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A REVIEW OF THE VOLUTIDAE 



Lyria anna (Lesson) I832 

 (Plate 2, Figure l4) 



Vol'ita anna Lesson, Illustrations de Zoo- 



logie, May, I832. 

 yol'tta costata Swalnson (not Solander) 



Journ., vol. 17, p. 53 • Reeve: Conch. 



Icon. pi. 21, fig. 51, 1849. 

 harpy J a harpa Swalnson: Exotic Conch. 

 Vol'ita harpa Deshayes (not of Barnes). 

 Vol'ita lyratc. Sowerby. 



Alt. 54 mm. 



Hab. Moluccas and adjacent seas. 



Shell oblong-ovate, spire rather 

 short, turrlted, somewhat sharp at apex; 

 whorls smooth or very minutely decussately 

 striated, grooved at base, depressly flat- 

 tened at suture, then longitudinally ribbed, 

 ribs regular, rounded, pointed at the up- 

 per extremity; columella many plaited, the 

 three anterior distinct, the remainder 

 small, almost obsolete; surface white, pro 

 miscuously sparingly spotted and lineated 

 with light saffron red color. 



Genus ENAETA H. and A. Adams l853 



Enaeta H. and A. Adams, Genera of Rec. 

 Moll., II, p. 167, 1853; first species 

 Vol'ita cnm'ifi Broderip: Gray, Guide 

 Moll. B. M., p. 34, 1857; sole ex. cited 

 Liria harpa Barnes, equal Vol'ita harpa 

 Barnes non Lamarck, equal Vol'ita 

 harnpsi I Gray. 



Genotype: Enaeta barnesil Gray 



Hab. American waters, both Atlantic and 

 Pacific shores. 



Shell of small size, heavy, with 

 an operculum similar to Lyria. From the 

 latter genus, the species differ by the 

 denticulation of the outer lip inside the 

 aperture. When adult there is often one 

 dominant denticle near the center of the 

 lip. 



Enaeta archerl (Angas) I865 

 (Plate 3, figs. 21, 27) 



Vol'ita archpri Angas, P. Z. S. London, 

 1865, p. 55, pl. 11, figs. 4, 5. 



Lyria archerl. Tryon: Man. Conch., vol.4, 

 p. 104, pl. 31, fig. 144, 1882. 



Alt. 32 mm. 



Hab. Antilles at Montserrat (archer) and 

 Martinique. 



Shell ovate, solid, somewhat re- 

 curved at base, • longitudinally strongly 

 lirate-costate, the ribs obtuse, slightly 

 sinuous, at the margin small, gradually 

 vanishing, the interstices smooth; pale 

 corneous-brown, the Interstices brown, the 

 ribs ornamented with a thin chestnut line; 

 spire somewhat acuminate; whorls six, a 

 little convex, above maculate Irregularly 

 with brown; aperture oblong, rather narrow, 

 scarcely two-thirds the length of the shell, 

 pale fleshy within; lip thickened, strongly 

 varicose, toothed within, the margin rather 

 thin, ornamented with black dots; columella 

 three- folded at base, and sculptured above 

 with numerous folds. 



Enaeta barnesil (Gray) I825 

 (Plate 2, Figure 19 ) 



Valuta barnesil Gray, Zool. Jour. 1, p. 511, 

 note in errata, I825. Carpenter, Rep. 

 Brit. Assoc. Advanc. Scl. for I863, p. 

 554. 



Vol'ita harpa Barnes, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. 

 N.Y., 1, p. 139, pl. 9, fig. 4, 1823: 

 not V. harpa Lamarck, Ann. du Mus . , 7, 

 p. 74, I8II; nor of Mawe, Linn. Syst. 

 of Conch., frontplece, fig. 2, I823, 

 Chenu, Man. de Conch, p. 19O, fig. 977, 

 1859. 



Lyria harpa Barnes, Maxwell Smith: World- 

 Wide Sea Shells, p. 67, fig. 896, 1940. 



Alt. 35 mm. 



Hab. Peruvian coast, northward to Cape 

 St. Lucas, Lower California. 



The acute spire, when in fine con- 

 dition, is the most important character of 

 this species; the ribs are smooth and ar- 

 cuate in contrast to the tubercular sculp- 

 ture off. c'lnin^i. These two species bear 

 similar color patterns. 



