AULICA. 87 



labeled, but without authority for the name attached) redescribed 

 it under the same name in 1844 ; since then, the species has been 

 quoted in all the monographs as well as in Crosse's list as 

 Sowerby's, and Gray himself, forgetting that he had described it, 

 quotes it as of Sowerl)y in his British Museum monograph. 



V. Sopiii^E, Gray. PI. 25, fig. 5t. 



Yellowish white, witla two interrupted darker bands, which 



are bordered on either side by a line of chestnut spots. 



Length, 2*5 inches. 



W. Coast of Australia. 

 Perhaps a variety of V. Norrisii. 



y. RUTiLA, Brod. PI. 25, figs. 56, 54. 



Shell variegated, whitish and safi'ron-red, forming subtrigonal 

 blotches, and irregular veins, and usually' indicating obscurely 

 b}^ their confluence and broadening two revolving bands ; some- 

 times slightl}- tuberculate on the shoulder ; aperture salmon-red 

 within. Length, 3-3 '5 inches. 



N. E. Coast of Australia ; Neto Guinea. 



Yar. INNEXA, Reeve. Fig. 54. 

 Lighter colored, tuberculate. 



Louisiade Islands, near New Guinea. 



Y. PIPERITA, Sowb. PI. 26, fig. 60 ; PL 27, figs. 75, 76, 78. 



Finely netted and peppered with orange-red on a whitish ground, 

 with three interrupted bands of large orange-red spots, and 

 columella and interior of aperture same tint. 



Length, 2-5-3 inches. 



Solomon Is., Woodlark Isl., near New Guinea. 



V. Iiucke?'i, Crosse (fig. 75), V. Macgillivrayi^ Cox (fig. 76), 

 and V. Geraunia, Crosse (fig. 78), are all mere color-varieties of 

 this species. 



Sect. 5 Anlica, H. and A Adams. 



Agreeing with the preceding section in general form and 

 principal characters, the summit of the spire differs in having a 

 completely smooth instead of a tuberculated surface. 



Y. AULICA, Sowb. PI. 26, figs. 61, 62. 



Flesh-colored, with large salmon-colored clouds, sometimes 



