VOLUTA. 



Species 80. (Mus. Cuming.) 



VoLHTA maculata. Vol. testa subpyriformi-oblongd, 

 crasuusculd, spird brevi, apice papUlari et obtusd, ari- 

 fractibtts lavibus, politis, superne decl'mibus, deinde 

 tumidis, columelld quadriplicatd, aperturd elongatd, 

 labro vix incrassatn ; vivide aurantio-luted, Ibieis irre- 

 gularibus castanets, carnleo nebidatis, fasciatd. 



The spotted Volute. Shell somewhat pyriformly ob- 

 long, rather thick, spii'e short, obtuse and papillary 

 at the apex, whorls smooth, polished, slanting round 

 the upper part, then swollen, columella four-plaited, 

 aperture elongated, lip scarcely thickened ; bright 

 orange-yellow, Ijanded with irregular blue-clouded 

 chestnut lines. 



SwAlNSON, Exotic Conchology, p. i'i. pi. 38. 



IMj. Australia. 



.^ delicate bright orange-yellow shell, of rather solid 

 srowth, banded with chestnut lines, clouded behind with 

 blue, the lines not being parallel to each other, but straggling 

 and at iiTegular intervals. Another specimen in the 

 British Museum is of rather larger size, but less distinctly 

 marked, than that here represented from JIi-. Cuming's 

 collection. 



Species 31. (Mus. White.) 



VoLUTA JiARMOiiATA. Vol. testu oblonijd, temiicuJa, ven- 

 tricosd, bam versus gradatim aitermatd, spird bred, 

 acuminatd, apice subpapillari, arifractibus lavibus, 

 superne concave-angulatis, ad anguhim subtiliter acute 

 tuberculatis, delude itijlatis, columelld fortiter quadri- 

 plicatis, aperturd elongatd, labro snbincrassato, eff'uso ; 

 fuhescente-aiirantid, lineis subtilibus castaneis, late un- 

 dulatis, liic illic e suturis descendentibus, in fasciis 

 duabus concinne cceruleo-nebulatis, columelld et aper- 

 ture fauce aurantio-carneolis. 



The marbled Volute. Shell oblong, rather thin, ven- 

 tricose, gradually attenuated towards the base, spire 

 short, somewhat papillary at the apex, whorls smooth, 

 concavely angled round the upper part, finely sharply 

 tubercled at the angle, then inilated, columella 

 strongly four-plaited, aperture elongate, lip slightly 

 thickened, effused ; fulvous orange, with tine broadly 

 waved chestnut lines descending here and there from 



the sutures, and prettily blue-clouded in two bands, 

 columella and interior of the aperture orange-carne- 

 lion. 

 SwainsOxV, Exotic Conchology, PI. 1. 

 Hab. Australia. 



It was with this delicate and prettily marked species, 

 that Swainson, a great admirer of the Volutes, commenced 

 his ' Exotic Conchology.' Though differing materially 

 from the preceding species in form, by its Ught inflated 

 structure, it partakes somewhat of the colour and design 

 of painting, the ground tint being of a fulvous orange 

 hue, while the bands are formed by a similar blue-clouded 

 shading of the markings. The specimen here figured 

 from the collection of Henry Hopley White, Esq., is about 

 the ordinary size of the species, which varies considerably 

 in this respect, as may be seen by one in the British 

 Museum of nearly twice the dimensions. 



Species 33. (Mus. Cuming.) 

 VoLUTA VEXILLUM. Vol. testd obloiigo-ovatd, crassd, spird 

 breviusculd, acuminatd, apice erectd, papiUari, anfrac- 

 tibus lavibus, superne augulatis, ad angulum acute 

 compress!; tuberculatis, columelld fortiter quadriplicatd, 

 plicis perpaucis parvis irregularibus supra, aperturd 

 semiovali, labro acuto, effuso ; rosaceo-albd, taniis 

 ungustk, rividi' uurantUs, prope labruia divisis, nndique 

 ci III/ III aid. 

 Tee FLAG Volute. Shell oblong-ovate, thick, spire 

 rather short, acuminated, erect and papillary at the 

 apex, whorls smooth, angled round the upper part, 

 sharply compressly tubercled at the angle, columella 

 strongly four-plaited, with a very few small irregular 

 plaits above, aperture semioval, lip sharp, eft'used ; 

 pinkish-white, encircled throughout with narrow- 

 ribands of bright orange which become divided near 

 the bp. 

 Chejinitz, Conch. Cab. vol. x. p. 152. 

 Hab. Ceylon. 



This eminent shell, the ' PavUlon d'Orange' and 'Orange 

 Plag ' of early writers, is still of rare occurrence, and unap- 

 proached by any other species of the genus. It is worthy 

 of observation that the bright orange ribands of painting 

 which characterize it, mostly become divided, on reaching 

 maturity, into two shreds. 



November, lSt9. 



