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posteriorly, and rather broad in front ; outer lip rather tliickened 

 mthin, running slightly towards the spire posteriorly; columella 

 with from six to eight folds, of wliich the anterior are much the 

 larger, and the posterior are small. 



Tliis shell has been named Lapponica by Linne, who has evi- 

 dently been misled by Rmnpliius to suppose it an inhabitant of the 

 North American seas; it is, however, really found in the East 

 Indian Ocean, wherefore we have altered its name to Lidica. 



43. VOLUTA HEBR^A (pi. liv. f. 95, 96, 97.). 



Testa ovato-turbinata, crassa, pallide fulvu, lineis castaneis undatis 

 veniformibus,confertim fasciatis,interruptis,cincta,spira conica, pKis 

 miniisve producta, apice papiUari, parvo, anfractuum 2 ad 2|^ com- 

 posito, aiifractibus cseteris 3 ad 6 vel 7 tuberculatis, tuberculis pKis 

 minusve acutis, ultimo postice tuberculis acutis, majuscuhs, miu-i- 

 cato, plicis columeUse quinque anticis majoribus, nonnulhs posticis 

 minimis. 



Shell ovato-tm'binate, tliick, of a pale fulvous colour, with inter- 

 rupted close set bands of chesnut coloured undulated vein-like lines ; 

 spire conical, more or less produced, wdth a small papillary apex of 

 of 2 to 2^ volutions, the remaining 3 to 6 or 7 volutions with more 

 or less acute tubercles, the last wath rather large acute tubercles 

 posteriorly ; columella with 5 rather large folds in front, and a few 

 very small posteriorly. 



We have represented tluee varieties of this species ; f. 95 sliew^s 

 the variety -with the more produced spire, from a specimen in Mr. 

 Norris's collection; f. 96, the variety with a short spire, from Mr. 

 Cmning^s collection; and f. 97, the variety without tubercles, from 

 Miss Saul^s collection. 



44. VoLUTA MusiCA (pi. xUx. f. 36-43.). 



Testa ovato-turbinata, nonnunquam oblonga, crassa, Isevi, plc- 

 rumque pallida, nomiunquam fulva, aurantiaca, carneolata, seu sub- 

 fusca, castaneo vel aHis coloribus varie maculata, fasciis tribus trans- 

 versis, pliis miniisve distinctis, hneis transversis fuscis, parallelis 

 compositis ; ahisque duabus punctis compositis, ad margines inter- 

 medios macuhs nigris majoribus ornata; spira breviuscula, conica, 

 nonnimquam production, apice papiUari, papilla parva, subrudi, 

 aiifractibus tribus efformata ; anfractibus cseteris 3 ad 4 tuberculis 

 magnis oblongis instructis, ultimo antice posticeque striis transversis 

 subrugoso; columellse plicis 9 ad 12, anticis 5 ad 6 majoribus. 



Shell ovate, turbinated, sometimes oblong, thick, smooth, gene- 

 rally of a pale colour, or browiiish, variously spotted with chesnut 



