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86 VESPERTILIO. 



Sect. 4. Vespertilio, Klein. 



Shell oval-oblong, more or less ventricose. Spire terminated 

 by a regularly spiral summit, papilliform, but having an appar- 

 ently erenulated nucleus, caused by the presence of numerous 

 little tubercles, more or less apparent. Columella four-plaited. 



V. VESPERTILIO, Linn. PI. 25, figs. 43-49, 52. 



Yellowish flesh-color, covered by an irregular network of 



chestnut brown, which is occasionally confluent into broad 



angulated blotches. Length, 3-5 inches. 



PJiilijjjnnes Moluccas. 



One of the most variable species in form, development of 

 spines and folds, and coloring. I figure V. pellis-serpentis, Lam. 

 (fig. 46), V. mitis, Lam. (fig. 49), V. serpentina^ Lam. (fig. 4t), 

 and V. lineolata, Kiister (fig. 52). Also a reversed "specimen 

 (fig. 45). 



V. PULCHRA, Sowe^b3^ PL 25, figs. 50, 51. 



Pale flesh-color, with white specks, and small chestnut dots, 

 irregularl}' disposed in three bands. Length, 2*5-3 inches. 



N. and I^. E. Australia. 



V. Wiseviani, Brazier (fig. 51), is acknowledged b}^ its author 

 to be a variety onl}^ of V. pulchra. 



Y. NivosA, Lam. PI. 25, fig. 53. 



Grayish flesh-color, sprinkled Avith small white specks ; with 

 two revolving bands, consisting of longitudinal, subparallel, 

 more or less interrupted chestnut-colored lines ; columella and 

 aperture saflfron-j'ellow. Length, 2-5-3*5 inches. 



W. Coast of Australia. 

 Y. NoRRisii, Gray. PI. 25, fig. 55. 



Grayish brown, flecked with white and less numerously with 



brown ; there are two interrupted bands of darker color, here 



and there marked with longitudinal lines ; the shoulder also is 



darker and strigate with brown ; aperture light chocolate within. 



Length, 2*5-3 inches. 



W. Coast of Australia. 



The markings on the bands frequently assume a somewhat 

 irregular checker-board appearance. Dr. Gray described this 

 species in 1838, and Sowerby (probably finding a specimen 



