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A REVIEW OF THE VOLUTIDAE 



de C, 5rd aer- 



1, 1880. Try on: 

 87, plate 27, 



Valuta ceraunla Crosse, J. 

 les, 20, 148, T. 4, fig 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 

 fig. 78, 1882, 



Alt. 62-75 mm. 



Hab. Woodlock Island; New Georgia, Solomon 

 Islands (Brazier). 



Nucleus consisting of three and one- 

 half whorls; the latter one and one-half 

 whorls faintly nodulous; post-nuclear 

 whorls two and three-quarters; suture very 

 lightly Impressed; sculpture consisting of 

 fine growth lines; columella with four 

 plaits, the anterior descending, the three 

 posterior oblique; ground color, cream, 

 patterned with rather widely spaced, brown- 

 ish blotches, forming upon the body whorl 

 three or more poorly defined bands; aper- 

 ture large; columella and aperture brilliant 

 pink- orange. 



Aulica punctata (Swainson) 1822 

 (Plate 18, Figure 128) 



Valuta punctata Swainson, Zool. Illust., 

 series 1, plate l6l, 1822. Cox, in J. 

 de C, vol. 19, p. 77, plate 5, fig. 2, 

 1871. Reeve: Conch. Icon., plate 21, 

 species 52, 1849. Sowerby: Thes. 

 Conch., vol. 1, p. 198, plate 53, figs. 

 89, 9O; vol. 5, 2nd suppl., plate 15 

 (Thes. plate 5l4 ) fig. l49. Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 89, plate 27, 

 fig. 80, -1882. 



Alt. 75 mm. 



Hab. East Australia; Bellinger River and 

 Port Jackson, Australia; southern coast 

 of New Caledonia. 



Shell nearly oval, thlcklsh, smooth, 

 pale fulvous with darker, squarish spots 

 disposed in rows, and sprinkled over with 

 dots of the same color; spire rather short, 

 conical, with an obtuse apex, whorls, few, 

 the last with small tubercles posteriorly; 

 columella with four distinct white folds. 



Aulica pulchra pulchra (Sowerby) I825 

 (Plate 18, Figure 124) 



Valuta pulchra Sowerby, Tankerville Cat., 



app. p. 28, plate 4, fig. 2, 1825. 

 Reeve: Conch. Icon, plate 21, fig. 54, 

 1849. Sowerby: Thes. Conch, vol.1, p. 199, 

 plate 51, fig. 61. Chenu: Man. de 

 Conch., p. 190, fig. 969. Tryon: Man. 

 Conch., vol. 4, p. 86, plate 25, fig. . J 

 50, 1882. Maxwell Smith: World-Wide 

 Sea Shells, p. 65, fig. 875, 1940. 



Alt. 68 mm. 



Hab. Great Barrier Reef, Australia; Heron 

 Island, Australia (MacGlllvary) . 



Nucleus consisting of three and 

 one-half whorls, covered with fine spiral 

 striae and longitudinal riblets; ground 

 color and riblets whitish, the remainder 

 pale corn-yellow; post-nuclear whorls three; 

 suture moderately impressed; body whorl 

 with nine, regularly placed, slight re- 

 curved nodules at the periphery; similar 

 nodules upon the spire; spiral sculpture 

 consisting of fine striae; ground color 

 china white with a violet cast, overlaid 

 with a violet-rose and pale orange pattern, 

 leaving pyramidal spaces of the ground 

 color showing through, these in turn, ' reg- 

 ularly accented by the presence of dark, 

 longitudinal, chocolate colored dots and 

 streaks. 



Aulica pulchra wlsemani (Brazier) I87I 

 (Unflgured) 



Valuta wlsemani Brazier, J. de C, vol. 19, 

 p. 78, plate 5, fig. 1, I871. Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 5, 2nd suppl., p. 297, 

 plate 14 (Thes. plate 513) fig. 139- 

 Tryon: Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 86, 

 plate 25, fig. 51, 1882. 



Alt. 73 mm. 



Hab. Northeast Australia. 



Aulica rutila rutila (Broderlp) I825 

 (Plate 18, Figure 125 ) 



Valuta rutila Broderlp, Zool. Journ., vol. 

 2, p. 30, T. 3, 1825, Reeve: Conch. 

 Icon., plate 4, fig. 8, 1849. Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 1, p. 200, plate 46, 

 figs. 5, 6. Tryon: Man. Conch., vol.4. 



