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V. Punctirera. Lam. 38.—YV. Lirrerata. Var.C. D. p. 103. 
—Ch. f. 436, 7.—Valent. Amboy. t. 15. f. 19. Oblong ovate, 
somewhat angulated at the anterior extremity, obtuse; pale straw 
colour, sometimes with large spots indistinctly disposed in rays, 
and smaller scattered ones with crowded transverse and very fine 
longitudinal strize. 3.—Indian Ocean. 
V. Turera. Lam. 39. Oval, turgid, transversely grooved, ful- 
vous, with obscure letter-like markings, and about two rays; lunule 
ovate. Nearly 3.—Indian Ocean.—Distinguished by its shape 
from Litterata.? 
V. Lirrerata. Lin. 1135.—W. t. 8. f. 101.—D. p. 203.— 
Lam. 40.—Ch. f. 332, 3.—L. t. 280. f. 4. and t. 281. f. 1.— 
Putuastra L. Sow. G.—Reeve. t. 72. f. 2. Ovate, some- 
what angulated at the anterior end, finely grooved transversely, 
whitish with concentrically disposed angulated chesnut lines or 
brown spots; beaks small and smooth; white within.—Variety. 
Ch. f. 435. With both deep brown spots and indistinct letter-like 
markings.—Indian Ocean. 
V. Textive.2 G'mel. 3280.—Lam. 42.—W.t. 8. f. 104.— 
V. Unputata. D. p. 204.—Ch. f. 442.—H. t. 283. fi 1. 
Oblong, very smooth and glossy, pale fulvous with a network of 
angularly flexuous livid lines, both the lunule and the anterior 
slope lettered, the former lanceolate. 14. .23.—JJalabar. 
V. Grocrapuica. Chem. f. 440.—Gmel. 3293.—D. p. 203. 
Lam. 44.—W. t. 8. f. 102. Ovate oblong, posterior side very 
short, white with reddish brown zigzag stripes, which form a kind 
of network, transversely grooved and indistinctly. striated lon- 
gitudinally, inside white. 14. —Mediterranean.—Amboyna ? 
V. RarirtammMa. Lam. 45.—V. Dura. Gmel. 3292.— 
of it as a distinct species, and to bestow on it, and not on the 
species we have described, the original name of Chemnitz. 
2? OvuLeA. Lam. 59, is a worn specimen of this species. 
Deshayes has stated from an examination of specimens named 
by Lamarck himself, that V.Dorsata. Lam. 31. is but a local or 
accidental variety of this species. I will however in accordance 
with my usual plan of adding the doubtful species in the notes, 
give the characteristics specified in the Animaux sans Vertebres. 
V. Dorsata. Lam. 31. Oval, tumid, the anterior side elevated 
and obtusely angulated, with numerous transverse grooves of which 
those nearer the margin are sublamellar: lunule brown and oblong, 
either straw colour with the anterior slope somewhat spotted 
or whitish with chesnut letter-like markings: within white with 
a flesh coloured stain on the disc. 24.—New Holland. 
5 'V. Sutcarra. Lam. 41, is a variety of this. (fide B. MW.) 
