BULLA. 473 



imperialis. 2. Shell ovate, obtuse, beaked at both 

 ends, and the outer lip toothed ; inside of a 

 pale pink colour. 



Bulla imperialis. Solander's MSS. Portland Cat. p. 



155. lot 3391- 

 Bulla Ovum, Var. 0. Gmelin, p. 3422. 

 Ovula costellata. Lamarck Ann du Mas. xvi. p. 110. 

 Cypraea tortilis. Martyn. Univ. Conch, t. 60. Chemnitz, 

 x. p. 128. 



Inhabits the coasts of Otaheite. Solander. Friendly Islands. 

 Martyn. 



This shell is hardly half so large as B. Ovum, from which it 

 also differs in having its surface uneven, so as to have ob- 

 tained for it the name of the Crumpled Cowry, and the iu- 

 side is of a pale pink colour. 



volva. 3. Shell with long beaks at both ends ; 

 the beaks sub-cylindrical, and striated. 

 Bulla Volva. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1182. Martini, i. p. 

 301. t. 23. f. 218 and 219. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 168. 

 Gmelin, p. 3422. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 83. 

 Ovula Volva. Lamarck Ann. du Mm. xvi. p. 113. 

 Bonanni Kirch. 3. f. 390. Lister Conch, t. 7 1 1 . f. 63. 

 Petiver Gaz. t. 152. f. 10. Argenville, t. 18. f. I. Seba, 

 iii. t. 55. f. 13 to 16. Knorr, v. t. 1. f. 2 and 3, and vi. 

 t. 32. f. 1. Favanne, t. 30. f. K 2. Enc. Method, t.357. 

 f.3. 

 Inhabits Jamaica. Lister. Japan. Humphreys. 

 Shell often more than three inches long, and an inch broad in 

 the middle, of a cinereous or yellowish colour. 



carnea. 4. Shell ovate, gibbous, slightly beaked, 

 of a flesh-colour, and the outer lip toothed ; 

 pillar with one plait. 



Bulla carnea. Poiret Voyage en Barbarie, ii. p. 21. Gme- 

 lin, p. 3434. 



Bulla Nucleus. Solander's MSS. 



Ovula carnea. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 111. 



Enc. Method, t. 357. f. 2. 

 Inhabits the Mediterranean on the coasts of Africa. Poiret. 

 Shell about half an inch long, and rather more than half as 



broad, of a flesh-colour, and rather paler on the back and 



the base ; the pillar has a tuberculated plait at its summit. 



