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four varieties, the first of wliicli is in the British Museum and the 

 remaining tlu-ee in Mr. Cuming^s coUection. It is proper to remark 

 tliat Kiener has not given the true V. aulica, but has represented 

 V. rutila under the name of aulica ! 



16. VoLUTA PULCHRA (pL li. f. 61.), noUs ; Tank. Cat. App. 

 p. 28. pi. iv. f. 3. 



Testa oblongo-ovata, subfusiformi, la3vi, nitida, pallide carnea, ni- 

 veo-maculata, macidisque castaneis parvis triseriatim irregulariter 

 dispositis ornata ; spira subcoiiica, subacmninata, anfractibus 3 pri- 

 mis papillam subacutam subgranosam efformantibus, cseteris 2-3 

 postice adpressis, subangulatis, tuberculatis, tuberculis elongatis, 

 postice acutiusculis ; columella quadiiplicata. 



Shell oblong-ovate, slightly fusiform, smooth, shining, pale flesh- 

 colour with wliite specks, and ornamented mth small chesnut dots, ir- 

 regularly disposed in tlu-ee rows; spire subcorneal, subacuminated, the 

 tlu"ee first volutions forming the shghtly acute, somewhat granose, pa- 

 pillary apex, the remaining two or three posteriorly pressed together 

 at the sutures, slightly angular and tuberculated, the tubercles elon- 

 gated and slightly acute posteriorly ; columella with four folds. 



Vide Broderip, in Zool. Journ., vol. ii. p. 32. Our figure is drawn 

 from a specimen in Mr. Cuming^s coUection. 



17. VoLUTA PIPERITA (pi. H. f. 62.), noUs. 



Testa obovata, ventricosiuscula, crassiuscula, paUescente, quin- 

 quefasciata, fasciis postica mediana et antica brunneo-pmicticulatis, 

 strigisque fuscis irregularibns ornatis ; fasciis duabus intermediis 

 pallidioribus, strigis nonnullis lividis, cum strigis fuscis fasciarum 

 alteniarum continuis ; anfractibus quinque, tribus primis papillam 

 efformantibus, papilla Isevi, postice subgranosa, ultimo maximo, 

 ovaH ; apertura elongata, latiori, intus aurantiaca ; columella plicis 4, 

 validis, labioque columeUari am-antiacis. 



Shell obovate, rather ventricose, and thickish, of a pale colom* 

 with five bands, the posterior, middle, and anterior of wliich are 

 dotted with brown and ornamented with irregular fuscous streaks, 

 the two intermediate bands are paler, with livid streaks, wliich are 

 continuous wv\h the brown streaks of the alternating bands ; volu- 

 tions 5, of which the tlu-ee first form the papillary apex, vvdiich is 

 smooth, and slightly granose posteriorly; the last volution very 

 large, oval ; aperture elongated, rather A\ide, orange coloured witliin ; 

 columella with four distinct folds, orange coloured as well as the 

 columella lip. 



A single specimen only is known, wliich is in Mr. Norris^s col- 

 lection. 



