200 



18. VoLUTA RUTiLA (pi. xlvi. f. 5, 6.), Brod.; Zool. Jouru. 

 vol. ii. p. 30. tab. III. 



Testa, ovato-oblonga, crassiuscula, Isevi^ albitla rufcscenteque va- 

 ria, maculis subtrigoiiis, contiuentibus, croceo-rubris, pictfi; spira 

 breviuscula, sutura simplici, apice papillaris siibgi-anulato ; aiifrac- 

 tibus seiiis, ultimo maximo, vel inermi vel iionnunquam tuberculis 

 eloiigatis armato^ fasciisque duabiis latis, interruptis, rutilis, ornato; 

 columella quadriplicata, plica antica validiori. 



Sliell oblong-ovatCj rather tliick^ smooth, varied with wliitish and 

 reddish, aiid ornamented Avith subtrigonal, confluent saffron-red 

 spots; spire rather short, suture uninterrupted; apex papillary, 

 slightly granose ; volutions 6, the last very large, sometimes armed 

 with elongated tubercles, and ornamented with two broad, inter- 

 rupted, rusty red bands ; colmnella with four folds, of wliich the 

 anterior is the most prominent. 



First described and figured by Broderip in the Zoological Jour- 

 nal, vol. ii. and figured afterwards by Kiener imder the name of 

 aulica, which belongs to a very distinct species. We have repre- 

 sented the smooth and the tuberculated varieties. 



19. VoLUTA MAGXiFiCA (pi. Hv. f. 103.), CJiemn. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, medio ventricosa, tenuiuscida, pallide fulva, 

 fasciis latis tribus am-antio-castaneis, albo-fuscoque maculatis, cincta; 

 spira subconoidea, apice papiUari, anfractibus primis tribus papil- 

 1am obsolete granulosam efformantibus, cseteris tribus medio ven- 

 tricosis ; ultimo maximo ; apertura oblonga, magna, postice aciuni- 

 nata, medio latiori ; coluinellfe phcis quatuor validis, aurantiacis. 



Shell oblong-ovate, ventricose in the middle, rather thin, pale 

 f idvous, with three broad orange-chesnut bands, marked with white 

 and fuscous spots ; spire subcorneal, with a papillary apex, formed 

 of the tlnee first volutions, and very obsoletely granulose, the re- 

 maining tlu-ee volutions are ventricose, the last being extraordi- 

 narily large ; the aperture is oblong, very large, posteriorly acumi- 

 nated, wider in the middle ; colmnella with fom- distinct orange 

 coloured folds. 



Found in some Australian estuaries. Mr. S. Stutchbury obtained 

 several specimens with the animal ahve in about twelve feet water 

 in Rose Bay, Port Jackson. 



20. VoLUTA NivosA (pi. H.. f. 63, 64.), Brod. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, crassiuscnla, loevi, cinereo-carneolata, macu- 

 lis parvis niveis adspersa, faciisque tribus transversis fusco-hneatis, 

 lineis longitudinahbus ; spira subconica, obtusa, apice papiUai'i gra- 



