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was first described and figured by Swainson in his Zoological Illus- 

 trations, second series ; but has been omitted by Kiener Mith many 

 others. We have only seen two specimens, the one from which 

 our figure was di-awn is in the British Museum. 



34. VoLUTA Mamilla (pi. 1. f. 57, 58.), Gray. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, tenui, lutescente, apice mamillari, obtusis- 

 simo, subspii-ali ; anfractibus duobus, ultimo magno, ovah, maculis 

 lineisque castaneis picto ; apertura magna, columellEe plicis tribus. 



Shell ovate-oblong, tliin, brownish yellow, with a mammillary 

 subspiral, very obtuse apex; volutions two, the last of which is 

 large, oval, marked with chesnut coloured spots and zigzag Knes ; 

 aperture large; columella with tliree folds. 



From New Holland ; a single specimen is in the British Museum, 

 which appears to be only a very young shell ; it is a very remark- 

 able species, forming the link that unites Cymha wdth Voluta, the 

 apex in tliis species being subspiral, while in Cymba the apex is 

 amorphous. 



35. YoLUTA FuLGETRUM (pi. xlviii. f. 33, 34.), nolis; Tank. 

 Cat. App., p. 28. pi. iv., v. ; Brod., Zool. Journ., vol. ii. p. 35. 



Testa oblonga, tenuiuscula, Isevissime trausversim striata, fulvo- 

 camea, strigis flammiferis, enormiter angulosis, castaneis, ornata ; 

 spira productiori, apice truncato-papilloso, anfractibus senis, ultimis 

 tribus gibbis, ultimo ventricoso, postice subangulari ; apertura ob- 

 longa, postice acutiuscula ; labio columellari tenui, supra anfi-actum 

 ultimum extenso ; columella tripHcata. 



Shell oblong, rather thin, very finely transversely striated, yel- 

 lowish flesh coloured, with very angular, flame-like, chesnut streaks ; 

 spire rather prominent, with a truncate-papillary apex, volutions 6, 

 the tlu-ee last gibbous, the last ventricose, and posteriorly suban- 

 gular; aperture oblong, posteriorly rather acute; columella lip 

 tliin, spread over the last volution ; columella mth tlnee folds. 



Several varieties of this rare species are now to be seen in col- 

 lections, we have represented two; and a tliird wliich is in the 

 British Museum has two rows of chesnut spots on the last volution. 



36. VoLUTA PAPiLLOSA (pi. xlviii. f. 30.), Swains., in Appen- 

 dix to Bhgh Catalogue. 



Testa oblongo-ovali, crassa, Igevi, pallida, lineis fulvis subtilis- 

 sime reticulata, fasciisque castaneo-fulvis, transvcrsis, interruptis, 

 ornata ; spira brevi, subacuminata, apice papiUari, papilla crassa, 

 aiifractuum duorum composita ; anfractibus cseteris tribus coloratis, 



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