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200mil., breadth 65miL, proportional length of body whorl 

 about -{\^^ of penultimate y^^. This is the largest 

 Volute in Table Cape Beds, and has much the general 

 appearance of V. macroptera (McCoy) in its young state, 

 but has a smaller pullus, and differs materially in the size, 

 number of whorls, and in the absence of an expanded wing. 

 Named in honour of the late Mr. Morton Allport, whose 

 l^lace in the field of Tas. Nat. History can never again be so 

 fitly occupied. 



VOLUTA PELLITA, n.S. 



Shell narrowly fusiform, of six gradually increasing 

 whorls besides the pullus, which is absent in the only speci- 

 men obtained ; apical angle 45 ^ ; spire has a slightly 

 convex outline ; surface of whorls, of a shining leathery 

 appearance, as if covered with raised, regularly sized micro- 

 scopic glands ; whorls also ornamented with slightly raised 

 blue, undulating lines ; aperture narrow, elliptical ; lip 

 simple ; columella curved, with three distant distinct 

 oblique plaits, the upper one being smallest and more trans- 

 verse ; length of shell without pullus 120mil., breadth 

 42mil., length of aperture 72mil., proportional length of 

 body ^''0%, of penultimate yV%- This shell approaches the 

 living V. fusiformis in shape and ornamentation. 



VOLUTA STOLIDA, U.S. 



Shell conoidal, ventricose, solid, mammillate ; jjullus 

 smooth, of 2f turns, forming obtuse apex to spire ; spire of 

 3 whorls besides pullus ; apical angle about 80 '^ ; crown of 

 each whorl with about 12 tubercles, sharp, angulate, and 

 terminating distinct, somewhat distant, regular, angulate, 

 sigmoid ribs, which become obsolete as they approach the 

 base of body whorl ; crown of tubercles projecting at right 

 angles to axis, and slightly rounded off and forming a con- 

 cave groove between suture and row of tubercles ; whorls 

 finely striate, longitudinally, with lines of growth ; aperture 

 narrow, contracted anteriorly ; lip thickened, simple, 

 emarginate above ; columella somewhat curved, with 4 

 distinct oblique equi-distant plaits, and 2 irregular ones not 

 so prominent ; one above the first regular plait, and the other 

 between the second and third. Length 55mil., breadth 30mil., 

 proportional length of body whorl -^^-^, penult y\f^ , length of 

 pullus 3mil. Shell resembles V. Weldii, Tenison Woods, but 

 is very distinct, being fully twice as large ; apical angle and 

 jmllus greater, and having invariably 12 tubercles on each 

 of the three last whorls. It differs from McCoy's V. stropho- 

 do7i (largest size) in the two extra irregular plaits^ and in the 

 constancy of the number of tubercles. F. Weldii and V. 



