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Onl}^ a single specimen known. V. Cleryana, Petit (lig. 101), 

 is the young of it. 



Y. FESTiVA, Lam. PI. 30, fig. 125. 



Rosy white, clouded with orange-red, with chestnut spots and 



bands formed of series of longitudinal flexuous chestnut striga- 



tions. There are thi'ee prominent oblique plaits at the lower 



part of the columella, and above them a number of oblique 



rugosities. Length, 4-5 inches. 



East Africa. 



One of the rarest of Volutes. The exact locality is unknown. 



D'Orbign}^ speaks of collecting it on the Patagonian coast, but 



he doubtless refers to V. Magellanica. 



V. Africana, Reeve. PI. 30, fig. 121. 



Orange-brown, with sparse hieroglyphic brown markings 



disposed in bands ; upper part of columella black. 



Length, 2'5 inches. 



B. Africa. 



The type, which formed part of the Cuming collection, is not 



in good condition, so that the pattern of painting is obscure. 



It is closely related to V. /estiva, but appears to diflfer in its 



greater proportional width and short spire. 



V. MEGASPiRA, Sowb. PI. 28, fig. 102; PI. 30, fig. 132. 



Reddish flesh-color, longitudinally marked with zigzag 



chestnut streaks, sometimes forming three obscure bands. * 



Length, 4 inches. 



Japan. 



An elegant smooth species ; rather thin, with the first volution 



of the papillary apex lateral instead of terminal — a character 



shared by some of the follow^ing species. The animal is a 



common article of food in Japan, yet the shell is rather rare in 



collections. V. lyriformis, Kiener (not Swains.), is apparently 



a variety of this species, although Mr. Crosse has recently 



characterized it under the name of F. Prevostiana (fig. 132). 



v. FUSiFORMis, Swainson. PI. 28, fig. 103. 



Fulvous or flesh-colored, with irregular, zigzag, longitudinal 

 chestnut markings. Length, 6-*! inches. 



Tasmania; So. Australia. 



