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transverse chesnut lines, the last volution anteriorly transversely 

 'somewLat rugose, wdth small ribs ; aperture oblong, outer lip fur- 

 nished mtli an external varix ; columella \ntli many folds, of wliich 

 the two or tlu-ee anterior are much the larger. 



From the Australian and Javan seas, according to Lamarck. 

 Broderip's V. multicostata is undoubtedly identical with tliis species, 

 as he seems to have suspected it might be : it varies greatly in 

 colouring. 



55. YoLUTA LYR^FORMis (pi. xlix. f. 45, 46.), Brod. ; ZooL 

 Joum. vol. iii. p. 83. pi. iii. f. 3 ; Mitra lyrseformis. Swains. ; Zool. 

 Illus. t. 54. 



Testa fusiformi-turrita, crassiuscula, paHide cameola, maculis 

 lineisque subcserideis, castaneis, rubro-castaneisque, fasciatim con- 

 gestis, transversis, picta ; spira valde producta, attenuata, apice acuto- 

 papillari; anfractibus 7, primis 1 ad 1^ papillam efformantibus, 

 cseteris longitudinahter costatis (costis interstitiisque longitudinahter 

 striatis,) ultimo antice transversim sulcato-corrugato ; apertura sub- 

 elongata, postice acuminata : labio externo extiis varicem instructo ; 

 columella midtiplicata, pKcis anticis majoribus, ceeteris parvis. 



Shell fusiform-turreted, tliickish, pale flesh colour, with blueish^ 

 chesnut, and chesnut-red spots and transverse hues, arranged in 

 bands ; spire much produced, attenuated, with an acute papillarj" 

 apex of 1 to 1^ volutions, the remaining 5 or 5^ volutions longi- 

 tudinally ribbed, (ribs and interstices longitudinally striated) ; the 

 last volution anteriorly transversely grooved, rugose ; aperture some- 

 what elongated, acuminated posteriorly, outer Hp with an external 

 varix ; columella \^'ith many folds, of wliich the anterior are large, 

 and the remainder very small. 



First pubhshed by Swainson under the name of Mitra l}T8eformis, 

 afterwards, at his suggestion, altered to Voluta l}Tfeformis by Mr. 

 Broderip. From the Efistern coast of Africa. Kiener pretends to 

 have been acquainted with this species, but liis figures represent a 

 totally different one, not even nearly related to it. 



56. Voluta concinna (pi. h. f.66.) Brod. ; Zool. Proc, 1836, 

 p. 43. 



Testa oblonga, fusiformi, tenuiuscula, Isevi, transversim subtihs- 

 sime striata, costata, fulvescente, hneis castaneis confertis undulatis 

 picta; spira subacuminata, anfractibus 6-7, longituchnaliter cos- 

 tatis, medio subnodosis, ultimo maximo, antice acuminato; aper- 

 tura magna, angustiore ; labio externo tenui ; columeUse phcis 4, 

 obsoletiusculis. 



