VOLUTA. 505 



slightly contracted, and has a narrow transverse band of 

 white. The aperture is rounded and somewhat produced 

 at the base, and terminates upwards in a fine point ; the 

 outer lip is sharp ; the pillar is twisted, with two plaits, and 

 as well as the inside is white. The shell here described is 

 generally considered to be the V. solidula of Linnaeus, but 

 in his description no notice is taken of any transverse grooves 

 or spots, and the shell is said to be white with waved 

 red longitudinal lines, answering better in this respect to our 

 V. flammed. 



livida. ^14. Shell ovate-cylindrical, contracted ; 

 spire slightly elevated, rather obtuse ; pillar 

 with five folds. 



Voluta livida. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1187. Gmelin, p. $438. 

 Gualter, t. 25. f. B. 



Inhabits Africa. Linn&us. 



Linnaeus says this species is allied to the Cylinders, but is more 

 ventricose, scarcely more than an inch long, and marked with 

 pale obsolete bands. Gualter's figure, to which he refers, 

 is white without any markings, and does not well answer the 

 description, but is more like a Variety of Voluta Prunum. 



coffea. 15. Shell ovate, smooth, with the spire 

 obtuse ; aperture contracted, and toothed on 

 both sides. 



Voluta Coffea. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1 1 87. Chemnitz, ix. 

 part 2. p. 45. t. 121. f. 1043 and 1044.? Gmelin, p. 

 3438. 

 Bulimus Auris-felis. Bruguiere Enc. Meth. p. 343. ? 

 Lister Conch, t. 834. f. 59. Favanne, t. 65. f. H 7. 



Inhabits Barbadoes. Liste?\ 



Linnaeus describes this species to be of a dull livid colour, 

 shaped like a Cone, but the aperture contracted behind ; and 

 the shell with obsolete transverse bands, which is commonly 

 known by the name of V. Coffea, answers to this descrip- 

 tion. The shell figured by Chemnitz is larger, being fifteen 

 lines long by nine broad, of a dark brown colour, with a 

 margined white border, and narrow white bands at the su- 

 tures ; nor does it accord with his own references, but ap- 

 pears to have more affinity with some of the species at the 

 head of this division. 



