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a small tootli, columellar lip rugulose, anteriorly furnished with three 

 small teeth. 



The only specimen of this curious little shell we have seen is in 

 the collection of W. Metcalfe, Esq., who has obligingly permitted us 

 to describe and figure it. In general appearance it nearly resembles 

 a Cyllene. 



51. VoLUTA Harpa (pl.lv. f. 114.), Barnes; Annals of the 

 Lyceum of Nat. Hist, of New York, vol. i. p. 139. pi. ix. f. 4. 



Testa ovali, crassa, Iseviuscula, albido-carneola, macuhs punc- 

 tisque castaneis seriatim transverse picta, spira bre\^iuscula, acumi- 

 nata, apice acuto ; aufractibus novem, brevibus, idtimis 4 longitu- 

 dinaliter costellatis, ultimo autem obsolete transversim striate ; labio 

 externo extiis varice instructo, intils unidentato, margine tenui, pos- 

 tice deciu'rentcj columella plicis tribus antice instructa-, ahisque 

 duabus vel tribus inconspicuis. 



Shell oval, tliick, rather smooth, pale flesh colom*, Avith chesnut 

 spots and dots in transverse rows ; spire rather short, acmninated, 

 with an acute apex ; volutions 9, short, the last four with small 

 longituchnal ribs, and the last having also obsolete transverse striae ; 

 outer hp Avitli an external varix, and a single tooth witliin, its edge 

 thin and posteriorly decurrent ; columella with tlu'ee distinct folds 

 anteriorly, and 2 or 3 incHstinct behind. 



From the coast of Peru ; in Mr. Cuming's and other collections. 



52. VoLUTA cosTATA (pi. lii. f. 71, 72.), Sivulns., Journal of 

 Science, vol. xvii. 1824, p.33; V. l\Tata, Sower b?/, Tankerville, Cat. 

 no. 2140 ; V. Anna, Lesson. 



Testa ovato-oblonga, tenuiuscula, nitida, albida, maculis hneisque 

 interruptis aujantiacis transversim fasciata ; spira brevi, obtusa, an- 

 fractibus 5 ad 6, duobus primis papillam mediocrem efformantibus, 

 cseteris longitudinaliter costatis, costis subdistantibus, postice mu- 

 cronatis, anfractu ultimo antice transversim costellato ; labio externo 

 exti^is varicem instructo, margine tenui ; colmnella phcis tribus, 

 anticis majoribus, phu-imis posticis minimis distincta. 



Shell oblong-ovate, rather thin, sliining, wliitish, transversely 

 banded with orange coloured spots and interrupted hues; spire 

 short, obtuse, with a moderate sized papillary apex of 2 volutions, 

 the remaining volutions mth somewhat distant longitudinal ribs, 

 each rib being posteriorly mucronated, with a rather flat space be- 

 tween the ends of the ribs and the sutm-e ; last volution transversely 

 striated in front ; outer lip furnished with an external varix, and 



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