VOLUTA 



Species S. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 VoLUTA RUTILA. Vol. testa ovald, utr'mque attemtatd, cras- 

 siusculd, spird brevi, apice papillam amplam, obsolete 

 nodiilosam, formante, anfractibus lavibus, snperne de- 

 clivibus, interdicm, autem raro, tubercidatk, columella 

 subarcuatd, qtiadriplicatd, aperturd elougato-ovatd, 

 labro simpUci ; carneo-albicante, sanguineo-rubro cre- 

 berrime confuse trigono-maculatd et nebulatd, et sub- 

 obscure saturate trifasciatd. 

 The blood-red Volute. Shell ovate, attenuated at 

 both ends, rather thick, spii'C short, forminp; a large 

 obsoletcly nodulous papiUa, whorls smooth, slanting 

 round the upper part, sometimes, but rarely, tuber- 

 cled, columella slightly arched, four-plaited, aperture 

 elongately ovate, lip simple ; flesh-white, very closely 

 confusedly triangularly blotched and clouded with 

 blood-red, and rather obscurely deeper-coloured in 

 three bands. 

 Broderip, Zoological Jom-nal, vol. ii. p. 3fl. pi. 3. 

 Hob. Xorth-east Coast of AustraKa ; Jukes. 



The jjaiuting of this species does not consist of tine 

 hair lines and blotches of scarlet-red, as in the V. aulica, 

 but of a confusedly mottled mass of deep blood-red co- 

 louring, forming numerous obscure triangular open patches, 

 and three indistinct bands. 



Species 9. (Mus. Cuming.) 



VoLUTA inxexa. Vol. testd oblongo-ovatd, sjjird brevins- 

 culd, apice papillam subamplam nodulosam formante, 

 anfractibus Icevibus, superne declivibus, leviter angulatis, 

 ad aiigulum nodoso-tvberculatis, columella fortiter qua- 

 driplicatd ; carneo-albd, Kneis temdbus cocaineo-fusces- 

 centibus undique longitudinaliter subtilissime intiexd, 

 fa-sciis angustis tribus saturatioribus. 



The knitted Volute. Shell oblong-ovate, spii-e rather 

 short, forming a rather large nodulous papilla at the 

 apex, whorls smooth, slanting round the upper part 

 and slightly angled, nodosely tubercled at the angle, 

 columella strongly fom--plaited ; flesh-white, longitu- 

 dinally very finely knitted throughout with fine scarlet- 

 brown lines, with three narrow darker bauds. 



Hab. ? 



An imdescribed species, of which the locality is unknown. 

 The entire siu'face is covered with a remarkable fine scarlet- 

 brown net-work, very closely an-anged transversely, so 

 that the triangular spots of white, which appear here and 

 there, are more longitudinal than usual, whilst the three 

 bands which are somewhat indistinctly formed by a darker 

 deposit of the colour, are imusuaUy narrow. The specimen 

 having lost a portion of the hp, it is so represented in the 

 accompanying figure. 



Species 10. (Mus. Brit.) 



Voluta papillaris. Vol. testa ■mbfusiformi-omdd, crassd, 

 basi truncatd, apice valde papillari, anfractibus leevi- 

 bus, superne declivibus, deinde tumidiusculis, columella 

 rude tri- quinqueplicatd, callosd, aperturd subangustd, 

 labro incrassato ; fulvesceute-albd, fulvo-castaneo re- 

 liculatd et latifasciatd. 



The papillary Volute. Shell somewhat fusiformly 

 ovate, thick, truncated at the base, very papillary at 

 the apex, whorls smooth, slanting round the upper 

 part, then rather swollen, columella rudely three- 

 to five-plaited, callous, aperture rather narrow, lip 

 thickened; fulvous white, reticulated and broadly 

 banded with fidvous chestnut. 



SwAiNSON, Appendix to Bligh Catalogue. 

 Voluta Sotcerbyi (pars), Kiener. 



Hab. Port Lincoln, Australia. 



]\L-. Swainson named this species papillosa with the 

 view of ilrawing attention to the remarkaljle papillary 

 structure of the apex, but as that word signifies "full of 

 papillae," it is better rendered papillaris. Taking it to 

 refer to the painting, and confounding the species with 

 V. fusifonuis, M. Kiener has changed the name to do 

 honour to Mr. Sowerby, " because the spots have so rarely 

 the appearance of papdlaj." Mr. Sowerby acknowledges 

 the compliment, in language severe but not the less tme, 

 by calliug it an absurdity. To add to this category of 

 errors, M. Kiener gives the name V.fusifonnis to ilr. ISro- 

 derip's V. Beckii. 



November, IS-ti 



