520 VOLUTA. 



Le Grain d'Avoine. Favanne, ii. p. 835. t. 19. f. I 2. 

 Lister Conch, t. 725. f. 13. Petiver Gat. t. 152. f. 6. 

 Martini, ii. p. 186. t. 50. f. 556*. 



Inhabits Barbadoes. Lister. Philippine Islands, Maldives, 

 and Isle of France. Favanne. 



Shell about eight lines long, and rather less than half as broad ; 

 glossy, greenish, mottled with white, and marked with bands 

 of darker pencilled striae at the sutures. The belt at the base 

 of the shell is double, of a bluish white colour marked with 

 dark purplish waved stripes, and often edged with a narrow 

 band of yellow lines. The inside is white, with a plarkedge 

 at the outer lip. 



tigrina. 42. Shell sub-cylindrical ; spire short, 

 depressed, covered with enamel; throat dark 

 violet. 



Cylindrus Tigrinus. Meuschen Mus. Gevers. p. 370. 

 Voluta maculata. Solanders MSS. 

 Voluta Ispidula, Var. £. Gmelin, p. 3443. 

 Voluta Oliva, Var. ». Born Mus. p. 215. 

 Voluta, No. 4. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 247- 

 Voluta, No. 2y. Schreibers Conchylien, i. p. 107. 

 Oliva tessellata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 320. 

 Lister Conch, t. 721. f. 6. Martini, ii. p. 161. t. 46. f. 

 493 and 494. Erie. Method, t. 368. f. 1. 



Inhabits the Eastern Ocean. Martini. 



Shell three quarters of an inch lon», and the breadth is nearly 

 half the length ; the colour is yellow, with dark violet or 

 purplish brown spots, and the throat and pillar are of a rich 

 violet. Dr. Solander, as well as Martini, Meuschen, Fa- 

 vanne, and Schreibers, considered this to be a distinct spe- 

 cies. 



carneola. 43. Shell sub-ovate, thick, polished; 

 spire short, depressed, covered with enamel ; 

 throat white. 



Voluta carneolus. Gmelin, p. 3443. Schreibers Conch.i. 



p. 107. 

 Voluta Aurora. Solander's MSS. 

 Voluta Oliva, Var. »j. Born Mus. p. 214. 

 Voluta, No. 5. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 247. 

 Oliva carneola. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 321. 

 L'Amande ou la Cornaline. Favanne, ii. p. 829. t. 19. 



f. H2. 



