100 YOLUTILITHES, VOLUTOCONUS, CALLIPARA. 



Sect. 12. Volutilithes, Swains. 



Shell oval-fusiform, spire elevated, terminated by a pointed 

 summit ; Avhorls cancellated or longitudinall}^ plicate ; mouth 

 oval-oblong ; columella with numerous rudimentar}' or obsolete 

 plicse ; lip thin. The group is represented bj- a single living 

 species and numerous tertiar}^ forms. 



Y. ABYSSicoLA, Adams and Reeve. PI. 29, llg. 120. 



Fulvous ash-color, encircled by three or four narrow chestnut 



bands. Length, 1*5 inches. 



Cape of Good Hope, 132 fathoms. 

 Onl}^ the type specimen known. 



Sect, 13. Volutoconus, Crosse. 



Oblong, subcylindrical, longitudinally and transversely striate ; 

 spire short and obtuse, terminated by a rounded summit ; 

 columella with four slightly developed teeth ; lip simple, slightly 

 inflected in the middle ; base with flexuous striae. 



Y. coNiFORMis, Cox. PI. 30, fig. 129. 



Yellowish brown, with three broad chestnut bands, and super- 

 posed upon the bands and interspaces irregular or triangular 

 large and small white spots and blotches. Length, TO mill. 



N. W. Australia. 

 Has the system of coloration so frequently met with in a 

 group of Conus. 



f-cct. 14. Callipara, (Jray. 



Shell oblong, su])cylindrical ; spire short, nucleus small ; 

 columella with two plications. 



Y. BULLATA, Swainson. PI. 29, fig. 116. 



Fulvous, with chestnut spots and angulated lines, and three 

 darker bands of the same. Length, 2'5 inches. 



Algoa Bay, So. Africa. 



Resembles somewhat Conus bullatus. 



Y. Brazieri, Cox. PL 29, fig. 117. 



Yellowish brown, with a wide irregular chestnut band, and 



chestnut markings. Length, 1*1 inches. 



JSfew South Wales. 



The figure is enlarged. The spire is more sunken than that 



of V. biillata, but it may be only a color-variety of that species. 



