YOLUTA.— Plate XX. 



Species 50. (Mus. Brit.) 



VoLUT.v JuNONiA. Vol. testa fusiformi-ovata, npird brevi, 

 apice obtusd, atifraetibus lavibus, vel minute decmsatim 

 striatis, superrm tumidimadu, columella fortiter quad- 

 riplicatd, aperturd longiusmdd, laliro simplici ; laded, 

 macidk interne rwfii seriatim regulariter pictd. 



The peacock-tail Volute. Shell fusiformly ovate, 

 s])ire short, obtuse at the apex, whorls smooth or 

 minutely decussately striated, rather swollen round 

 the upper part, columella strongly four-plaited, aper- 



ture rather long, lip simple ; cream-colour, regularly 



painted with rows of deep-red spots. 

 Chemnitz, Conch. Cab. vol. xi. pi. 177. f. 1703, 4. 

 Hab. Gulf of Mexico. 



The spots in the shell here figured from the British 

 Museum are arranged in double transverse rows, but it is 

 not a character of the species. 



The habitat of this very rare Volute is supposed to bt- 

 on the northern shores of the Gulf of Mexico, near the 

 mouth of the Appalachicola River. 



