VOLUTA. ,517 



Shell an inch and three-quarters long, and more than an inch 

 broad, with obsolete alternate pale livid, and dull yellowish 

 longitudinal stripes, and less glossy than is usual in shells of 

 this family, of which it is altogether the least showy, and it 

 has therefore obtained the name of Quaker Olive. The 

 body-whirl is broadest at its upper extremity, which, added to 

 the flattened spire, gives its shape some resemblance to that 

 of a Cone. The first suture of the spire is large and deep, 

 and the others are concealed by an expansion of the same 

 vitreous substance^ which forms a thick protuberance at the 

 upper end of the pillar-lip. 



gibbosa. 37. Shell ovate gibbous ; spire elevated, 

 with a vitreous mass extending over the base 

 of the whirls, and forming a callosity over 

 the pillar-lip. Belt double. 



Voluta gibbosa. Born Mus. p. 215. 



Voluta Utriculus. Gmelin, p. 3441. Schreibers Conch. 



p. 108. 

 Voluta, No. 20. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 252. 

 Oliva cingulata. Chemnitz, x. p. 131. t. 147. f. 1369 and 



1370. 

 Oliva Utriculus. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 323. 

 La Moire. Favanne, ii. p. 76l, and p. 838. t. 19- f. E 3. 

 Lister Conch, t. 723. f. 10, and t. 730. f. 19- Petiver Gaz. 



t. 19- f. 9. Gualter, t. 24. f. G. Argenville, t. 13. f. M. 



Knorr, ii. t. 12. f. 4 and 5, v. t. 4. f. 4. Martini, ii. t. 



49. f. 539 and 540, t. 50. f. 541 and 542, and t. 51. f. 



565 and 566. Enc. Method, t. 365. f. 6. 

 Inhabits the coasts of Coromandel, Zanguebar, Madagascar, 



and the Philippine Islands. Favanne. 

 Shell most commonly about two inches long, and near an inch 

 broad, but varying considerably in size, and of a yellowish 

 white colour, variously mottled and streaked with bluish or 

 reddish brown. On the upper part of the pillar-lip there is 

 a white vitreous protuberance, which extends along the pillar, 

 and almost covers the whirls, but I believe never fills the su- 

 tures as in V. pinguis. The belt at the base of the shell is 

 double, and generally more or less spotted with brown. 



ISPIDULA. 38. Shell cylindrical, with a prominent 

 conic spire, and the base of each whirl coat- 

 ed with enamel; belt double. 



