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9. VoLUTA UNDULATA (pi. xlviii. f. 28_, 29.). 



Testa ovato-subfusiformij crassa^ Isevi, fulvescentej maculis fuscis, 

 lineisque longitudinalibus castaneis undatim flexuosis picta^ spira 

 coiiica, apice papillari; aiifractibus seids, tribus primis papiUam 

 efformantibus, cseteris tribus solum coloratis ; ultimo postice obtuse 

 subangulato,, ventricoso; apertura elongata^ antice latiori; labio 

 externo incrassato ; interne (aetate) expansissimo ; columellae pKcis 4, 

 nonnunquam plica vel plicis duabus minoribus adjectis. 



Shell ovatej subfusiform, tluck, smooth^ pale fulvous, with darker 

 spots, and undulated, flexuous, longitudinal, cliesnut lines; spire 

 conical, with a papillary apex of 3 volutions, the remaining 3 volu- 

 tions alone being varied in colour, and the last posteriorly obtusely 

 angulated and ventricose, aperture lengthened, broad in front, 

 outer lip thickened ; columella with 4 distinct folds, and sometimes 

 with one or two smaller additional folds. 



In old specimens the inner lip spreads far over the front of the 

 shell and its margin is much tliickened ; the folds on the columella 

 also are occasionally more or less irregular. From Australia. We 

 regard the V. stragulata of Mulilfeld as a variety of tliis species. 



10. VoLUTA MACULATA (pi. Hii. f. 85, 86.), Swaim.; Exot. 

 Conch., p. 23. pi. xxxviii. 



Testa oblonga, crassiuscula, Igevi, nitida, fulvescente, macularum 

 subquadratarum fasciis nonmdhs transversis castaneis picta; spira 

 brevi, obtusa, apice papillari, papilla magna, anfractuum 3-^ ad 4 

 sistente; anfractibus cseteris duobus solum pictis, ultimo postice 

 subventricoso ; apertura recta, elongata, latiuscula, fulvescente ; co- 

 lumeUffi plicis 4 albis 



Shell oblong, thickish, smooth, sliining, fulvous, with several 

 transverse bands formed of squarish chesnut spots ; spire short, 

 obtuse, with a large papillary apex of 3-i- to 4 volutions, the two 

 remaining volutions only having the spots, and the last being pos- 

 teriorly somewhat ventricose ; aperture straight, lengthened, rather 

 broad, fulvous witliin ; columella with 4 distinct white folds. 



A very beautiful Austrahan species, first described by Swainson. 

 We have represented two varieties, which differ shghtly in their 

 proportions ; f. 85 is in Mr. Cuming's collection, and f. 86 in the 

 British Museum. 



11. VoLUTA PALLIDA (pi. hii. f. 91-94.), Gra?/, in Griffith's 

 Cuvier, v. 13. pi. xxx. f. 4 ; V. Turneri, ibid. pi. xl. f. 1. 



Testa elongato-ovata, tenuiuscula, Isevi, fulvescente, spadiceo- 



