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ultimo raagno, ovali; aperturu oblonga, postice acuminata, labii 

 pxterni margine incrassato ; intenii crasso^ extenso ; columella ante 

 raediam subgibba, 3- ad 5- plicata. 



Shell oblong-ovalj thick, smooth, reticulated wdtli very fine ful- 

 vous lines, and with interrupted transverse chesnut yeUow bands, 

 spire short, rather acimiiiiated, with a thick papillary apex of two 

 volutions, the three remaining volutions coloured, the last large 

 and oval ; aperture oblong, posteriorly acuminated, outer lip with 

 the margin thickened, inner lij) tliick, spread ; cokunella anteriorly 

 gibbous, with from 3 to 5 folds. 



Prom the Fijee Islands : a remarkable species of extreme rarity, 



37. VoLUTA FUSiFOEMis (pi. liv. f. 100.), Swains., in Appen- 

 flix to Bligh Catalogue. 



Testa oblongo-fusiformi, crassiuscula, la;vi, fulva vel carneo-fulva, 

 macidis lineisque angularibus castaneis ornata; spira acuminata, 

 subelongata; apice papillari, papiUa anfractuum duoruin parva; 

 anfractibus cseteris quinque subgibbis, ultimo paululiim ventricoso, 

 antice subcoarctato ; apertura magna, postice subacuininata, me- 

 diane lata ; labio columellari tenuiuscula, expansa, coUmnella antice 

 acuta, plicis 3 ad 4 parvis, perobhquis, antica majori. 



Shell oblong, fusiform, tliickish, smooth, fulvous or somewhat 

 flesh- colom'ed, with chesnut spots and angidar lines ; spire acumi- 

 nated, rather elongated, with a small papillary aj)ex of two volu- 

 tions, the five remaining volutions rather gibbous, the last shghtly 

 ventricose, and contracted anteriorly; apertvu'e large, posteriorly 

 subacuminate, broad in the middle, columellar hp rather tliin, 

 spread; columella anteriorly sharp, with fi'om three to four small 

 very oblique folds, the anterior of wliich is the largest. 



Probably from the Pacific Ocean ; first described by Swamson 

 in the Bhgh Catalogue. 



38. YoLUTA MEGASPiRA (pi. xlviii. f. 31, 32.), noLis. 



Testa fusiformi, turrita, tenuiuscula, la?vi, rufescente-carneolata, 

 strigis macidisque castaneis, notata; spirse anfi'actibus senis, sub- 

 elongatis, medio ventricosiuscuhs, primis duobus apicem papillarem 

 efformantibus, 3tio, -Ito, 5to et 6to obtuse longituchnahter costatis, 

 ultimo magno, oblongo, antice attenuato, apertm-a oblonga, labio 

 externo subreflexo ; columella quinquephcata, plicis posticis obtusis 

 parvis. 



Shell fusiform, turreted, rather thin, smooth, of a reddish flesh 

 colom-, marked with chesnut streaks and blotches ; volutions of the 

 spire six, rather elongated, rather ventricose in the middle, the two 



