522 VOLUTA. 



micans, from which it differs principally in its more promi- 

 nent spire, and more slender form ; the length is about the 

 same, but its coloured markings are generally much fainter, 

 and the suture is often edged with purple brown. 



oryza. 46. Shell ovate-conical, minute, white 

 without any spots, and the spire conoidal. 



Oliva Oryza. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvi. p. 327. 

 Martini, ii. t. 50. f. 548. 



Inhabits 



Shell only two or three lines long, and white, without any co- 

 loured markings ; the pillar has three or four grooves at its 

 base, and the sutures of the spire are distinctly marked. 



* * * Q V ate, effuse, and emarginate. 



dactylus. 47. Shell ovate, with decussated striae, 

 obtuse ; pillar with six plaits. 



Voluta Dactylus. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 1188. Born Mus. 



p. 219- Schroeter Einl. i. p. 208. Chemnitz, x. p. 160. 



t. 150. f. 141 1 and 1412. Gmelin, p. 3443. 

 Mitra Dactylus. Lamarck Ann.du Mus. xvii. p. 212. 

 Lister Conch, t. 813. f. 23. Seba, iii. t. 53. f. S. Eric. 



Method, t. 372. f. 5. 

 Variety. With large brown spots. 

 Voluta spuria. Gmelin, p. 3458. Schreibers Conch, i. p. 



113. 

 Voluta, No. 229. Schroeter Einl. i. p. 302. 1. 1. f. 16. 

 Favanne, t. 25. f. F 1. 

 Inhabits the Bay of Bengal. Lister. India. Linnaus. Chi- 

 na. Humphreys. 

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

 as broad; white, clouded with flesh-colour, and marked 

 with decussated striae ; the spire is short and conical, and the 

 outer lip thickened, and slightly crenated. 



fenestrata. 48. Shell ovate, with strong decus- 

 sated striae, of which the longitudinal are 

 more obtuse ; pillar with eight plaits. 



Mitra fenestrata. Lamarck Ann. du Mus. xvii. p. 212. 

 Gmlter, t. 28. f. P. Enc. Meth. t. 372. f. 3. 



