164 



CONCHOLOGY. 



V. ^thiopica. 



V. melo. 



V. imperialis. 



V. pellis-serpentis. 



V. vespertilio. 



V. Hebrsea. 



V. musica. 



V. chlorosina. 



V. laevigata. 



V. polyzonalis. 



V. nodulosa. 



V. magnifica. 



V. ancilla. 



V. Magellanica. 



V. Pacifica. 



V. fulminata. 



V. Junonia. 



V. scapha. 

 V. Brasiliana. 

 v. mitis. 

 V. nivosa. 

 V. serpentina. 

 V. ihiarella. 

 V. carneolata. 

 V. Guinaica. 

 V. fulva. 

 V. sulcata. 

 V. nucleus. 

 V. undulata. 

 V. lapponica. 

 V. vexillum. 

 V. volvacea. 

 V. festiva. 

 V. mitraeformis. 



V. jEthiopica. The iElhiopian Volute. PI, 30, fig. 2. 

 Species large, oval, convex, ventricose ; spire papillary, 

 with whorls coronated with elevated hollow spines. 



V. musica. The music Volute. 



Species oval, marked like musical notes set in scores on 

 its surface ; spire sub-tuberculated. 



V. Magellanica. The Magellan Volute. 

 Species sub-fusiform, elongated, and sub-turreted ; no 

 spines or tubercles on the whorls. 



4. Marginella. Twenty-four species. 



Distinguished from the Voluta, from which it was taken, 

 by having the outer lip thickened. 



Shell smooth, polished, ovate, oblong, sub-conic, spire 

 short and papillary ; aperture narrow, sub-ovate, by a light 

 curve of the right edge, which is inflated or reflected, slightly 

 notched anteriorly ; the columellar edge marked with three 

 distinct oblique plaits. 



