216 



?i tliin edge ; columella with three large anterior, and many very 

 small posterior, folds. 



Tliis species has long been known in tliis country under the 

 name of V. b/rata, of Humphrey. It is Harpula Harpa, of Swain- 

 son, Exot. Conch. ; and Lesson has pubhshed it in his lUustr. 

 Zoologiques, under the name of V. Anna. It is not the V. mitri' 

 fornm of Lamarck. 



53, YoLUTA Delesseetiana (pi. Hi. f. 73, 74.), 'Petit; Mag. 

 <le ZooL, 1842, pi. l\di. 



Testa oblonga, subfusiformi, crassiuscula, longitudinaliter mul- 

 ticostata, carnicolore, aurantiaco-sphacelata et fasciata, castaneoque 

 lineata ; anfractibus duobus primis papiUam parvam Isevigatam efibr- 

 mantibus, cseteris quinque subventricosis, longitudinaliter costatis, 

 costis crebris, fiexuosis, interstitiis costarum transversim striatis; 

 tsuturis crenatis ; anfractu ultimo magno : apertura oblonga, intus 

 alba, margine castaneo-punctato ; labio externo extus varicem in- 

 structo, labio columeUari subexpanso, plicis anticis tribus validis, 

 posticis plurunis filiformibus. 



Shell oblong, subfusiform, thickish, longitudinally many-ribbed, 

 flesh colour, with orange coloured blotches and bands and chesnut 

 lines J the two first volutions form the small papillary smooth apex, 

 the remaining five are subventricose, and longitudinally ribbed, ribs 

 close set, flexuous, transversely striated in the interstices ; sutures 

 crenated ; last volution large ; aperture oblong, white witliin, the 

 margin spotted with chesnut ; outer lip fiu-nished with an external 

 varix ; inner hp rather spread ; columella ^vith 3 distinct folds ante- 

 riorly, and many tliread-like folds posteriorly. 



From Nosse-Be, on the north coast of Madagascar ; Fetit. This 

 species has been named by M. Petit in honour- of M. Delessert. 



54. VOLUTA MlTKIFORMIS (pi. lii. f. 81, 82; pi. Iv. f. 109.), 

 Lam, ; V. multicostata, Brod. ; Zool. Journ. vol. iii. pi. iii. f. 2. 



Testa oblonga, subfusiformi, crassiuscula, pallescente, macuhs 

 castaneis variis subfasciata; spira subacuminata, apice papillari, 

 papilla minuta; anfractibus cseteris 5 longitudinaUter crebre cos- 

 tatis, transverse castaneo-hneatis ; ultimo anfractu antice transver- 

 sim costato-subrugoso ; apertura oblonga, labio externo extiis vari- 

 cem instructo ; columella multiplicata, plicis anticis majoribus sub- 

 ternis. 



SheU oblong, subfusiform, tliickish, pale, somewhat banded with 

 various chesnut spots ; spire subacimiinate, with a smaU papillary 

 iipex, the remaining five volutions longitudinally closely ribbed, with 



