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Aullca vespertllio vespertillo (Lirm^) 

 (Plate 19, Figures 131-152; 

 Plate 18, Figure 126) 



Valuta vespertllio Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 

 12, p. 1194, number 428. Reeve: Conch. 

 Icon., pi. 5, fig- 11a, 1849. Sowerby: 

 Thes. Conch., vol. 1, pi. 47, figs. 15, 

 21, 22. Wood: Index Test., p. 107, 

 pi. 21, fig. 151, 1856. Tryon: Man. 

 Conch., vol. 4, p. 86, pi. 25, fig. 45, 

 1882. 



Alt. 75-120 nun. 



Hab. Indian Ocean; Moluccas; Papua, Madras, 

 India (Melvill and Standen). 



Nucleus (see PI. 26, Fig. I85) con- 

 sisting of three and one-half whorls, broad- 

 ly shouldered; nodules rounded, blunt, prom- 

 inent; about nine to the last whorl; sculp- 

 tured with spiral striae; apex low; post- 

 nuclear whorls two and one-half; suture un- 

 dulating; growth lines prominent; seven 

 conspicuous recurved spines upon body whorl, 

 spines short but sharp upon spire; columel- 

 la with four plaits; outer lip thickened, 

 usually darker inside; aperture whitish; 

 ground color variable, usually ornamented 

 with an irregular, zig-zag pattern and a 

 tendency toward indistinct bands. 



This shell commonly known as the 

 Bat Volute was thought to have been named 

 thus by Llnneus on account of its resem- 

 blance to the hooked claws on a bat's 

 wing. 



Aullca vespertllio mitis (Lamarck) 1844 

 (Plate 19, Figure 150) 



Valuta mitis Lamarck, An. s. Vert., ed. 



Deshayes, vol. 10, p. 588, 1844. Reeve; 

 Conch. Icon., pi. 5, fig- He, 1849. 

 Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 1, pi. 47, 

 figs. 18, 25? Tryon: Man. Conch., vol, 

 4, p. 86, pi. 25, fig. 49, 1882. 



Alt. (of specimen figured by Reeve) 

 102 mm. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



This subspecies attains an oblong 

 cylindrical form, with tubercles par- 

 tially obsolete. 



Aulica vespertllio pellis-serpentls 



(Lamarck) 1844 



(Plate 25, Figure 175) 



Valuta pellls-serpentis Lamarck, An. s. 

 Vert., ed. Deshayes, vol. 10, p. 586, 

 1844. Reeve: Conch. Icon., pi. 5, fig- 

 lid, 1849. Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 

 1, pi. 47, fig. 16. Tryon: Man. Conch., 

 vol. 4, p. 86, pi. 25, fig. 46, 1882. 

 Watson: Challenger Rept., part Gastro- 

 poda, p. 254, 1885. 



Alt. (of specimen figured by Reeve) 115 mm. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



In this form the color is more 

 elaborately reticulated, and has little In- 

 dication of the triangular and tortuous 

 lines which distinguish the other subspe- 

 cies. 



Aulica vespertllio lineolata (Kuster) l84l 

 (Plate 25, Figure 175) 



Valuta lineolata Kuster, Conch. Cab., (ed. 



Kuster), p. 190, T. 56, fig. 6, l84l. 



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

 25, fig. 52, 1882. 



Alt. 75-120 ram. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



Aulica vespertllio serpentina 

 (Lamarck) 1844 

 (Plate 18, Figure 127) 



Valuta serpentina Lamarck, An. s. Vert., 

 ed. Deshayes, vol. 10, p. 590, 1844. 

 Reeve: Conch. Icon., pi. 5, fig- Ht, 

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

 pi. 47, figs. 17, 19, 20, 25. Tryon: 

 Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 86, pi. 25, fig. 

 47, 1882. Kuster: Conch. Cab., (ed. 

 Kuster), p. 190, species 44. 



Valuta vespertllio Linne, Chenu: Man. de 

 de Conch., p. I86, fig. 950, 1859- 

 Maxwell Smith: World-Wide Sea Shells, 

 p. 66, species 88O, 1940. 



Alt. (of specimen figured by Reeve) 



111 mm. 



