VEETAGUS.— Plate III. 



Species 15. (Fig. a, b, Mus. Cuming.) 



Vektagus lineatus. Ver. testa oMonga, subventricosa, 

 alba, rubra spiraliter Uneatd ; anfractibns spiraliter 

 (Ustanter liraiis et longitudiualiter cosiatis, liris super 

 castas in tuberculis acutis produciis ; aperturd ovali, 

 obUqtid, labro crenato, acute spinoso, columelld crassd, 

 lamhiatd, intiis medio luiiplicafo ; canaVi olAique re- 

 cnrvo. 



The lin'eated Vertagds. Shell oblong, rather ven- 

 tricose, white, spirally lineated with red ; whorls 



spirally, distantly ridged, and longitudinally ribbed, 

 ridges produced into sharp tubercles upon the ribs; 

 aperture oval, oblique, outer lip orenated, aeutely 

 spiuose, columella thick, laminated in the centre 

 within single-plaited, canal obliquely recurved. 



Brugdieee. 



Hab. Pacific Ocean. 



The shell represented by Fig. b is very characteristic of 

 the species, but Fig. a is not so easy to identify, its sculp- 

 ture putting one a little more in mind of V. Pharos. 



