs. 10, 11. 



Reeve, Conch. Icon., vol. ii. pi. xiv. fig. 99. 

 ,, ,, Sowerby, Thes. Conch., vol. iv. pts. 31, 32, sp. 394, pi. ccclix. (viii. Gen.) 



figs. 91*-94*. 

 Turricula sanguisuga, var. stigmaria, Tryon, Manual, vol. iv. p. 165, pi. xlviii. fig. 395. 



July 29, 1874. Levuka, Fiji. 12 fathoms. 



Habitat. — Ticao, Philippines (Reeve). 



I have carefully examined a very large series of specimens of Mitra sanguisuga, Linne, and Mitra 

 stigmataria, Lam., both in the British Museum and in foreign collections, and the opinion I formed 

 was that the species ought to be united. In this way we should also escape the confusion which 

 Lamarck (see Deshayes' note, loc. cit. supra) made of the nomenclature. I have thought it better, 

 however, to avoid that question here, and to confine the citation of authorities to those which belong 

 to the specimen of the Challenger. It is singularly beautiful, and has no transverse bands of colour, 

 the ground between the ribs being of a rich cream colour, and the ribs themselves brilliant ver- 

 milion. Chemnitz's figure 1374 approaches, but, withal, falls far short of the features I refer to. 



Family Volutid^e, Fleming, 1828. 



Genera. 1. Voluta, Linne. 2. Provocatoi; "Wats. 3. Guivillea, Wats. 4. Volutomitra, Gray. 



5. Marginella, Lam. 



1. Voluta, Linne, 1758. 



Species. 



1. Voluta (Vespertilio) sophia, Gray. 5. Voluta (Cgmbiola) lutea, Wats. 



2. Voluta (Vespertilio) vespertilio, Linne. 6. Voluta (Scaphella) tumeri, Gray. 



3. Voluta (Zidona) angulata, Swains. 7. Voluta (Scaphella) undulata, Lam. 



4. Voluta (Cgmbiola) ancilla, Soland. 8. Voluta (Alcithoe) gracilis, Swains. 



9. Voluta (Volutilithes) alyssicola, Ad. and Rve. 



1. Voluta (Vespertilio) sophia, Gray. 



Voluta sophia, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 1846, vol. xviii. p. 431. 

 „ „ Reeve, Conch. Icon., 1849, vol. vi. pi. x. fig. 21. 



„ „ Sowerby, Thes. Conch., pt. 23, p. 270, sp. 65, pi. cclxi. fig. 132. 



„ (Scapha) sophia, Angas, Distrib. Voluta Austral. Seas, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1864, p. 52, sp. 13. 

 Voluta sophia, Cox, Distrib. Austr. Volutes, p. 17. 



