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Shell tm-binated; tliick, smooth, wliitish, with angularly flexuous 

 dark chesiiut lines, and continuous angular spots ; spire short, sub- 

 conical, with an obtuse apex; first tlu-ee volutions smooth and 

 pale coloured, the remaining tlu-ee posteriorly subangular, crowned 

 with short, acute, vaulted spines, last volution very large ; aperture 

 elongated, broader anteriorly, golden yellow within; outer lip 

 rounded, somewhat tliickened, columella with four distinct folds. 



Chemnitz says it was found in the East Indian Seas, specimens 

 are in the British Museum and in Mr. Cuming^s collection. 



5, YOLUTA IMPEUIALIS (pi. liv. f. 102.), Lmii. 



Testa turbinata, crassa, Isevi, fulvescente, macuhs, lineisque an- 

 gulatis castaneis picta, postice spinis coronata, spira brevi, anfrac- 

 tibus 4 primis Isevibus, politis, apicem papillarem efformantibus, 

 duobus ultimis postice spinis longiusculis, suberectis, subincurvis, 

 coronatis, anfractu ultimo maximo, antice paululum reflexo, aper- 

 tura magna, intus aui-antiaco-flavescente ; columella quadripHcata, 

 plica antica fere verticali. 



Shell turbinated, tliick, smooth, fulvous, marked with angular 

 chesnut lines and spots, and posteriorly crowned with spines, spire 

 short, with a papillary polished apex, formed of the four first smooth 

 volutions ; the two last volutions crowned with rather long, nearly 

 erect, somewhat curved strong spines, the last volution very large, 

 anteriorly shghtly reflected ; apertvu-e large, internally of an orange 

 yeUow colom- ; columella with four folds, of wliich the anterior is 

 nearly vertical. 



From the Pliilippine Islands, Mr. Cuming. 



6. VoLUTA ScAPHA (pi. xlvi. f. 1, 3; pi. xlviii. f. 35.). 



Testa turbinata, ventricosa, Isevi, crassa, pallescente, maculis li- 

 neisque angulato-flexuosis castaneis varie picta ; spira brevi, obtusa, 

 anfractibus senis, quatuor primis apicem papillarem efformanti- 

 bus, ultimo maximo, postice plerumque obtuse subangidato ; aper- 

 tura magna, labio externo subalato, interno pleriunque supra 

 ultimum anfractum subextenso, postice incrassato, columella quad- 

 ripHcata. 



Shell turbinated, ventricose, smooth, thick, of a pale colour with 

 chesnut spots and angidarly flexuous lines; spire short, obtuse, 

 with a papillary apex, formed of the four first volutions, the last 

 volution very large, generally obtusely subangular posteriorly ; aper- 

 ture large, the outer lip somewhat winged, and the inner generally 

 slightly extended over the last volution, and tliickened posteriorly, 

 columella with four distinct folds. 



