46 



A RKVIEW OP THE VOLUTIDAE 



vol 



Melo nautlcus. Sowerby: Thes. Conch 

 1, p, 4l4, pi. 52, figs, 10-12, 



Melo aethioplca uar . nautlca Tryon: Man. 

 Conch., vol. 4, p. 81, pi. 23, fig. 19, 

 1882. 



Alt. 150-200 mm. 



Hab. Polynesia? 



Spines close set, converging toward 



the apex. 



Cymblum aethloplca*'regla (Schubert 



and Wagner) 1829 



(Plate 22, Figure 153) 



Melo reila Schubert and Wagner, Conch. Cab., 



12, 15, T. 218, fig. 5038, 3059, 1829. 

 Melo reiius. Sowerby: Thes. Conch., vol. 



3, 1st suppl., p. 275, pi. 4, (Thes. 



pi. 262), fig. 31. 

 Melo aethioplca var. reiia. Tryon: Man. 



Conch., vol. 4, p. 8I, pi. 23, fig. 18, 



1882. 



Alt. 150-300 mm, 



Hab. Polynesia. 



Shell yellowish-brown with zones 

 of white blotches (Tryon) . 



Cymblum clthara clthara (Solander) I786 

 (Plate 22, Figure l46) 



Voluta clthara Solander, Portland Catalogue, 



p. 96, 190, year 1786. 

 Voluta dtadema Lamarck, An. s. Vert., 5 



edit. Deshayes, 375, year 1844. 

 Melo dladema. Tryon: Man. Conch., vol. 4, 



p. 81, pi. 23, figs. 22, 23, 1882. 

 voluta amphora Solander, Port. Cat., p. 30, 



number 708; p. I9I, number 3874, 1786. 



Martini: Conch. Cab., 3, 78O. 



Alt. 150-325 mm. 



Hab. Indian Ocean; Australia. 



Nucleus consisting of three and one- 

 half whorls, apex, elevated; whorla orna- 

 mented with low, closely placed axial rib- 

 lets; two post-nuclear whorls; suture chan- 

 neled, surface sloping downward from periph- 



ery to suture; sculpture consisting of fine, 

 oblique broken, spiral striae and fine ir- 

 regular growth-lines; eight or more hollow- 

 pointed spines upon periphery of last whorl, 

 additional spines upon penultimate whorl; 

 columella with three plaits; ground color 

 ivory, marked with chestnut, often forming 

 interrupted zones, connected by zig-zag 

 markings . 



Cymblum clthara armata (Lajnarck) 1844 

 (Plate 21, Figure l40) 



Voluta armata Lamarck, An. s. Vert., ed. 



Deshayes, 376, vol. 5, 1844, Tryon: 



Man. Conch., vol. 4, p. 81, pi. 23, 



figs. 24, 25, 1882, 

 Melo armatus. Sowerby: Thes, Conch., vol. 



1, p. 4l4, pi, 82, fig. 15, pi. 83, 



figs. 21, 22. 

 Voluta clthara Solander, Port. Cat., pgs, 



96, 190, 1786, 



Alt. 175 mm. 



Hab. Eastern Seas. 



Spines longer, less distant and 

 more numerous than in clthara cithara, 

 also continued to the edge of the last 

 whorls. 



Cymblxim cithara umbillcatus (Broderlp) 

 (Plate 22, Figure l48) 



Melo umbllicatus Broderlp in Sowerby, Thes, 

 Conch,, vol. 3* Ist suppl., p. 273, 

 pi. 4 (Thes. pi. 262), fig. 32, vol, 1, 

 pi. 82, fig. 18; pi, 83, figs, 29, 30, 



Voluta ducalls Lamarck, An, s. Vert,, ed. 

 Deshayes, 10, 377, 



Melo dtadema var. ducalls. Tryon: Man. 

 Conch,, vol. 4, p. 81, pi. 23, fig. 26, 

 1882. 



Melo mucronatus Brod.-Sowb.. I855. 



Alt. 



Hab, 



Australia. 



In this subspecies the spines are, 

 except in the young state, long, and the 

 shoulder on which they rest high above 

 the apex, leaving it in a hole or umbilicus. 



